Tim O’Brien conveys the narrator’s overwhelmed state by pulling the reader into the character’s experience with a personal narrative. Descriptive imagery and metaphors also contribute to increasing the reader’s understanding of the character’s tumultuous emotions.
To make the reader feel a connection with the character Tim O’Brien, O’Brien repeatedly uses first person for the narrative of the character’s thoughts. The repetition of “I” causes the reader to subconsciously put himself or herself in the position of Tim O’Brien (1084). The audience begins to feel the panic and confusion that the narrator is experiencing because they start to think of Tim’s situation in terms of themselves. The reader images what emotions they would experience
To make the reader feel a connection with the character Tim O’Brien, O’Brien repeatedly uses first person for the narrative of the character’s thoughts. The repetition of “I” causes the reader to subconsciously put himself or herself in the position of Tim O’Brien (1084). The audience begins to feel the panic and confusion that the narrator is experiencing because they start to think of Tim’s situation in terms of themselves. The reader images what emotions they would experience