War is hell, but that's not the half of it, because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love. War is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling; war is drudgery. War makes you a man; war makes you dead (76)
O'Brien reveals what war is like, how it feels to be in a middle of a war, and some of the things that make up a true war story. He says war is hell but that's not the half of it. We can truly never know what war is like unless we ourselves experience it first hand. He himself who spent many years in the war cannot even explain to us how war is like and how bad/ good it is.
i like this. you should write for a living.
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