O'Brian

The Meanings They Carry William Timothy O’Brien has written many stories during his lifetime. The first of which he wrote when he was nine years old. "Timmy of the Little League" was an autobiography of a youngster involved in sports (Myers, 143). As Tim was growing up, he took a break from writing. He began again while serving in the Vietnam war. When he began writing again, he quickly readapted to an autobiographical style of …showed first 75 words of 1083 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1083 total…and what they were doing. It takes the soldiers courage to give up their fantasies and focus on what they are going in Vietnam. Some are able to muster up this courage while others never do. O’Brien uses the ideas of searching for truth and courage in all of his novels. He writes with a mixture of truth and fiction. He is on of the most renowned war time authors in America’s history.