Forrrrrrrr sho

This chapter brings about how O’Brien began to start writing about the war.  He was given the idea by one of his fellow soldiers.  Kohler had wanted to write something about his war memories, but thought that he wasn’t talented enough with words to write it, which was where O’Brien came in to write it.

Kohler hung himself three years after the writing of the short story that he gave to O’Brien.  The reason for this was because Kiowa’s death was not mentioned and his bravery was not given credit.  O’Brien continued to write and (as we saw in this novel) included the real names of the soldiers and gave credit to everybody who deserved it.  This is yet another theme that is introduced, which is whether or not the details or names of a story really matter as long as people know that a soldier was courageous enough to support his country.  Because honestly most people will never meet the soldiers read about in war books, but maybe people will be so influenced by a characters action that they become attached to a name and end up doing things like naming their kids or pets after these characters.  Does it matter?