not another war story

I loved his stories. Though I should admit that I found myself with mouth half open after reading the third one at the end.
I loved his stories for the reason that it broke the typical notion of war stories that we always almost have in our minds. That it is usually filled with action, blood and grief or anything that has to do with tragic things.

In Chandeler's article, Rene Welleck and Austin Warren argued, "the total familiar and repetitive pattern is boring..." while Chandleler himself said, "...whilst writing within a genre involves making use of certain "given" conventions, every work within a genre also involves the invention of some new elements."
O'Brien's story certainly relates to what have been mentioned above. The tone and the pace that accompanied each characters with their little tales in the story had me think that this is a war story that isn't a typical war story you'd ever read. The delicate and lyrical voice of the author felt somewhat surprising to be used in a war story but through this, such as the pace in which things were presented, the story became even more realistic. Also, as he has mentioned, "what sticks to memory, often, are those odd little fragments that have no begining and no end," his precise yet simple way of describing things was what made his story come alive and possibly fooled me into believing what I have read was all true. As I finished reading the thrid part, I saw how his voice traveled so freely from being a soldier to that of a wise writing teacher. It was pretty refreshing to read his story and an inspiring one too, because not only I realize that war stories aren't necessarily all action oriented and grief stricken but that they can contain pretty much anything from emotions of various kinds, small and big, and many other things that can normallybe found in other genres. His words about how "story-truth is sometimes truer than happening-truth," meant particularly valuable to me because of the ability that words can have, across all genres.