Pgs: 18-36

O'Brien doesn't really seem to have any path with his writing. It doesn't seem like there is any main plot or end in sight. He just recalls war story's as he remembers them and then all the sudden he also has a story about talking to someone about war stories. Its not that the stories aren't interesting, the book isn't bad so far, I just like a book with a plot that leaves you on edge and you never want to put it down.

Much of this book is made up of short, [ANECDOTAL] stories. An example would be the one on page 34 when O'Brien calls it a “quick peace story.” He ends the story with a quote from the man the story is about that says, “All that peace, man, it felt so good it hurt. I want to hurt it back.” I think that this demonstrates the general mindset of some of the soldiers who fought in WWI. A lot of them were genuinely patriotic and behind what they were fighting for and knew what they were fighting for. Not that this doesn't still exist today but it seemed to be more so at the time of WWI and WWII.