Do you agree that in writing The Things They Carried Obrien's intent was noble? I believe you would. O'Brien was promoting veteran awareness and encouraging people to consider the atrocities veterans may have gone through during their tour of duty, and yet he openly acknowledged that everything he wrote about was made up, fictionalized, and a lie! I use this as an example for why a person's motivations can be noble, even if they are mistaken in what they say, or in O'Brien's case lie deliberately. While I do not promote it and would not resort to such measure myself, I can with an open mind see how such a circumstance is possible and under certain conditions a viable option over telling the truth.
Does this accurately defend and back-up my initial statement?
In regards to the project, I was thinking on a central theme to tie everything together. I thought maybe it could be from the perspective of a child looking back through his father's things or things pertaining to Vietnam in general and how he might react. I was thinking of possibly categorizing everything under unique tone words to reflect the diverse reactions to Vietnam. Do you like either of these ideas? Do you think this can be done and I am leading it in the right direction? If I could finish in the next several weeks or at least right after Thanksgiving, would you mind giving it a look over before I were to officially turn it in? Thanks and I did not mean to sound defensive earlier, just looking for a way to defend my claims.
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