While reading "The Things They Carried," I came across a passage where I found something quite
intriguing and ironic. It was when Tim O'Brien said that he was a coward for going to war, which on the contrary means that it is courageous to stay at home and away from all the dangers of war. Initially, this made no sense whatsoever, but after some thought and a little bit of weird reasoning, this paradox has its logic in it. Someone would be considered coward because they gave into pressure. For example, if you were pressured into going to war and you went, then you are a coward for not taking a stand and resisting.
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is there another situation that this could apply to? also, why would O'Brien point this out so clearly to his readers...what is his point and how does it relate to peace/war and life/death?
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