Danny 3

I think that without the narrator I don't think  this story would be the same I think he really captures our attention with his words and emotion in every word. Since O'Brien has experienced war he can see the perspective of every single one of his characters. Every character in this story has some sort of back story that O' Brien really captures our attention. The first think the narrator really changes about this story is that he has his own outlook on what he can see it really feels like he is right there with us explaining the story, and what I really like about our authors writing is that he takes time and thought in the story. He can write in a way that you can see almost. When Lavender dies I think he honestly changed the tone of the story in only a few short sentences and it went from goofing around to a really serious moment that one of the soldiers had died. I think that takes real talent that you can change the tone so quick in a story that you honestly feel like you saw the death right there and I think that O'Brien uses certain phrases and time in his writing and I think that in this novel the narrator makes or breaks the story, without O'Briens work in the army he can relate to all of the characters and that's how the narrator Truly changes the story, he knows about everything that has happened and he tries to convey everything he felt in Vietnam. The narrator is in the story and he has a unique out look because he uses his own doings in the story he writes "Mellow, man. We got ourselves a nice mellow war today" (O'Brien 33). I think this quote states is that even though we are relaxed we have to stay on our guard, and this ties together with O'Brien and his ability to show us that even though things are calm for now they can always change - danny
How does the narrator change the story?