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"In the Lake of the Woods" By Tim O'Brien
Title: "In the Lake of the Woods" By Tim O'Brien
Category: Literature
Details: Words: 683 | Pages: 2.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
"In the Lake of the Woods" By Tim O'Brien
" 'Hey Sorcerer,' Weatherby said. The guy started to smile, but Sorcerer shot him." What kind of dark situations could entice a man to shoot a comrade? This is what Tim O'Brien suggests in his novel, In the Lake of the Woods. As O'Brien previous works also have presented, this book deals a lot with Vietnam and the seemingly dark consequences that can distort reality for veterans. He speaks of the reaction of a broken man …showed first 75 words of 683 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 683 total…such a dark theme, one would expect a happy ending where John Wade and his wife, Kathy, are joined together at the end and share in a giant bond. There is no such happy ending to be found in this novel. In everyone's life, darkness creeps around the corner, and waits for someone to fall into the trap. And once darkness has settled itself in one's life, it is impossible to move past that darkness.
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