Conformity to fact or actuality is the dictionary definition of the word "truth." However, in the book The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, the fictional character, Tim O'Brien has a definition unlike one a person may find in the dictionary. Throughout the book, the character, Tim O'Brien projects his opinion of the truth. According to O'Brien, truth is not what actually happened, but it is the interpretation of the events that occurred in the eyes of the storyteller. O'Brien uses the word "truth" to describe the emotion that is surfaced when events of a story are retold, any exaggerations that enhance the story to make the listener experience the feelings of that moment, and any untrue details and events that are added to the story to project the feelings of that moment as well.

All through The Things They Carried, the character, Tim O'Brien indicates that truth...