Truth

A normal day for many may consists of conversations. These conversations may consist of the truth or of lies. How can we tell when we are being lied to? We don't even think twice about some of what we are told. The reality is we may have been lied to. Tim O'Brien said, "In any war story, but especially a true one, it's difficult to separate what happened from what seemed to happen." This is not only true for war stories but for our everyday encounters.

Every conversation we have may consist of a lie. People tell stories for entertainment, for no reason at all or even for excitement. Why would one decide to make up a random lie? A lie for entertainment or excitement. A good story told usually captures an audience. An audience that the storyteller can always tell a story to and feel satisfied. The rapper Tupac Shakur sang about Trading War Stories http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9tw8a3ZolE. Every story, whether truth or not has a beginning and an end.

As Swafford said in the memoir about the men whose lives were spared spread what they call "good news." Swafford decided to complain about his experience instead of telling a lie about good news.