Communicating Truth In Hemingway's 'Soldiers' Home

Authors desire to communicate truth in war and in narrative through fiction. Communicating truth through fiction brings a new reality that may not be easily understood by those who lack war experience. Tim O’Brien models “How to tell a true war story” on Hemingway's “Soldiers’ home”. Both authors provide intriguing perspectives on reality through their fiction, particularly in the way the characters express morality, existence, and guilt. This asserts that applying the ontological turn of events and other combat experiences reveals that, those who walk from battlefields have a changed ontological perspective.

O’Brien’s war experience inform the perspective of mortality and guilt. The author has applied his ontological turn of writing and the

The long-term effects of social-cultural forces play in war narratives. Hemingway says new times required the development of new techniques. The dissonance between fiction and war was heightened by the mass carnage of World War 1. Hemingway has used modernism and tradition which consciously sought new methods of storytelling as a means of bridging the gap between unintelligible fiction and trauma. War, like writing shapes the perception and creates a completed recognition of contemporary

It can be argued that war is grotesque but in the truth war is a beauty. One can’t help but gape at the awful majesty in combat. Rather than attempt to portray a false truth in war, he depicts a composite truth. It is only by embracing the intricacies of truth within the philosophy, language, and content of his writings, which he was able to create more authentic telling of war. Few individuals can claim that O’Brien’s novel details the wartime experiences of a fictional young soldier. Throughout the novel, O’Brien works to demonstrate the fact theta truth is multidimensional and often arbitrary. He was a Vietnam War veteran and many readers incorrectly assume that the novel was his autobiography. He specifically denotes literal truth implying the existence of other types of truth. Reality is often limited by time, bias and memory. Fiction, however, is not so limited. Scenes and characters are created to limit this gap and are sometimes seen to be more than true than