Exploration 3 by Bhakti

The story that has meant to me so far was, that  A true war story can be identified by the questions one asks afterward, O’Brien says. He says that in the story of a man who jumps on a grenade to save his three friends, which describes  the truth of the man’s purpose and makes a difference. He says that sometimes the truest war stories never happened and tells a story of the same four men—one jumps on a grenade to take the blast, and all four die anyway. Before they die, though, one of the dead turns to the man who jumped on the grenade and asks him why he jumped. The already-dead jumper says, “Story of my life, man.” Overall this story connected to me through my friends. I personally am very close to my friends and that’s what clicked with me. 
    “ really its not so bad. Not terrible. Hey really, they can sue back on!”-(o’Brien Pg63) this quote seemed more relatable to me because I understand that when someone gets hurt his/her friends gets hurt too. And to lower the pain you act as if its not hurting you too, and in that moment you forget the pain that you feel just so your friend does not Get hurt. 


   Jimmy Cross’s character represents the profound effects responsibility has on those who are too immature to handle it. As a sophomore in college, he signs up for the Reserve Officers Training Corps because it is worth a few credits and because his friends are doing it. But he doesn’t care about the war and has no desire to be a team leader. As a result, when he is led into battle with several men in his charge, he is unsure in everything he does. He is a person who always sacrifice. He loves someone so full heartedly but gets anything in return.