What are some good discussion questions about the book The Things They Carried?These are the 5 categories.... 1. World connection question ( a...

One question that I ask my class to explore refers back to
the topic of truth that O'Brien brings up in Chapter 7 "How to Tell a True War Story." 
In this chapter, O'Brien argues that people are not ready to hear the truth and that war
stories must be comprised of some level of fiction to make them palatable for the
listening/reading audience.  He also says that the truth is entirely subjective and that
details about an event are remembered differently by different people because of their
level of perception.  So the chapter begs the question of whether or not is important to
tell a true war story (or a true story in general), and if so, what is the nature of
"truth" for the storyteller.