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    The document discusses the ending of Tim O'Brien's novel, where the narrator realizes he is trying to save the life of his younger self, Timmy, through telling a story. As a 43-year-old Vietnam veteran, Tim is retelling his first love experience as a 9-year-old with another child, Linda, who later died of cancer. By revisiting this childhood memory, Tim hopes to recapture the innocence of his youth and remember the people he lost, like Linda, through the power of storytelling.

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    The document discusses the ending of Tim O'Brien's novel, where the narrator realizes he is trying to save the life of his younger self, Timmy, through telling a story. As a 43-year-old Vietnam veteran, Tim is retelling his first love experience as a 9-year-old with another child, Linda, who later died of cancer. By revisiting this childhood memory, Tim hopes to recapture the innocence of his youth and remember the people he lost, like Linda, through the power of storytelling.

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    The document discusses the ending of Tim O'Brien's novel, where the narrator realizes he is trying to save the life of his younger self, Timmy, through telling a story. As a 43-year-old Vietnam veteran, Tim is retelling his first love experience as a 9-year-old with another child, Linda, who later died of cancer. By revisiting this childhood memory, Tim hopes to recapture the innocence of his youth and remember the people he lost, like Linda, through the power of storytelling.

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    The document discusses the ending of Tim O'Brien's novel, where the narrator realizes he is trying to save the life of his younger self, Timmy, through telling a story. As a 43-year-old Vietnam veteran, Tim is retelling his first love experience as a 9-year-old with another child, Linda, who later died of cancer. By revisiting this childhood memory, Tim hopes to recapture the innocence of his youth and remember the people he lost, like Linda, through the power of storytelling.

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    IrealizeitisasTimtryingtosaveTimmyslifewithastory.

    ThelastlineofthenovelisIrealizeitasTimtryingtosaveTimmyslifewithastory.Timin
    thiscaseis43yearoldTim,in1990afterhehadalreadyservedintheVietnamwarandis
    marriedwithkids.Timmyinthelastsentenceofthebookis9yearoldTimmywhohadfellin
    lovewithanother9yearoldnamedLinda.Lindawasninethen,asIwas,butwewereinlove
    (OBrien216).Thisseemsalittlehardtobelievegiventhatwhenthetwowentontherefirstdate
    theycouldnthardlyevenmakeeyecontact.Ialmosthadthecouragetolookather(OBrien
    218).ThisquotefurthersthetheorythatTimandLindacannotbeinlove.Lindadiedata
    youngageofnineduetosometypeofcancer.Yourgirlfriend,shekickedthebucket(OBrien
    224).ThisquotepossiblyexplainsthatOBriendidntloveherinthewayofgirlfriendand
    boyfriendbuthelovedherbecausehermissedher.

    OBrienthinksthattellingthisstorywillbringbackthememoriesofallthepeopleheknowsthat
    died.Storiescannotsavelives,buttheycanmakeyoufeellikethepersonisstillalive,atleast
    whileyouretellingit.Andtheniconcentrated.Iwilledheralive.ItwasadreamIsuppose,ora
    daydream,butImadeithappen(OBrien225).ThisquoteshowsthatOBrienwastryingto
    dreamLindabacktolife.OBriensaysTimtryingtosaveTimmyslifewithastory(OBrien
    233).Timthe43yearoldmanwastryingtosaveTimmyslifebecausehewantedtobringback
    theinnocencethatlittle9yearoldTimmyhad.Timmydidntknowhowtocopewithdeath
    becausehehadneverexperiencedit.TryingtosaveTimmyslifesimplymeansthatTim
    wantedtogobackintimetowhenallofhisfriendswerestillaliveandhestillhadhis
    innocence.

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