The+Things+They+Carried

[|Tim O'Brien interview]
==2. Consider what O'Brien says about storytelling in this interview and in the novel. Why do you think he ends the work with the statement, "I'm skimming across the surface of my own history, moving fast, riding the melt beneath the blades, doing loops and spins, and when I take a high leap into the dark and come down thirty years later, I realize it is as Time trying to save Timmy's life with a story" (246)? How can telling a story become a means to uncover truth? Make references to the text in your discussion.==