“Fiction is the truth inside the lie. » (Étienne King). A story is usually told for a specific purpose, either to teach a moral or simply to entertain. To make a story more interesting and make the listener believe, they use fiction. Fiction is often used in stories to prove a point and help the listener. Sometimes they have to use fiction to make the story different and unique so that people don't find it boring. In war this happens because men are trying to entertain themselves and stories are a good way to do that. Some stories might be true, but guys don't know which ones are and which ones aren't, so for them, if the story makes sense, then it's real for them. Truth and fiction are used in storytelling to create a more compelling story that either shows a moral, a lesson, or simply a way to escape the real world. As the soldiers fight day after day, they begin to lose track of time and their sense of reason. Things start to blur, but not in a way that affects their ability to fight, in a way where time passes very slowly but at the same time very quickly. Time is lost in all the noise of war, with men screaming, gunshots and people running. It becomes difficult to distinguish what is real from what is fiction. What is in their minds and what is actually happening becomes confusing and some men say to themselves, “Almost everything is true. Almost nothing is true. (81). Being so confused and so young starts to make men feel scared and helpless. Their minds wander and they start thinking about things not related to the war, like "...dark closets, crazy people, murderers under the bed, all those childhood fears." Gremlins, trolls and giants. (205) They think about things that are not... middle of paper... outside of God. Internet. April 11. 2010. .Unknown. "Alcohol." KidsHealth – the most visited children's health website. Nemours Foundation, 2010. Web. April 22. 2010. .Unknown. “THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ON THE BRAIN. » NIAAA Publications. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, June 2006. Web. April 12. 2010. .Unknown. “Alcoholism Facts.” Drug Addiction – Towards Recovery. Addiction Support, 2010. .Unknown. “Alcoholism Facts: Includes Signs of Alcohol Abuse Treatments.” Facts about alcoholism. Median Net, August 3, 2006. Web. April 30. 2010. .