“Fiction is the truth inside the lie.” (Stephen King). A story is usually told with a purpose, to teach a moral or simply for entertainment. To make a story more interesting and make the listener believe the story they use fiction. Fiction is often used in stories usually 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 try to have fun and stories are a good way to do this. Some stories may be true but kids don't know which ones are true and which ones aren't. For them, if the story has a meaning then it's real for them. Truth and fiction are used in storytelling to create a more compelling story that 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 your ability to fight, in a way where time passes very slowly but at the same time very quickly. Time is lost in all the sounds of war, with men screaming, gunshots and people running. It becomes difficult to tell what is real and what is fiction. What's in their head and what's actually happening becomes confusing, and some men think, “Most of it 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 to think about things that aren't about the war like, “[...] dark closets, crazy people, murderers under the bed, all those childhood fears. Gremlins, trolls and giants. (205) They think of things that are not me... middle of paper... outside of God. Network. April 11. 2010. .Unknown. "Alcohol." KidsHealth: The most visited children's health site on the web. Nemours Foundation, 2010. Web. 22 April. 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. “Facts about alcoholism.” Drug addiction: towards recovery. Drug Addiction Support, 2010. .Unknown. “Alcoholism Facts: Includes Signs of Alcohol Abuse Treatments.” Facts about alcoholism. Median Network, 3 August 2006. Web. 30 April. 2010. .