FINDING THE LOST

Going After Cacciato is a short story by Tim O’ Brien. It is about a soldier that went a.w.o.l during the Vietnamese War. This soldier was named Cacciato. He figured that he could escape if he were to reach a city in France. That was an unspeakable task to generate within one’s mind. Especially with the war going on, no one that was not from the area would be able to navigate themselves through the wilderness with a limited supply of resources. This story is like a true fiction story. A true fiction story reveals reality with unreal stories or plots. The plots ring out loud with truth beneath the cover. This means the things that happen may very well occur in the world today. The boy-faced soldier (Cacciato) ran into a man by the name of Paul Berlin. Paul Berlin is trying to distance himself form the war, but he ends up making a connection with his squad and Cacciato unknowingly. Other events occur in this story that is ordinary to the events that occur on a daily basis.