CRITIQUE: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, September 22nd, 1999
The actions of the character Paul Berlin in Tim O'Brien's war novel "Going After Cacciato" are examined. Topics include the meaning of courage in combat, the structure of O'Brien's novel, and reality and fantasy in the mind of the narrator. Tim O'Brien's Going After Cacciato (1978) is a labyrinthine narrative of reality and fantasy, of fact and imagination. In portraying these various levels of reality and imagination, O'Brien structures the novel on a three-tiered narrative: the war memories, the Cacciato chapters, and the Observation Post sections. Critical consensus is that Paul Berlin's v...
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