Outline The Effects of Wars “Ambush” by Tim O’ Brien

ITHS Marya Altaf
Ms.Hyde September 26, 2007

Outline The Effects of Wars
“Ambush” by Tim O’ Brien

I. Introduction
A. Introductory Statement
B. Thesis statement: “Ambush” by Tim O’ Brien is an example of literature that describes a character who faces a life time regret after killing someone.

II. Body:
A. First Supporting Idea (Topic Sentence): “Ambush” is an antiwar story.
1- Tim O” Brien writes a lot of war stories. This shows that he is living a life with regret. He cannot forget about what has happened in his past life.
2- Tim O’ Brien kills a young soldier, but he really didn't mean to kill him.
3- Quotes: “a good kill”, “automatically.”

B. Second Supporting Idea (Topic Sentence): The speaker lives with regrets.
1- Afraid to tell his daughter.
2- Feels guilty.
3- Tim O’ Brien keeps writing war stories. In most of his stories the main topic he always wrote about was on wars.

C. Third Idea (Topic Sentence): fantasies of the man he killed being alive.
1- Gets visions of the soldier he killed.
2- He describes the soldier’s suspicious smile in his imagination.
3- Imagines the soldier coming out of the fog.

III. A. Closing Statement
B. Restate Thesis: Tim O’ Brien is an example of an individual that has been effected by a war.