How does O'Brien use irony, symbol, and point of view to reveal his thoughts on war? O'Brien uses irony, symbol, and point of view to show the reader different angles of war and how he feels about it. By doing this he can jump around and explore angles of his feelings before the war, during the war, and after the war much better. In the chapter The Man I Killed he talks about a man …showed first 75 words of 232 total…

…showed last 75 words of 232 total…Ambush, is the real story of what happened, but reading, The Man I Killed, right before that makes everything he experienced in Ambush so much more powerful than it would have been if, The Man I Killed, wasn't included in the book. O'Brien's use of point of view, symbol, and irony allow him to tell many different powerful stories that happened to him, and people that he knew to help express his thoughts on war.