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Rather than give response to the information he collects on the man, he creates his own exaggerated and imagined perception of the man. At first, O’Brien’s accounts sound like they’re of real substance, but soon questions begin to arise: how does he know this? Why does the man’s life resemble O’Brien’s? First and foremost, it must be addressed that this is different from giving input or expanding beyond his tunnel vision because he still does not use the sensory information or the immediate reality as basis for inferences; it would be even better to present them as delusions since inferences are based on evidence. It’s as if someone has been given the prompt, “read the passage and write a paragraph that could be presented as a possible paragraph in the passage,” and that person does not read a word from that passage other than the title. They write their draft and present it to the teacher, and, as expected, it cannot fit anywhere in the passage because there’s no context or relation presented. Sure, it relates to the title, the superficial being of the passage, but not the content. This means the content would only come from the student. This is what O’Brien’s reflection and hyperbole is: presentation of delusions that have emerged from his inner self and therefore have no basis because his psyche is still damaged and trying to cope. O’Brien tries to understand and rationalize the significance of a life taken by or from in war. This is self-evident as he gives the man attributes that belong to himself, essentially, trying to put himself in his shoes. The man was