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tc 3. On the Rainy River (short Story by Tim O'Brien)
tc 3. What do you think the nattator means when he says that Elroy Berdahl "saved" him?
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tc 3. What do you think the nattator means when he says that Elroy Berdahl "saved" him?
The narrator feels that, had he gone to Canada, he would have lost his past. Everything that made him who he was would vanish into a fog. Despite the very real threat of dying in Vietnam, at least he would die as himself and not some ghost lurking about in Canada.