Cite another critical view on feminism with essay, Lorrie Smith. Smith supports the use of gender roles by emphasizing the quote “the things men do”. (Page 350. O'Brien.) Feminism can be recognized with Curt Lemon's sister when she does not respond to Rat after he sends her what he believes to be a beautiful letter. Because she is a woman, it is thought that she should not understand the struggles of war. Feminism is also emphasized after the narrator tells the story of Rat saving the baby water buffalo only to senselessly lock him up with the intent of leaving him to suffer, at which point the old woman who asks if the story is true cries. (Page 352-353. O'Brien.) O'Brien suggests that those who have returned home and have no experience of war could not imagine the beautiful and grotesque details of war that men who have experienced it can. “War is bad; war is fun. War is exciting; war is hard work. War makes you a man; war kills you." (Page 353. O'Brien.) A person is never ready for the experiences he will have during war, but in some profound sense war makes a man a man and leaves the inexperienced in the dark as to what they have missed . Sometimes it can even leave the expert lost as to what is truth and what is reality. “The images get mixed up; you tend to miss a lot. (Page 348. O'Brien.) It is not necessarily that the facts are wrong but from the point of view of