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Thomas Hobbs...says that the human state of nature is war.
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Thomas Hobbs insists, “The natural state of nature is war” (3).

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“In the end a true war story is never about war… it’s about love and sorrow” (10), says Tim O’Brien.
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“In the end a true war story is never about war... It’s about love and sorrow” (10), reminds Tim O’Brien.

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O’Brien states, “You can tell a true war story from its absolute and uncompromising allegiance to obscenity and evil” (1).
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Author Tim O’Brien recognizes that, “you can tell a true war story from its absolute and uncompromising allegiance to obscenity and evil” (1).

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According to Davidson and Lytle an authentic war film is one that has characters that are individual, realistic and ambiguous.
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Davidson and Lytle maintain that an authentic war film must have individual and realistic characters: “to a historian viewing the film the characters do look less stereotyped” (416).