The story “Ambush” by Tim O'Brien is the story of a young American soldier, O'Brien, in the Vietnam War. While on guard duty, O'Brien spots a young enemy soldier approaching his position. He throws a grenade and kills the young man. Years later, O'Brien is faced with the decision to answer his daughter when she asks him if he has ever killed anyone in war. Not only was killing the man a difficult decision, but now O'Brien must answer to his daughter. In the end he lies to her and I think that's the correct choice in that situation. O'Brien's daughter is only nine years old when she asks her father that painful question. I believe that the death of someone else is a life-changing event and should only be discussed by mature adults. If O'Brien chooses to tell his daughter the truth when she's older, that's fine; this is what I would do. Later in his life O'Brien has second thoughts and tries to resolve the confusing issues of the foggy dawn in Vietnam. Sometimes he believes that the young man would have continued walking and would never have seen him, but sometimes he believes he did the right thing and forgives himself. Although I don't know any war veterans and have never killed anyone, there was an event in my life similar to the one in this story. When I was in third grade my father was electrocuted and was actually clinically dead. He was later resuscitated and when my mother spoke to him in the hospital, he told her some strange things. She has briefly mentioned some of them to me throughout my life, but I