Repetition working for the novel -Dimitri Stevens

The book's element of repetition proved to be strong throughout.  The memories of the dead, no matter how many times it has been restated still comes off as interesting, almost as if we, the readers, have to deal with the guilt of seeing a man die.  O'Brien use of repetition gave us the burden of being a witness.  He also mentioned the importance of how helps mold memories.  The reference to the importance of telling a story became a repetitive element, and it was sometimes unexpected, just as soon as i thought he was done talking about the importance of telling a story, he talks about it again.  One of the main passages connected to story telling was on page 218, when he said "The thing about a story is that you dream when you tell it, hoping others might then dream along with you, and in this way memory and imagination and language combine to make spirits in the head."  I read this as the speaker getting the listeners involved, almost making them experience it, like i believe O'Brien did through the use of repeating the death of some of his comrades.  The telling of the same story never really got boring, because he approached it in a different way just about every time, and through the use of meta fiction, he kind of informed you of what inspired his direction, so there is a lot of truth along with these stories.  Overall good book, it kind of reminds me of "Catch 22" by Joseph Heller.