On the Rainy River and The Setting Sun and the Rolling World

On the Rainy River by Tim O’Brien and The Setting Sun and the Rolling World by Charles Mungoshi. I chose this picture when i saw it that i want to swim in this lake as Tim O'Brien went in the lake. Right now I go back my home, California which is warmer than DC that you can still swim in beach or pool.
Tim O’Brien wrote it was very emotional because he explains a detail and his tone was frustrate. I can understand his feeling as it was happen me in few weeks ago. I wanted to know answer form future and know happen if I do it something. Sometime I wish life have “save” and “load” as Playstation game do have a save and load to get game over to get without mistake. Our life doesn’t have it that you have to move on and careful. Our life has one change to life. It is tough as Tim worried that he will die in war that one change to life. Later, he flashed back and forward that he will wonderful life as his dream answer. He will have a wonderful family. So, he went back his home and fights the war for himself. Other story, The Setting Sun and the Rolling World is opposite of the story way. Old Musoni’s son named Namho who is stubborn and thinking himself and life. Old musoni was hoping his son wills stay his home to work and watch his farm and home after he was become older and cant work anymore. He was disappoint in his son that he want to leave home to journey to find a new life. He gave up and let him go to learn a mistake. Son was thinking it all two months but Tim O’Brien leave last minutes but he did want to escape from America to avoid the draft for war. Namho took a time to leave the home. The Setting Sun and the Rolling World was pointless for me to tell me a story. I know it was cutting off lot of part of the story. Leaving home chose the part as his son leave home. I understand Musoni want to keep a traditional and not allow people invade the new culture in his family.
I knew it was Chinese story that their stories have a famous lesson in all stories come from Chinese. As you see Chinese art somewhere, it do have a story behind it and lesson. Art and story is same.