Above it

"The draft notice arrived on June 17,1968....My mother and father were having lunch out in the kitchen. I remember opening up the letter, scanning the first few lines, feeling blood go thick behind my eyes...      I was too good for this war. Too smart, too compassionate, too everything. It couldn't happen. I was above it." pg. 39

O'Brien is a little selfish. He puts himself above all the others who are in war and going to war. Sure he was smart, but someone had to go. The last line "I was above it," is terrible. I know O'Brien ended up going to war, but no one should think they are above anyone else.