Feel

"But listen. Even that story is made up.

I want you to feel what I felt. I want you to know why story-truth is truer sometimes than happening truth." pg. 171

Sometimes a story does not have to be true to get the point across. O'Brien wants us feel what he is going through. Most of the time stories need to be exaggerated a bit for readers to get the big picture. Also everybody can experience the same thing and be affected differently.