True or Not?

I also feel that the way that O' Brien was so ambiguous about the true facts of his stories in the book was a very effective way of getting the emotions and the true values of the stories across to the reader. I mean, does it or should it even really matter if the stories are true or not as long as we get the message? I used to be one to say that, if it isn't true and it didn't happen, then it doesn't matter. But now, after reading it, I think I've changed my mind, or atleast in this case I have a different opinion. I feel like even though the actual hard facts of the stories might have been fabricated, the important parts in the stories, the emotions, the feelings, the lessons, those were true, and so in that sense, so were the stories. That's what I think is important about the book, the truth is in there, just maybe not in the way that you might think.