Nietzsche says: “If he will not be satisfied with the truth in the form of tautology, that is, if he will not be satisfied with empty shells, then he will always exchange truths for illusions . (Truth and Lies, 55) With this statement he clearly means that if people are not satisfied they will exchange their sadness and loneliness for illusions; in other words, magic. Without realizing it, they will make their illusions the truth, which unfortunately is a lie. Such as O'Brien talks about Jimmy Cross bringing love letters from Martha. As he puts it: "Late in the afternoon, after a day's march, he would dig his trench, wash his hands under a water bottle, unwrap the letters, hold them with his fingertips, and spend the last hour of daylight pretending. He imagined romantic camping trips in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.” (The Things they carry, 1) In these few sentences, it is clearly shown that Jimmy is pretending, imagining his time with Martha. He pretends, yet he believes that Martha loves him as he loves her. To him this is real, and this is the element of magic. For the magic to work, Jimmy must lie to himself and believe this is the only truth. Another time where magic matters is when Ted Lavender gets hit in the head and Rat Kiley freaks out and starts screaming the obvious: "Ted Lavender got hit in the head on his way back from peeing... Oh"