The author Tim O'Brien has sons. If he wrote about a son asking his father if he had ever killed anyone, would the emotional impact of the story change? Why or why not?

Could you explain this a little bit better are you trying to say what would happen if Tim O'Brien went down to the trench and told his son he had killed a man or someone else's son asking his father if he ever killed anyone?

It does not matter whom he is telling.

Father/daughter relationships are unique.

Father/son relationships are unique.