The tension around me every day made things really tough. It was bad enough that my dad was so far away for so long. But while he was off in the jungles of Vietnam fighting for some elusive principles, people at home were angry and unsupportive. I wanted to be proud of my dad, but I couldn't understand what he was fighting for. Or against. If I could just grab ahold of that shadow, maybe could see things from his perspective. But it always slipped away.

what play?

explanation:

one thousand and one nights, also known as arabian nights is a collection of stories whose basic structure is that of embedded narrative. this technique refers to a main story which works as the common frame - or framing narrative - for the other stories, and then this series of stories which are connected to the main one. this technique can also be referred to as a story within a story. the stories stem from the original tale, some begin and end on their own, some are connected to the previous or following one, by means of questions that are answered in the subsequent tale, or characters which reappear.