Answer:
nation:
“An Encounter” suggests that although people yearn for escape and adventure, routine is inevitable, and new experiences, when they do come, can be profoundly disturbing. The narrator and his friends play games about the Wild West to disrupt the rote activity of school, and venture into Dublin for the same reason.
Depends on how you look at it but for a simple answer, true
What is the question you were given to answer for your essay? Just asking because I need specificity ;)