Quotes From 'How To Tell A True War Story'
Entry #1- Type 2
“The Things They Carried”
Quote: “They carried all the empoitonal baggage of men who might die. Grief, terror, love, longing – these were intangibles, but intangibles had their own mass and specific gravity, they had tangible weight. They carried shameful memories. They carried the common secret of cowardice barely restrained, the instinct to run or freeze or hide, and in many respects this was the heaciest burden of all, for it could not be put down, it required perfect balance and perfect posture” (O'Brien 20).
Response: This idea seems to be important because it reflects the things the soldiers carried with them and within them. Not only they had to carry the necessities for the war and their missions, but they also had to carry the weight. They had to carry their feelings; love, hatred, fear, etc. In addition to this, they were taking their memories to anywhere they went, it was as …show more content…
Almost everything is true. Almost nothing is true” (O'Brien 77).
Response: This is an important simile, as O'Brien uses it to talk about true war stories by comparing the war and the peace. There is not an actual way to tell either one truly. When talking about them, everything will be true, yet everything said will also be a lie. This idea represented in this simile plays a significant part in O'Brien's stories as he tells many war stories, but never tries to make the reader believe that everything in these stories are true or false. He leaves it to the reader; the reader can believe anything they want, and deny the existence of the rest.
Entry #8- Type 2
“The Dentist”
Quote: “As we sat waiting, Curt Lemon began to tense up. He kept fidgeting, playing with his dog tags. Finally somebody asked what the problem was, and Lemon looked down at his hands and said that back in high school he'd had a couple of bad experiences with dentists” (O'Brien
“The Things They Carried”
Quote: “They carried all the empoitonal baggage of men who might die. Grief, terror, love, longing – these were intangibles, but intangibles had their own mass and specific gravity, they had tangible weight. They carried shameful memories. They carried the common secret of cowardice barely restrained, the instinct to run or freeze or hide, and in many respects this was the heaciest burden of all, for it could not be put down, it required perfect balance and perfect posture” (O'Brien 20).
Response: This idea seems to be important because it reflects the things the soldiers carried with them and within them. Not only they had to carry the necessities for the war and their missions, but they also had to carry the weight. They had to carry their feelings; love, hatred, fear, etc. In addition to this, they were taking their memories to anywhere they went, it was as …show more content…
Almost everything is true. Almost nothing is true” (O'Brien 77).
Response: This is an important simile, as O'Brien uses it to talk about true war stories by comparing the war and the peace. There is not an actual way to tell either one truly. When talking about them, everything will be true, yet everything said will also be a lie. This idea represented in this simile plays a significant part in O'Brien's stories as he tells many war stories, but never tries to make the reader believe that everything in these stories are true or false. He leaves it to the reader; the reader can believe anything they want, and deny the existence of the rest.
Entry #8- Type 2
“The Dentist”
Quote: “As we sat waiting, Curt Lemon began to tense up. He kept fidgeting, playing with his dog tags. Finally somebody asked what the problem was, and Lemon looked down at his hands and said that back in high school he'd had a couple of bad experiences with dentists” (O'Brien