Luttrell was a member of the 101st Airborne Division during the Vietnam War and wrote this letter twenty two years later: “Dear Sir‚ For [twenty two] years I have carried your picture in my wallet. I was only eighteen years old that day we faced one another on that trail in Vietnam. Why you did not take my life I’ll never know. You started
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feel the same about certain things” (26). The tragedies of war can never be understood by one who has not experienced it‚ and soldiers must overcome the mental barricade of fitting back into an unknowing society when returning from duty. At times‚ this mental barricade‚ combined with the
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The Things They Carried is a novel written by Tim O’ Brien that portrays several ideas of the Vietnam War. The novel presents how many dealt with tragic and alarming conditions during harsh times. Men had choices wether or not they wanted to join the war‚ fled the country‚ or stay in Vietnam once arriving. Guilt played a mind game with all of these choices. The fear of being killed and watching someone be killed was horrendous. Through different stories‚ events‚ and mental images of what Vietnam
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Literary Analysis Jaylyn Robinson Eng125 Matthew Cole December 9‚ 2014 Literary Analysis It is important to understand that some conflicts in literature might not always be obvious. Considering how an author addresses conflict via literary techniques can reveal other more complex conflicts or different kinds of conflicts that interact in multiple ways. Analyzing those more complicated elements can help discover what literature represents about the human
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Tim O’Brien’s and my list are different in various ways‚ though they both begin with some sort of representation of family‚ showing that kin are highly regarded for each. While both of our lists share this familial aspect‚ they are more different than alike. First‚ O’Brien’s and my definitions of home contrast in that he describes home as his entire town whereas I depict my actual home. In The Thing They Carried‚ he depicted his version of home through
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Cole Ruch ENC II D.Chapman April 22‚ 2013 Literary analysis #1- The Things They Carried‚ by Tim O’Brien This prolific and award winning story by Tim O’Brien‚ focuses on the hardships faced by soldiers during the Vietnam War. O’Brien chronicles the lives of several soldiers as they battle through the jungles of the Vietnam. They story gives the readers the ability to go through the solders inability to accept the reality they are facing. The title of the story plays an important function in
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On the other hand‚ friendships provides a different element in one’s life that could provide more substance than sexual relationships. Even if a companionship offered a social interaction that Winston craved‚ his friendship with O’Brien could not fulfill the role he desired because it would be one-sided‚ “O’Brien was a being in all ways larger than himself. There was no idea that he had ever had‚ or could have that O’Brien had not long ago known‚ examined‚ and rejected. His mind contained Winston’s
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Case question: Using the information in this chapter‚ how would you tell Jim to proceed? Using the information in the chapter‚ I agree with Jim O’Brien. Although getting large customers is important‚ making money is also important. Jim has a plan to require their customers to reduce loading and unloading times. If they cannot reduce their time‚ Hardee Transportation has no choice but to either increase detention charges or consider dropping those customers. The sales organizations think these
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of his society by going to war against his will. Before receiving his draft notice Tim O’Brien goes through a basic period of following his own desires in the safety of the society that he lives in. He goes to college and follows his passions. At this point in his life the war is far away and isn’t going to affect him‚ but he does recognize it. O’Brien “took a modest stance against the war‚ nothing to radical‚ no hothead stuff”. He made a decision that his personal desires were more important than
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The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien uses narratives to evoke various thoughts within the reader. Yet Mary Anne Bell’s story is a cautionary tale of the influence the battlefield has on a person. One of the medics‚ Mark Fossie‚ decides to bring his high school sweetheart right into the war‚ not comprehending the cost of his action. The war turns innocent‚ naïve soldiers into brutal‚ desensitized killers; Mary Anne being no exception. Her tale illustrates how the war physically and mentally alters
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