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    As explained his own book‚ The Things They Carried‚ O’Brien was enjoying his post-graduate freedom‚ a steady job and a girlfriend at home during the summer of 1968 when he received the draft letter from the army. He describes how he reacted to receiving the letter: “I remember opening up the letter‚ scanning the first few lines‚ feeling the blood go thick behind my eyes… It couldn’t happen. I was above it” (O’Brien‚ Carried 41). His reaction shows that he‚ as an anti-war‚ educated

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    Andrew Kronaizl Sarah Garelik English 210 April 8‚ 2011 The Things They Carried “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien puts the reader in the mind of a few characters who fought together in the Vietnam War. Throughout the story it becomes apparent that these “men” are nothing but children‚ children who have no business being in the jungles of Vietnam. A war with an unclear purpose in a very foreign land is one that children are least suited for. They do a very unsatisfactory job fighting

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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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    In “The Things They Carried‚” O’Brien takes us back to the Vietnam War. He demonstrates to the reader that not only does each United States soldier carry something physical with them‚ but they also carry an emotional burden as well. What each man carries is a combination of thoughts‚ emotions‚ and past experiences. Every soldier carries the standard military issued equipment with them‚ which is their physical burden. Their emotional burden is very individualized. For instance‚ “Lieutenant Jimmy

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    The Things They Carried In Jim O’Brien The Things They Carried the book is introduced as a war story‚ but quickly shifts to a love story. The shift from the first war story that the author tells us to the first love story is surprising to someone who was expecting the whole book to be a collection of short stories. Usually‚ in a book‚ it is not likely that there would be a change in the narrator as well as time period chang all at once. So this is why some people believe that this novel is a love

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    “Story-truth is truer sometimes than happening-truth." This concept may be confusing to those who read Tim O’Brien’s book‚ The Things They Carried‚ for the first time. By using a number of different literary devices‚ such as juxtaposition‚ paradox‚ metaphors‚ and metafiction‚ O’Brien separates truth and fact from one and the other in his novel about his time in the Vietnam War. He shows the truth of what he was feeling through the war and after without being factual. O’Brien’s explanation for not

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    Both Tim O’Brien’s "The Things They Carried" and T. Coraghessan Boyle’s "Greasy Lake" display characters’ similar reactions to violence‚ but in different settings and circumstances. In "The Things They Carried‚" Fist Lieutenant Jimmy Cross is a soldier in the Vietnam War who finds solace and escape in fantasies of a young woman from home. One of Cross’s soldiers dies due to his daydreaming and forces him to abandon these fantasies. In "Greasy Lake‚" the main character finds enjoyment in picking

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    The Things They Carried Tim O’Brien First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried letters from a girl named Martha‚ a junior at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey. They were not love letters‚ but Lieutenant Cross was hoping‚ so he kept them folded in plastic at the bottom of his rucksack. In the late afternoon‚ after a day’s march‚ he would dig his foxhole‚ wash his hands under a canteen‚ unwrap the letters‚ hold them with the tips of his fingers‚ and spend the last hour of light pretending

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    A Character Analyzes on Lieutenant Jimmy Cross Those who experience the Vietnam War were greatly impacted by it. In the story “The Things they Carried”‚ by Tim O’Brien‚ the author is able to share a first hand view of one soldiers experience and impact of the Vietnam War. Lieutenant Jimmy Cross undergoes many difficulties throughout the story. His main Conflict is being able to distinguish what portrays as a fantasy to present truth. By observing O’Brien’s style of writing‚ it is discovered

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    Although Hazel goes through many disappointment in her life‚ no matter what‚ she never gives up and she stays confident. These three important quotes from the story “Raymond’s Run” and from the song “The Greatest” by Sia‚ they both talk about being determined and confident no matter what‚ nothing is impossible if you set your mind to it. To begin with‚ the quote‚ ‘’ I stay up all night studying words for the spelling bee. And you can see me anytime of the day practicing running. ‘’ (pg 29‚ line #100)

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