war story. He also tells little stories within the whole Story. The first story O’Brien tells is how his friend’s death looked beautiful. He starts off by naming who is his friend was that died‚ which is Curt Lemon. Curt and Rob Kiley aka Rat Kiley‚ they were goofing around (like kids do) playing catch around a mine field. Playing catch in a mine field you don’t hear that everyday. Then suddenly a noise struck and separately curt stepped from the shade in the sunlight .His face was Brown
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The Things They Carried in “The Things They Carried‚” by Tim O’Brien In “The Things They Carried‚” by Tim O’Brien the theme of “carrying” both physical and emotional objects by the main characters can be found in the novel. While these men carry the same standard physical army gear‚ they differentiate with personal tangible and intangible items. From Lieutenant Cross’s responsibility of his men‚ to Henry Dobbin’s girlfriend’s pantyhose for its magic‚ each man faced the war with these things attached
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The Elusiveness of War and the Tenuousness of Morality in Tim O’Brien’s "The Things They Carried‚" "How to Tell a True War Story‚" and "Style" In the novel The Things They Carried‚ Tim O’Brien demonstrates how exposure to the atrocities of nations at war leads to the soldiers having skewed perspectives on what is right and wrong‚ predominantly at times when the purpose of the war itself appears elusive. The ambiguity that consumes the stories of "The Things They Carried" and "How to Tell a True
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never talk about the mental aspect of war. Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong is a story told by Rat Kiley in the book‚ The Things They Carried‚ by Tim O’Brien. It shows how the war takes a toll on people mentally. This story shifts from light hearted to mysterious and uses lighthearted diction‚ mysterious syntax‚ and environmental imagery. This specific story is told through the perspective of Rat Kiley. During Rat’s first trip into the mountains of Chu Lai‚ Mark writes a letter back to base. The
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The Things They Carried‚ by Tim O’Brien‚ is about the experience multiple soldiers go through during the Vietnam War. There are stories about the love‚ hardships‚ friendships‚ and loss all the soldiers go through. By going to war‚ the soldiers all lose a part of themselves. I believe the message Tim O’Brien is trying to convey in his novel is people who do not go to the war‚ do not understand what it is like. I think throughout this novel‚ O’Brien tries his best to give the people who are not
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The text‚ The Things They Carried’‚ is an excellent example which reveals how individuals are changed for the worse through their first hand experience of war. Following the lives of the men both during and after the war in a series of short stories‚ the impact of the war is accurately portrayed‚ and provides a rare insight into the guilt stricken minds of soldiers. The Things They Carried’ shows the impact of the war in its many forms: the suicide of an ex-soldier upon his return home; the lessening
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says that Curt Lemon stepped on a booby-trap while playing with Rat Kiley and instantly died. Curt Lemon was dead. Rat Kiley had lost his best friend in the world. Later in the week he would write a long personal letter to the guy’s sister‚ who would not write back‚ but for now it was a question of pain. (79) This quote is a great example of how citizens at home do not understand and respond well to the soldiers at war. Rat Kiley had put a lot of thought into the letter he sent to Curt Lemon’s
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O’Brien claimed Kiley always exaggerated stories‚ because the plot wasn’t what matter‚ the emotions of the story were what mattered. Kiley was written as a metaphor for how O’Brien wrote. O’Brien doesn’t need the details to be right‚ as long as the reader feels the emotion of the story. Sanders often told stories the same way
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the color of friendship. Rat Kiley uses imagination as an escape through his comic books just as Kiowa carries a New Testament bible‚ not only to read but also for the comforting smell of it. Mitchell Sanders fills his need by fantasizing sexual liaisons by carrying condoms and tiger fatigues‚ the same as Henry Dobbins has his girlfriends pantyhose “around his neck as a comforter‚” (396). Ted Lavender escapes through the use of tranquilizers and dope and Rat Kiley with brandy‚ both in hope of
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takes a heavy toll on the men. For instance‚ when the platoon was underneath the canopies of the trees taking a break from humping in the middle of the jungle and Curt Lemon and Rat Kiley began goofing off with a smoke bomb. The platoon was not under fire or in any threat at the time but for a mere moment Lemon and Kiley let their guard down which in return caused a lost soul. O’Brien himself was a ways away watching the two goofing around with the smoke bomb while he watch Lemon step into the sunlight
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