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    Lieutenant Jimmy Cross Many people tend to overlook the great obstacles and combats that our soldiers put themselves into in order to keep us safe‚but have they looked deeper into the minds of each soldier and the story they carry. In the book The Things They Carried Tim O`Brien helps convey the true characteristics of Lieutenant Jimmy Cross throughout not only the Vietnam War but through the mental battle he suffers everyday dealing with the sorrows he carries. Lieutenant Jimmy Cross‚ was the leader of

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    In the book titled‚ The Things They Carried‚ the author‚ Tim O ’ Brien‚ depicts a world where traumatic memories and crushing emotional baggage are far heavier than any combat pack or assortment of weapons that has ever burdened the back of a soldier. The author‚ O ’Brien‚ explores the physical and emotional burdens that the soldiers of the Vietnam War "hump" or carry with them. The author portrays the things the soldiers carry throughout the story as both literally tangible items and figuratively

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    many of the stories within The Things They Carried reflect an almost autobiographical outlook through the characters combined with metafiction. O’Brien does well to create a distinction between the truth of the narrative and that of the truth of the events taking place. Therefore it is this conciliation of truth that he uses to recreate his discourse of Vietnam using fictional form combined with a clear exhibition of facts and figures such as in “The Things They Carried” (O’Brien‚ 3-21). Nevertheless

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    story “The Things They Carried.” O’Brien tells the story in third person narrative form about Lt. Jimmy Cross and his platoon of young American men in the Vietnam War. In “The Things They Carried” we can see differences and similarities between the characters

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    “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien Due Friday‚ October 31‚ 2014 @ 11:59 p.m. on Schoology Questions for Discussion and Style & Structure or aguilar.english@gmail.com. *Please type your answers. Complete sentences and thoughts is always expected. Questions for Discussion 1. The story begins with a paragraph about Jimmy Cross and his relationship with Martha. What does Martha represent to Cross? Why might it be significant that Cross obsesses about whether or not she is a virgin? How

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    American Dream The Things They Carried - Log 1 The American Dream is the desire to succeed. Success can be achieved through hard work‚ and with hard work and success the American Dream can lead to happiness as well. The American Dream is attainable by all. It does not depend on social class‚ race‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ sexuality or anything that makes the person an individual. It relies on the ability to work hard and to strive for change. In the novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ each character transforms

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    AP English: Major Works Data Sheet |Title: The Things They Carried |Biographical information about the author | |Author: Tim O’Brien |Tim O’Brien was born in Austin‚ Minnesota on October 1‚ 1946. He was born to a| |Date of Publication: January 1‚1990 |family of three which moved to Worthington‚ Minnesota when

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    “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien is a short story base on the lives of a group of soldiers during the later years of the war in Vietnam. In this story‚ O’Brien examines the burdens of the soldiers and the effects that these burdens can have on man in life-threatening situations. The author describes these burdens referring to the weight that the soldiers carry. These soldiers have to go trough great physical strain but also mental and emotional difficulties that weigh them down immeasurably

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    Literary Devices Used In The Things They Carried By: Tom Vennemann The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien expresses the importance of a story-truth‚ as opposed to a happening-truth by use of literary elements in his writing. The novel is about war and the guilt it leaves on everyone involved in the war. Story-truth is not exactly what happened‚ but uses part of the truth and part made up in order to express the truth of what emotion was felt‚ which an important thematic element in the novel is

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    In Tim O’Brien’s novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ numerous themes are illustrated by the author. Through the portrayal of a number of characters‚ Tim O’Brien suggests that to adapt to Vietnam is not always more difficult than to revert back to the lives they once knew. Correspondingly the theme of change is omnipresent throughout the novel‚ specifically in the depiction of numerous characters. Tim O’Brien is drafted one month after graduating from Macalester College to fight a war he hated. Tim

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