Bamdad Attarn IB HL English The Things They Carried Commentary: How to Tell a True War Story Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried is a work of metafiction that manages to test fiction in its very nature through the chapter‚ “How to Tell a True War Story.” The blurred line between reality and the imagination is explored by the given account—the reader is alienated and forced to think‚ does the truth matter in a war story? This chapter alternates in narration between O’Brien as a soldier
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The language of war is different for everyone. It greatly affects how your audience perceives war and its meaning. Using particular words to derive the meaning from the truth‚ can usually manipulate the reader from seeing the actual truth. The author talks to the audience in a way that connects with them through the words and stories told in these essays. The use of diction has the power to persuade the audience to a specific side of believability. In How to Tell A True War Story Tim O’Brien goes
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Simple Truth or Detailed Exaggeration Have you ever been through a traumatic experience? How did you explain your feelings during it? Did you want the other person to feel the same way you did? A few years ago‚ a drunk driver ran a red light and crashed into my vehicle. Surviving the accident with no marks‚ bruises‚ or scrapes‚ I had no visible proof of what I had been through. But mentally‚ I was hysterical‚ frantic‚ and upset. My family did not understand my reason for being distraught since
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Told from a third person’s perspective “How to Tell a True War Story” seems to focus on the death of a friend and good times they had together during the Vietnam War. It begins with an absolute statement that the story is true then a letter is sent to a relative of the deceased that receives no reply. It goes on to tell us the story of war and all the complexities it holds. The author points out numerous times that real war stories have no moral or life lesson like those in novels or movies even
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Ernest Hemingway’s “A Soldier’s Home” and Tim O’Brien’s “How to Tell a War Story” are both pieces focusing on war and the profound impact it has on the minds of soldiers that go through it‚ they both differ in many ways. The settings of the stories are dissimilar as “A Soldier’s Home” is set after the war‚ in a typical suburban environment in Oklahoma‚ where the protagonist grew up‚ while “How to Tell a True War Story” is set primarily in war-stricken areas in Vietnam with a few other instances set
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Period 27 January 2017 Summary of How to Tell a True War Story How to Tell a True War Story has an unnamed narrator telling the story of what happened to one of his squad members. He starts by mentioning Bob Kiley‚ Rat‚ and that one of Rat?s friends died. The narrator goes on to tell how Rat wrote a letter to his friend?s sister. After two months‚ Rat is disappointed to have not received a letter from her. Afterwards‚ the narrator says that a true war story should not leave the reader feeling
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Hotchkiss Intro to Literature Short Story Analysis Paper October 5‚ 2009 “How to Tell a True War Story” I found “How to Tell a True War Story” the most interesting short story we have read so far. Why? Because the story is true and so very real. The story paints such a vivid picture of war and what effects it has on the many men involved. The people are real people‚ the events are real events‚ and the story is a real story. It really drives home the point because war is such a big part of life today
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A Literary Analysis of How to Tell a True War Story The short story that will be discussed‚ evaluated‚ and analyzed in this paper is a very emotionally and morally challenging short story to read. Michael Meyer‚ author of the college text The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature‚ states that the author of How to Tell a True War Story‚ Tim O’Brien‚ “was drafted into the Vietnam War and received a Purple Heart” (472). His experiences from the Vietnam War have stayed with him‚ and he writes
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Setting Analysis: How to Tell a True War Story by Tim O’Brien Set in 1965-1974 era‚ “How to Tell a True War Story‚” by Tim O’Brien utilizes reoccurring stories set throughout the jungles‚ mountains‚ and deserted villages in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Written in a meta-literary form‚ and based on what can be defined as a self-conscious work‚ O’Brien uses the art of story-telling with a keen sense of detail to insert the reader alongside for the dramatic beauty and inevitable hardship that comes
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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
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