The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien 1 | Among the necessities or near-necessities were P-38 can openers‚ pocket knives‚ heat tabs‚ wristwatches‚ dog tags‚ mosquito repellent‚ chewing gum‚ candy‚ cigarettes‚ salt tablets‚ packets of Kool-Aid‚ lighters‚ matches‚ sewing kits‚ Military Payment Certificates‚ C rations‚ and two or three canteens of water. (pg. 2) | Most of these items I understand that they have to have them. There are a few though that I don’t think are a necessity or a near-necessity
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E. Lockhart composed the novel We Were Liars. The novel narrated by Candence‚ the oldest grandchild of the Sinclair family. The Sinclair family is very wealthy and they own a private island known as Beechwood Island. Every summer‚ the entire family devotes their vacation on the island. However‚ not every summer is the equivalent. During summer fifteen Cadence got in an accident. Unfortunately‚ the “Liars”‚ which include Candence‚ Johnny‚ Gat‚ and Mirren‚ actually have a mystery they veiled until
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In the book “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien all of the people carry something. Some of the things they carry are things they need to survive. Most of them carry things that remind them of home or things they left behind. Every single person carries one thing in common‚ “they all carry respect for the power of the things they carry.” The men carry things they need like mosquito repellent and marijuana‚ pocket knives and chewing gum. They carried friendship and hate. An example of
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Christian Mueller Professor Marek ENC1102 Sec 81 25 September 2013 Burdens of War Tim Obrien’s “The Things They Carried” To understand literature‚ especially the more abstract and intricate stuff‚ you must comprehend beyond the literal text. To really see the point an author is hinting at you must be able to read the covert messages masked within the overt ones. Not only must you take the authors background into consideration but also the time period that the piece takes place in. You must
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One of the biggest problems in our life is fear. Fear is a problem because it affects everything; we think and say and do‚ all the decisions and the choices we make. For example human fear many things like fear of flying‚ heights‚ death and etc.. In his book the things they carried Tim O’Brien writes but the theme of fear because the soldiers in the Vietnam War were afraid of making the right decisions. Tim O’Brien and his platoon carry the fear of death and the fear of shame.fear is show in this
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One of the central themes in The Things They Carried‚ is that fear of ruining one’s reputation served as motivation to the soldiers during the Vietnam War. Tim O’Brien conveys this theme using anecdotes about Curt Lemon‚ Rat Kiley‚ and himself as examples. Curt Lemon’s experience with the dentist during the war shows that his fear of losing his honorable reputation motivated him to take a risk that he normally would not take. Throughout his time as a soldier‚ Curt Lemon upheld a “macho man” reputation
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War‚ conflict between nations or fellow citizens with the use of arms. War is the most powerful threat we have on earth today. War can accomplish a variety of things in a variety of ways but for the soldiers they are stuck with an experience unlike any other known to the everyday man‚ stuck with memories and images of what it’s like to be hunted by another man. Different people take different things away from war and are affected in different ways‚ but a change after a war is inevitable and for 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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We Were Liars is a books that has had a presence on my TBR pile for a year now‚ and although I have had this colossal desire to read it for all that time‚ I found that I never could. There were many occassion where I would pick it up‚ read the first page‚ then slide it back into its dusty spot on the book case. And this happened many times‚ until the High Summer Readathon where I decide to finally dive into it. We Were Liars is not intimidating by any means; being only 225 pages‚ I know it would
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being lucky. But being lucky isn’t always about winning the lottery or having things other people don’t have and you enjoy having it. Being lucky is basically waking up thanking god he blessed you with another day! There has been a time in my life where I felt ashamed. One day I was going to the park with my friends and we see these two people who were alcoholics & homeless asking people for money and all these other things. It was sad because seeing someone like that makes me sad and grateful at the
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