I was given the opportunity to read Tim O’Brien’s novel The Things They Carried and relate it to the movie Platoon. Both the novel and the movie demonstrated how the men behaved and reacted to the gruesome effects of war and even when the war was over how those emotions and memories stayed with them for the rest of their lives. Both the author and director used methods of interpreting a story by fusing universal truths and sorrow together to bring about a better understanding of the characters and
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In Vietnam veteran and author Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried the reader is given a list of both the physical and mental items that a soldier has to carry during war. The way O’Brien incorporates these lists into his writing indisputably makes the events and stories conceivable for the reader because each item defines the nature of the men in alpha platoon. O’Brien’s depiction of the men in alpha platoon does more than define each man’s personality but it enables a reader with no knowledge
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The Vietnam war was a war that was fought without a reason. With 58‚200 Americans killed in the war and 300‚000 wounded‚ many people were affected and changed after seeing their friends die right before their eyes. The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien is a narrative about the Vietnam war and the people who fought for their lives. The main character‚ being the author‚ is Tim O’Brien and the short stories in the novel are from before‚ during‚ and after the war. These first hand accounts describe
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The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien Plot: 1. RISING ACTION • In the summer of 1968‚ Tim O’Brien receives a draft notice. Despite a desire to follow his convictions and flee to Canada‚ he feels he would be embarrassed to refuse to fulfill his patriotic duty and so concedes to fight in Vietnam. CLIMAX • During their tour of duty‚ the men of the Alpha Company must cope with the loss of their own men and the guilt that comes from killing and watching others die. FALLING ACTION • After he returns
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When young men go off to war‚ they painfully become aware of their own mortality. The Vietnam War drafted many 18 year olds off to fight for their country-when most had never picked up a gun. The question always remains‚ whose war are we fighting? In Tim O’Brien’s short story "The Things They Carried" there are many examples of the psychological loss of innocence of a young soldier. Similarly‚ in Louise Erdrich’s "The Red Convertible‚" the reader becomes acquainted with the effects of war after returning
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The Meaning of the Things They Carried Tim O’Brien is a veteran of the Vietnam War and he fought with the United States in that controversial war. Tim O’Brien was drafted into the Vietnam War in 1968. He served as an infantryman‚ and obtained the rank of sergeant and won a Purple Heart after being wounded by shrapnel. He was discharged from the Vietnam War in 1970. I believe that O’Brien’s own past experiences he encountered in the Vietnam War gave him inspiration to write “The Things They Carried
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1817‚ but soon became one of the biggest names in all of history. By 1838‚ Frederick Douglass was able to escape slavery and go up North. The citizens of Rochester‚ New York‚ where Douglass settled in‚ asked him to give a speech to celebrate the Fourth of July. He agreed‚ however‚ instead of his speech being about celebrating freedom‚ he spoke about all the hypocrisy being held in the United States. The states represented freedom‚ and independence‚ yet there were millions of people being forced into
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Frederick later moved to Rochester‚ New York and exhibited all he planned‚ to exposing the people of his nation to the true faults of the utopia imitated United States. On July 5th of 1852 Frederick Douglass was invited to speak to the public of the meaning of Independence Day. Titling his speech‚ “What‚ to the Slave‚ is the Fourth of July?” Douglass planned to notify his people of the reality of the U.S.‚ to assist their naiveté into acknowledging the truth. Starting of innocently‚ Douglass mentions
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Title: “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July” Author: Frederick Douglass Summary of Section 1: Although America has had many wise men that led it to greatness‚ it is still a young nation that can still make childish mistakes. Summary of Section 2: The wise men were brave to stand up and fight against the tyranny of the British. Summary of Section 3: Many of the men were poor but favored peace. However‚ because their freedom came first‚ they were willing to fight. Summary of Section 4:
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Douglass‚ Frederick a man that taught himself to read and write‚ in his speech in 1852 “What to The American Slave is Your 4th of July” has given us a clear picture of the reality of inhuman cruelty that is slavery. That Douglass was triggered by it when the white man had the audacity to ask Douglas the opportunity to speak in stage about the united state’s independence‚ or how douglass see it‚ Their independence day. Douglass begins building his speech with personal facts and a clear horrific image
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