The historic fiction book “The things they Carried” is a marvelous book that melds a bunch of short stories together to create a unique flowing narrative. The many characters throughout the book give life to the harsh land of Vietnam‚ adding color to the palette of brown‚ fatigue green‚ and constant rain/blue. Characters like Kiowa‚ who brought compassion to Alpha Company‚ Rat Kiley‚ who brought sanity to Alpha Company before he went mad himself‚ Mitchell Sanders‚ who brought a form of moral code
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Many ideas can be found in The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien‚ especially truth‚ memory‚ imagination‚ and love. One idea that is emphasized the book are the physical and mental objects that the soldiers carried with them. These objects that they carried during and after the war‚ left an unimaginable mark on their minds and will always carry with them forever. The title of this book is the most foreshadowing and prominent theme of the book. The tittle offers a clear preview of the contents in
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In the story‚ “The Things They Carried” the author describes the many tangible and intangible things the Lieutenant and soldiers carried in war. As a highschooler‚ I too‚ carry tangible and intangible things with me. Just like the characters in the story‚ these things weigh me down‚ either physically or mentally‚ distracting me from the pressures from school‚ but I learn to deal with them and keep moving forward. Some of the tangible things I carry in my backpack on a daily basis are my notebooks
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On The Things They Carried Among all of the books I have read‚ and I have read a lot of books‚ I believe this one is the most intriguing when it comes to composition. Tim O’Brien‚ the author‚ has done what is rare in literature and composed a fictionalized autobiography. He brings together thoughts‚ ideas‚ emotions‚ and reality in order to create his own safe and satisfying reality. He tackles reader and author’s perspective and creates a work that deserves to be what The Milwaukee Journal calls
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The role of ignorance in the novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ pertains around the idea of life and death and the way the soldiers become affected by certain events. Most notably‚ Azar is ignorant of his surroundings. He views Vietnam as a game‚ as he is always messing around and being immature. For example‚ “Azar shrugged. After a second he reached out and clapped [Tim] on the shoulder‚ not roughly but not gently either. ‘What’s real?’ he said. ‘Eight months in fantasyland‚ it tends to blur the line
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story‚ “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien‚ we see a parallel being drawn contrasting and comparing the similarities in the physical burdens that the soldiers carried on their backs with the emotional burdens each man carried in their minds. I see the author showing us that the psychological burdens that each man carried were as heavy as or heavier than the physical burden of the material items that they carried. We can understand many of the articles that these soldiers carried were for
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Tim O’Brien is a person who cannot seem to accomplish things that he really wants to do. The novel The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien is about the author himself. He is intelligent and thoughtful yet it is difficult for him to move forward towards what he actually wants. The song “Stop and Stare” by One Republic relates to O’Brien greatly with his personality and thoughts in more ways than one. “Stop and Stare” expresses a tone of emptiness‚ regret‚ sorrow‚ nostalgia‚ fear‚ and darkness. The
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John Sumpter Priceless Objects In “The Things They Carried” Tim O’Brien brings fiction and autobiography together in this story about the Vietnam War. O’Brien also uses a very unique style in order to give the reader more understanding in the value of the objects the soldiers carry by using the repetition of the word and instead of using commas. Although this style may seem glorified from an artistic point of view‚ the audience might find themselves skipping ahead the long repetitious lists. Luckily
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Reading Response Summary: The Things They Carried‚ by Tim O’Brien at first seemed to be just another war story. As I started reading I thought I was not going to have any interest at all in the story however after I got into the story I found myself more interested than I thought I was going to be. This story is an excellent depiction of war itself. It is very realistic and easy to relate to even without any personal experience with war. The title itself paves the way for the entire story
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