How to Breathe Underwater and The Things They Carried are books that are told through letters and mini stories. Tim O’Brien’s short story is told through letters from his comrades from his time in the Vietnam War. The letters express love‚ grief and remorse. On the other hand‚ Orringer’s stories are told through the point of young woman or girls who are struggling with decisions like religion‚ love‚ sexuality‚ and beauty. Both stories are neither light or uplifting‚ they ponder very serious emotional
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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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Outline Literature Summary: “The Things They Carried”‚ published in 1990 tells a true story of Tim O’Brian‚ author and main character‚ who is drafted for the Vietnam war. He tells about the different items that him and his fellow soldiers carried with them to help cope with the traumatic environment that they were placed in. Thesis Statement: The Things They Carried is a perfect example that shows that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an issue as old as war‚ only recently have we discovered
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Talia Hoffman 3-21-15 English 1 Allison Finn The Archetype of Water in The Things They Carried Water is the one of the most primal archetypes. It represents resurrection‚ purification and redemption. In the case of The Things They Carried‚ water is a constant companion to the characters of the story‚ whether good or bad. Water‚ in this book though‚ can also represent feeling of guilt and shame and the struggle involved with war. In some instances‚ the characters are desperate to find the purification
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Throughout the novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ O’Brien illustrates the tragic impact of war on a soldier. In this novel O’Brien recounts numerous stories of innocent soldiers getting their minds corrupted by the horrors of war. He tries to convey the burden the soldiers had to carry throughout the war. The title‚ The Things They Carried‚ is symbolic of the emotional load the soldiers carry during the Vietnam War. O’brien tries to tell us that the mental burden carried by the soldiers far outweigh
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start thinking about the nation of our country America. I agree with the quote because some people worry about themselves too much than their nation. “Sonny’s Blues” By James Baldwin‚ and The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien are the two Things that illustrates the thoughts of their nation America. The Characters In “Sonny’s blues” represent a wide range about human nature. For example‚ Sonny is a character with very
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The Things They Carried The Things They Carried is a novel by Tim O’Brien that makes someone face reality. War is crazy. Some things seem true and other things they just don’t know what to think. Surrealism means not real. Surrealism has a big part in the war. The hard thing is figuring out what’s not true and what is. It can be tricky‚ some things that may be false sound like they can’t be made up. Then that’s when their imagination takes over. They have to fight with their imagination and comprehend
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(archives.gov). In the book The Things They Carried written by Tim O’Brien‚ the protagonist that he developed throughout the book was himself and his platoon. The antagonist that he developed throughout the book was Vietnam and how it affected everybody that was involved in the war. The book was about their journey in Vietnam. How they dealt with all of the death that they saw‚ and the stories that they were told. O’Brien’s intended audience for the The Things They Carried was future generations‚ and
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The Things They Carried Literary Analysis Final Draft In The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien‚ the theme “Rape of Innocence” presents itself in many different ways. Rape of Innocence means their innocence is violently diminished or destroyed due to the war and the life changing aspects that come along with it. Not only can war put a physical burden on someone‚ but it can also affect them mentally. Throughout this book‚ O’Brien and the Alpha Company face a lot of adversity. Whether it’s with the help of love
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The Things They Carried Tim O’Brien First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried letters from a girl named Martha‚ a junior at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey. They were not love letters‚ but Lieutenant Cross was hoping‚ so he kept them folded in plastic at the bottom of his rucksack. In the late afternoon‚ after a day’s march‚ he would dig his foxhole‚ wash his hands under a canteen‚ unwrap the letters‚ hold them with the tips of his fingers‚ and spend the last hour of light pretending
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