The Things They Carried Throughout his novel‚ the things The Carried‚ author Tim O’Brien uses a plethora of strategies to give the reader a deeper incite into the day to day life of an American ground soldier during the Vietnam War. O’ Brian shares with us his extensive knowledge and first hand experiences throughout the novel. Being a veteran of the Vietnam War helps O ‘Brian gives us a look into American’s longest war‚ not often given. Aside from recalling past events‚ he uses many unique
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Difference of Vietnam Veterans There were approximately 536‚100 American soldiers that fought in the Vietnam War‚ and about 58‚220 were killed (Estimated n. pag.); this meant that there were many veterans of the war. The war in Vietnam was different than most‚ not because of the way it was fought or what it was fought over‚ it was different because of the veterans. The war created many Vietnamese veterans‚ and they were different than those of almost every other war. They were different in almost
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Guilty Feelings At the beginning of the book The Things They Carried‚ author Tim O’Brien says‚ “They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die. Grief‚ terror‚ love‚ longing - these were intangibles‚ but the intangibles had their own mass and specific gravity‚ they had tangible weight” (Tim O’Brien). Soldiers in the Vietnam war carried home with them memories of ghosts‚ ghosts of people they killed‚ villages burned‚ and their own brethren dying in horrifying ways. Tim O’Brien tells about
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Carley Argentieri Literature 101 Quinn Rough Draft The Things They Carried By: Tim O’Brien The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien is a series of short stories that focuses on the lives of a platoon of soldiers during the Vietnam War‚ the items they carry; both mandatory and not‚ and how they deal with the hardships while serving. Of course the items that these military men are required to carry are extremely important to their survival‚ I have chosen to focus more on the smaller more personal
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The memoir A Rumor of War depicts the journey of Lieutenant Philip J. Caputo throughout his service in Vietnam. Lieutenant Caputo gives a descriptive realization of what he experienced firsthand through basic training and on the front line of combat. He is quoted in the Prologue saying‚ “We learned the old lessons about fear‚ cowardice‚ courage‚ suffering‚ cruelty‚ and comradeship.” (Caputo‚ xv) Three of the adjectives that extremely stood out through the first two parts of his memoir were the
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22197 A Hopeless Tone is Created from Personal Experiences Established and weathered authors use certain literary techniques to further enhance the reader’s experience. Tone is one of these techniques‚ and is easily described as the general character or attitude of a piece of writing. Tim O’Brien’s combat experience in Vietnam led him to suffer from PTSD‚ and this condition led him to establish a hopeless tone in the first chapter of The Things They Carried. The author’s interview introduces
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Study Guide for “The Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” 1. Rat’s reputation among the men of Alpha Company was of being an exaggerator who frequently overstated the truth. The narrator compares Rat’s storytelling to sharing the experience of a fire‚ in order to burn his audience and ensure that they would come to the same understanding as him‚ Rat would embellish his tales. The narrator suggests that his stories be corrected by ‘subtracting superlatives‚ figuring the square root of an absolute and
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Image you are in WWII there are soldiers dying everywhere and you are so scared and you don’t want to die so you can run like a coward or save lives by risking your own. Choices are everywhere from choosing a food item or choosing to go left or right. The theme of the two poems “The Road Not Taken” and “Choices” is Life is full of choices and they can be hard. The both poems “The Road Not Taken” and “Choices” use the conflict man vs self to develop the theme. However they are different by using a
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Tim O’Brien‚ author of If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Ship Me Home attempted to reveal the true horrors accounted for during the Vietnam war that changed many people’s lives in a sullen way by narrating personal stories from memory‚ showing his revamped lifestyle‚ and psychologically explaining how the draft affected Americans. O’Brien demonstrates through his writing how evil the war actually was. Toe poppers‚ Bouncing Betties‚ booby-trapped artillery‚ mortar round and hand grenades were
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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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