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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experienced some of the events he retells in the book. For example‚ in “The Man I Killed‚” a chapter in the book‚ O’Brien describes the man he killed over and over again because the horror that he killed someone was imprinted on his mind. His friend‚ Kiowa tells him to “come on‚ stop staring” (p. 120). But O’Brien can’t stop staring at the deceased man because he continues to describe every detail about him over and over again. I have a family friend who is in the military and when he was in Afghanistan
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The Red River War of 1874 During the summer of 1874‚ the U. S. Army launched a campaign to remove the Comanche‚ Kiowa‚ Southern Cheyenne‚ and Arapaho Indian tribes from the Southern Plains and enforce their relocation to reservations in Indian Territory. The actions of 1874 were unlike any prior attempts by the Army to pacify this area of the western frontier. The Red River War led to the end of an entire way of life for the Southern Plains tribes and brought about a new chapter in Texas history
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There is no such thing as a good kill. We all think and had thought that over the years killing has always been the solution to our fear of the unknown‚ according to the author of Ambush he said “I did not hate the young man; I did not see him as the enemy” he didn’t see the young man who was coming out of the fog as an enemy and did not hate him but went ahead to kill him with a grenade. If somebody is not an enemy then he should be a friend‚ if it was not a matter of life and death why kill him
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When one hears the Apache‚ pronounces as “uh-Patchce”‚ people think about Chief Geronimo or of a warlike tribe. The name Apache comes from the word “apachu” which means “enemy”‚ it was given to this tribe of nomadic hunter by the Zuni who fear them. The Apache were feared because through their history‚ they would raid other tribes or villages for food. A big part of the Apache culture is based on warfare‚ but like all Indian people they had a well-defined and complex society and mythology. The Apache
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In June of 1977‚ at the Camp Scott Girl Scout camp near Locust Grove‚ Oklahoma‚ three young girls that had been staying in the secluded Kiowa tent were sexually molested and murdered. It is believed that this tragedy happened somewhere between 2:00 and 4:00 AM‚ it is believed that someone had come onto the camp grounds when they then proceeded to sexually molest and murder the three young girls that were sleeping in tent number seven. At 6:00 AM a camp counselor discovered the dead bodies on the
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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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Henry Dobbins carries his girlfriend’s pantyhose around his neck‚ Kiowa carries a bible‚ Jimmy cross carries letters and a lucky pebble from Martha. When Lavender died Cross is mad and he didn’t want anybody to get shot again so he eliminated his distractions and burned the letters from Martha. He felt like it was his
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the story and telling you what each carried. Though many items that the soldiers toted were identical‚ each soldier was unique. Henry Dobbins is the big guy‚ so he carries extra food along with a heavy machine gun and his girlfriend’s pantyhose. Kiowa carries a hatchet which he can use to hunt if necessary‚ along with a Holy Bible and a pair of moccasins. Ted Lavender‚ who is too anxious to face the war‚ carries tranquilizer pills and marijuana. Mitchell Sanders carried brass knuckles‚ condoms
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