Tim O’ Brien: he is one of the main characters in the story and what he does is that he collects stories from individuals that had went to fight in the Vietnam War. He is a pacifist meaning he is against war and overall violence. He cares for his family and country more than himself. He was also part of the Vietnam War as a soldier in the Alpha Company and after the war‚ he decided to collect stories that would help him deal with his pain and the deaths of his companions. Also‚ he was the narrator
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The Things They Carried Colby Earles In this book the author Tim O’ Brien uses many different little stories to sum of the big picture of war. He focuses in on many different characters‚ stories‚ and their specific feelings to help the reader get an actual feel of what he felt. Which he states on pg. 171 " I want you to feel what I felt. I want you to know why story-truth is truer than happening-truth". While O’ Briens main connection to the title focus’s in on what each soldier physically carried
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October 1st 2012 The Things They Carried Close Reading p. 1-26 - Pages 3 and 4: So many items being carried… what is the purpose? Quote(s): “Kiowa also carried his grandmothers distrust for the white man…” (Pg. 3) “…The poncho weighed almost 2 pounds‚ but it was worth every ounce” (pg. 3) Meaningful words/ phrases: pounds‚ weighed‚ grunts‚ Kodacolor‚ Bonnie and Clyde Overall meaning/ author’s purpose: The soldiers do not only carry material goods‚ they also carry emotions. Such is Kiowa’s
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Carried by Tim O’Brien‚ He really shows the suffering of war and the compassion of love. The Vietnam War came up because it was under a communist government. The United States tried to prevent the spread of communism. What Jimmy Cross‚ Ted Lavender‚ and Kiowa carry is decided by their fears‚ homesickness‚ or desperate need of distraction from the war. The First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carries many things‚ but‚ most importantly‚ he carries the responsibilities of the other men. “Lieutenant Cross carries
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the soldiers in different aspects. To accept his grief‚ Azar made jokes‚ irony‚ and sarcasm about Kiowa’s death and is eventually forced to stop. Although this action seemed wrong at the time‚ it was a way for Azar to move on. Some soldiers such as Kiowa and Norman Bowker told Azar to stop joking around‚ but other soldiers partake in this mechanism through humor as well. As Tim and Jensen were throwing away pieces of Curt Lemon‚ Dave Jensen started to sing the song “Lemon Tree‚” as his way to make
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Lions for Lambs and TTTC Essay War novels can be one of two things: vivid accounts and harrowing tales‚ or instructional accounts and heart wrenching tales. Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried is without a doubt an exemplar of the latter. In parallel with O’Brien’s book‚ philanthropist Robert Redford directs and produces his film Lions for Lambs to this very same end. Lions for Lambs features a similar brand of invocative‚ yet gravely reformative storyline. As a result of these similarities
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the war to fulfill their nations duty even when they both originally did not want to fight at all. As Tim stares at the corpse‚ he is unable to speak to the other platoon members and is silenced by his internal conflict of just murdering someone. Kiowa‚ one of the platoon members‚ tries to comfort Tim by saying‚ “I’ll tell you the straight truth… The guy was dead the second he stepped on the trail… we all had him zeroed” (123). Tim is left to face his dehumanizing companions and left to ponder
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now carries another weight of guilt‚ which adds to his emotional burden‚ while his physical burden is lessened because he is said to have burned Martha’s photos at the end of the first chapter. Cross’s emotional burden is increased once again when Kiowa dies. Cross blames himself for this because‚ as Mitchell Sanders says “Ten billion places we could’ve set up last night‚ the man picks a latrine" (28). Again this death is attributed to Cross’s lack of ability to keep his men safe. As his main focus
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This is true for characters such as Mary Anne‚ Azar‚ and Kiowa. Mary Anne‚ a character brought up as a civilized home grown girl‚ changed her entire life going to Vietnam. She became an addict of war‚ craving it as drug addicts crave drugs. She later disappeared into the night and crossed over into savagery‚
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Momaday uses very descriptive words‚ which brings the places he is describing to life in the minds eye. The essay begins with his description of the homelands of his Kiowa people‚ which has been given the name of Rainy Mountain. The picture painted in the readers mind by these beautiful descriptions makes it easily understandable why the Kiowa people came to settle upon this land as their home. For example‚ part of the description Momaday gives of the land within the first paragraph is‚ "There are green
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