The Dilemma of Lieutenant Jimmy Cross in Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” In Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross is a 24 year old young man in love with a girl named Martha‚ who is thrust into the jungles of Vietnam. Carrying “the responsibility for the lives of his men” but distracted by his fantasies of Martha‚ tragedy strikes his platoon and Ted Lavender is shot and killed. (p. 97). Lieutenant Cross grieves for Lavender‚ for Martha‚ for himself‚ as
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“Fearless” and “courageous”; two common words that have been used to describe soldiers for centuries. There is‚ however‚ a big difference between being courageous and being fearless. Courage is one of the best terms used to describe a soldier: that no matter how hard the circumstances are and how scared he/she is‚ they keep pressing on. It is truly amazing how courageous these men and women are. Humans were made to fear‚ it is humanly impossible to be without fear‚ there is no soldier that is truly
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U N I T E D S T A T E S A I R F O R C E LIEUTENANT COLONEL CHRISTIAN J. CHEETHAM Lieutenant Colonel Christian J. Cheetham is the Commander of Detachment 128 United States Air Force Reserve Officer Training Program (AFROTC) located at the University of Delaware. He commands‚ leads and directs a college level officer training program while chairing the Department of Aerospace studies in his role as a full-professor. Lieutenant Colonel Cheetham’s military career began when he enlisted in
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The flatness expressed by the author is used to show the hardships on the soldiers mental state. Another mentioning of Lavenders death says‚ “...before Lavender died‚..”(O’Brien 348)‚ and another says‚ “After the chopper that took Lavender away‚ Lieutenant Jimmy Cross led his men into the village of Than Ke. They burned everything.”(O’Brien 353) In reaction to the Vietnamese soldiers shooting Ted‚ the soldiers get what they call revenge. They killed everyone in the village and burned it to the ground
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Speaking of Courage and The Things They Carried Being from a military town‚ people talk about war and the effects it has on people regularly. People that are not around military people probably have no idea what happens when a soldier comes home from war; they may read about one soldier in the news but they do not see the effects first hand. Tim O’Brien tries to show people the guilt people have‚ the death involved in war‚ and the things they will always carry with them in his novel The Things They
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have different emotions weighing on their hearts and minds. The story takes place in Vietnam‚ where First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross and his platoon are in the fields. His platoon includes Mitchell Sanders‚ Rat Kiley‚ Henry Dobbins‚ Kiowa‚ Norman Bowker‚ Ted Lavender‚ Dave Jensen‚ Lee Strunk‚ and a few other soldiers that O’Brien does not name in the story. The platoon would follow Lieutenant Jimmy Cross across the hills‚ valleys‚ rivers‚ and anything else imaginable. Each soldier carried at least
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“A Few Good Men” Movie Synopsis The movie centers around Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee‚ son of a former Attorney General and Navy Judge Advocate General‚ who is an inexperienced U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps lawyer who leads the defense in the court-martial of two Marines‚ Private Louden Downey and Lance Corporal Harold Dawson‚ who are accused of murdering a fellow Marine of their unit‚ Private William Santiago‚ at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Santiago compared unfavorably to his
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made their appearance and rushed furiously‚ fired upon‚ and killed eight of our Party without receiving any Provocation therefor from us. How credible is John Parker’s testimony? pretty credible Source 3: Edward Gould’s Affidavit What does Lieutenant Gould testify as to who fired first at Lexington?he didn’t know for sure. What does he say about who fired first at Concord? "but which party fired first‚ I cannot exactly say‚ as our Troops rush’d on shouting‚ and huzzaing‚ previous to the firing
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set of values and beliefs which can affect what they find "courageous". But to me‚ being courageous professionally is to know what your duty is in relation to yourself‚ the Army and the people you work with. For instance‚ soon I will be a second lieutenant. My duty in relation to the Army is to act as a moral compass for the platoon and to lead them to accomplish the mission at hand. To my soldiers it is to provide them with the training they need to make them successful‚ the support they need to
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