Literature is a reflection of the truth. The Things They carried portrayed the Vietnam war accurately. O’Brien took us deep into the emotions of the veterans and it made the readers sympathize with them. O’Brien wrote about the raw emotions of the veterans and that made readers truly sympathize for the veterans. Veterans go through an unexplainable experience that average civilians can never understand. That makes it hard for veterans to talk about their experiences to an extent that someone will
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and unguarded) was suddenly gone; when you land‚ everything you see is different. Would you feel a loss? Within the works of The Things They Carried‚ Girl‚ Interrupted‚ and “Letter from Marion Kempner”‚ the characters experience loss in several ways. The central theme in these three works is a sense of loss. Tim O’Brien‚ the author of The Things They Carried‚ experienced many instances of this feeling‚ particularly with losing relationships and innocence. He writes about his friend Jimmy
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For thousands of years‚ stories have been told. Either by word of mouth‚ or through books and movies. The Things They Carried has a recurring theme of storytelling. It appears in the book in more places than one. And each one of the appearances seems to say something different about how stories are told‚ or how they should be told. In the chapter ¨How To Tell A True War Story¨ for example‚ the narrator is talking about how a war story should be told and what it should consist of. He says on page
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The Things They Carried 2 “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien Summary / Response War! Seems like every where we turn anymore you hear a story about war. The story of “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien takes place during the Vietnam War. Tim O’Brien narrated the story‚ and is writing from first hand experiences. This story gives you a good insight of how soldiers think during such difficult times. Throughout this story you’ll see how love can affect a person’s judgment even during
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In my artwork‚ I have depicted the image of soldier using objects of war. The objects I have chosen are not only used in war‚ as cited in American Sniper‚ The Things They Carried‚ and Nick Niday‚ but they depict an image of the effects of war on the soldier. The technical components of my image includes the colors‚ the objects of war chosen‚ and position of the body. These technical components assist the overall message of my piece which was to visually represent how the objects of war and war itself
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Ashley Guevara ENGL 2335-01 Professor Benavides December 9‚ 2013 O達rien痴 The Things They Carried: The Man underneath the Helmet The American Flag has always been representative of the United States of America and the freedom it stands for. One could even call it a symbol‚ not only of freedom‚ but of the American people. There are men and women who use this to motivate themselves as they are miles away from their families‚ fighting for the freedom this flag symbolizes. There are many symbols
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Defending your country is not an easy task. Having the determination to make it through the experiences of war is amazing at itself. While reading‚ The Things They Carried‚ by Tim O’Brien‚ it was acknowledged that men work through very tough situations for their country in Vietnam. The main characters in this novel show examples of the puritan work ethics due to the amount of strength they need to continue through tough times. The pride the men show off in the novel really shows
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that even in the war‚ there are some peace and calmness. As chaotic and hectic as the war gets‚ there are times of tranquility. The church is sacred. A church symbolizes purity and religion. “You don’t mess with churches.” (113) Messing with a sacred thing can affect the “karma”. For example‚ the ying & yang‚ one has the good in bad and the other has the bad in good. The pagoda is the good in the bad & the war is the bad in the good.
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In Tim O’Brien’s story‚ The Things They Carried‚ the way the men idolize their possessions is directly related to the setting of the story. The men face a new and adverse environment when they are sent to Vietnam and carry many different sentimental objects in their packs. Lieutenant Cross holds himself responsible for the loss of one of his men and has his mind set to reform his team and not let the idea of a woman control his thought any longer. It is important to understand how much the setting
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Alexandra Berliner Eshoo English 12 11/28/11 Something A Soldier Ignores: Death Fatalities are part of every person’s life. To a normal citizen‚ death is often followed by sadness and grief. As portrayed in “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien‚ a soldier has to deal with the situation much differently. Death is portrayed in a negative light due to the fact that soldiers are greatly fearful of it and that they are forced to be unaffected by death. In order to cope with all the deaths
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