Civil War General Sherman once said‚ “War is hell.” He was right. In the short story “The Things They Carried‚” Tim O’Brien shows us the hell that our soldiers suffered. The narrator shows us a captivating‚ and up-close story about our soldiers in the Vietnam War. While the title relates to the story about things carried‚ but the soldiers carry more than just the physical burdens-in many cases‚ they are weighed down by emotional baggage. The emotional baggage that lies heavy in their hearts
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The Things They Carried‚ by Tim O’Brien All of the men from Tim O’Brien’s book "The Things They Carried" carried physical items and unresolved emotional baggage. The men held onto the physical items and inside held the feelings to help them cope with and escape from the Vietnam war. However‚ after the war‚ they carried memories and scars that reminded them of and brought them back to Vietnam. In the first chapter of the book‚ O’Brien discusses the physical items the men carry with them.
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O’Brien’s novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ paints a vague mental image of people carrying something – an image that is not yet complete for the reader to grasp the purpose of the novel. ‘Things’ are often assumed to be physical‚ in this novel‚ the ‘things’ that the soldiers carried were the mental burdens during and after the Vietnam War. Through the use of narratives of the different soldiers‚ O’Brien is able to follow each characters physical and mental weight that they carried. The
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Tim O’Brien’s The Things they carried In-class writing assignment War has always been something that seemed pointless to me; it seemed like violence with no other purpose but to harm people. I felt sorry for the people who had to go to war‚ for the people who died‚ and for people who could never go back to normal after a war ended‚ because of the mental or physical impact it had on them. Howard told us his story‚ his opinion about war‚ and the book “The Things they carried”. He changed my way
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story “The Things They Carried.” O’Brien tells the story in third person narrative form about Lt. Jimmy Cross and his platoon of young American men in the Vietnam War. In “The Things They Carried” we can see differences and similarities between the characters
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Outline Literature Summary: “The Things They Carried”‚ published in 1990 tells a true story of Tim O’Brian‚ author and main character‚ who is drafted for the Vietnam war. He tells about the different items that him and his fellow soldiers carried with them to help cope with the traumatic environment that they were placed in. Thesis Statement: The Things They Carried is a perfect example that shows that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an issue as old as war‚ only recently have we discovered
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Talia Hoffman 3-21-15 English 1 Allison Finn The Archetype of Water in The Things They Carried Water is the one of the most primal archetypes. It represents resurrection‚ purification and redemption. In the case of The Things They Carried‚ water is a constant companion to the characters of the story‚ whether good or bad. Water‚ in this book though‚ can also represent feeling of guilt and shame and the struggle involved with war. In some instances‚ the characters are desperate to find the purification
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Throughout the novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ O’Brien illustrates the tragic impact of war on a soldier. In this novel O’Brien recounts numerous stories of innocent soldiers getting their minds corrupted by the horrors of war. He tries to convey the burden the soldiers had to carry throughout the war. The title‚ The Things They Carried‚ is symbolic of the emotional load the soldiers carry during the Vietnam War. O’brien tries to tell us that the mental burden carried by the soldiers far outweigh
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start thinking about the nation of our country America. I agree with the quote because some people worry about themselves too much than their nation. “Sonny’s Blues” By James Baldwin‚ and The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien are the two Things that illustrates the thoughts of their nation America. The Characters In “Sonny’s blues” represent a wide range about human nature. For example‚ Sonny is a character with very
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Intangible items in The Things they carried Do you think that all the soldiers just carried physical objects? Most people just think that all they carried are guns and such. But they carried must more than physical objects. They carried intangible items. There were many tangible and intangible items they carry. But the most important items are the intangible ones. There are many intangible items they carry. But some of the most important are love‚ memories‚ and fear. The most important intangible
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