The Things they Carried by Tim O’brien is a series of war stories that lean on the male perspective. If and when a woman appeared in the story‚ O’brien would idealize them as use for the soldiers when they came home with open arms and in hope for more. Women were used as a metaphor of innocents that the soldiers have to release to help for all the memories and horrors of the war. The innocents and fantasies of the book from the soldiers perspectives were used to either discriminate the women‚ or
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Fiction Analysis There are many ways to supplement a story in order to add lucidity. It is done through literary devices and Tim O’Brien’s "The Things They Carried" is no different. "The Things They Carried" is a narrative about a soldier at war in Vietnam. However‚ this story provides multiple layers of meaning through O’Brien’s tone and style that help the reader further understand it. Both of these literary devices are embedded in the story and gradually help define it. To begin with‚ O’Brien
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revealed through war. In the novel The Things They Carried‚ the characters of this series of stories embody traits of soldiers in the Vietnam War. Through writing‚ the author‚ Tim O¡¦Brien‚ portrays his feelings as a Vietnam soldier through this novel. He describes the loss of three fellow soldiers‚ Ted Lavender‚ Curt Lemon‚ and Kiowa and depicts the guilt and blame these deaths evoke. Ted Lavender¡¦s death increased the intangible guilt the platoon carried. No one was anticipating death because
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Truth and non-truth are several aspects emphasized in Tim O’Brien’s novel The Things They Carried. Throughout the novel‚ O’Brien “[blurs] the lines between fiction and nonfiction” (Smith)‚ and explores how using fiction to convey the war affects the readers more as they learn about the soldiers. By using juxtaposition and by incorporating fictional parts in the novel‚ O’Brien shows how truth is less important in war stories than non-truth since non-truth makes the reader look at war stories at a
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The Things They Carried By Tim O’Brien Describe your speaker. What do you know about him/her? What do you NOT know about him/her? What makes your speaker an effective story teller? What character in the novel do you believe to be the least effective? Why? How does the speaker relate to this character? I know that the speaker is conscious of what he writes about‚ meaning that he knows he writes only about the Vietnam War and that it has consumed his writing career yet can’t help
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ENGL/101 Liberty University Online 10/14/2013 Introduction The environment has always been a major problem for the entire world. This is a problem is because of the excessive abuse of mankind to the planet by exploiting‚ wasting and draining the natural resources this planet has have to offer. Mankind has s have taken for granted what the earth has to offer us and which God gave to this planet to take care of for all the generation to come. As‚ the whole world can see now that this
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Marlo Wilson Business Literature January 15‚2007 Lynn Nelson Comparing Narrative in Fiction and Non-Fiction Paper Comparing Narrative in Fiction and Non-Fiction Paper 1 " My Lack of Gumption" a non fiction story by Russell Baker and "Forty-Five Month a fiction story by R. K. Narayan were two very interesting readings. It was quite amazing to see how two authors with totally
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relentless search for knowledge. Do you think that this is the true cause of his suffering? In what ways does the novel present knowledge as dangerous and destructive? The fact is that searching non stop for knowledge is dangerous. There are some things in life that are not meant to be known. I think his demise is his own fault and his stubborness and selfishness. 5. Examine the role of suspense and foreshadowing throughout the novel. Do you think these devices are effective‚ or does Victor’s
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Kacy Pember Professor Kennedy 21 Feb 2013 ENC 1102 In the story of “Why I Live at the P.O.‚” Sister is consistently picked on by everyone in her family‚ forcing her to isolate herself and move out. But is she really happy with the decision she made? On the Fourth of July‚ Sister’s life in China Grove is interrupted by the arrival of her sister‚ Stella-Rondo‚ who just left her husband‚ Mr. Whitaker‚ and returned to the family home in Mississippi. Sister had briefly dated Mr. Whitaker before
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relation to other people; the extended self – the self in relation to its past actions; the private self – the emotions and thoughts that are only yours; and the conceptual self – the roles that we‚ as people‚ play in society to others. In The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien is a story of Tim’s journey to self-knowledge. The story of one unified self would not for either Neisser or O’Brien. While reading‚ O’Brien tells stories about himself and the people close to him before‚ during‚ and after the
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