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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The majority of the people will feel guilty when they do bad stuffs like lying and cheating. They will feel even guiltier when their friend dies because of them and when they kill somebody. Tim is like that way; he felt guilty when he experiences the death of his friends and enemies. In Vietnam‚ people are dying everywhere‚ including their friends. Rat Kiley’s friend‚ Curt Lemon‚ dies while they were playing catch with a smoke grenade. Although‚ the grenade did not kill Lemon and he dies when he
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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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Tim O’Brien’s novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ revolves around the frequent theme of courage however‚ his perception of courage is ignorant considering the actual meaning of courage. O’Brien uses courage as an antidote to the physical and moral weakness in the soldiers of Vietnam creating character obsession over his interchangeable perception of courage and weakness. Not going to war when drafted is perceived as weak‚ but O’Brien believes that going to war when one wants to flee is Canada is arguable
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1. Cross feels that Lavender is killed because Cross himself was too busy daydreaming about Martha that he was unable to protect his men. Since Cross’s mind was in a distant place‚ he was unable to lead his team efficiently. Cross believes that if his mind was focused on the war he would have been able to protect Lavender. 2. At the end of the story Cross realizes that he needs to be a leader that is worthy of his men. There cannot be anymore daydreaming‚ and lack of focus since he is in a war.
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Fear is one of the leading reasons that influence people’s decision making in life. The dictionary defines fear as‚ “A feeling of agitation and anxiety caused by the presence or imminence of danger”. This feeling‚ present in everyone’s life at some point‚ is more influential than one might think. Everywhere in the world today people live in fear‚ whether it is terrorism‚ robbery or something as simple as criticism‚ this feeling of fear causes people to do unusual things. In Arthur Miller’s play‚
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like‚ but that awful song just keeps playing over and over and over‚ in your mind. Now imagine that song as your most horrific memories‚ and it never stops. This is how Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder makes most people feel. The author of The Things They Carried‚ Tim O’Brien‚ is one of the men who was with the other soldiers‚ meaning that he experienced the events in the story first-hand. He himself also suffers from PTSD‚ and has chapters about his thoughts‚ feelings‚ and family intervention when he
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and social currents going on in the larger world around them” (Literary Terms‚ 910). Instead of observing at what lies solely on the surface‚ enveloping action is meant to examine the plot at a new and deeper level. In the short story‚ The Things They Carried‚ the plot and setting might seem easy to figure out. Instead of just looking at the setting‚ by using enveloping action the reader is able to establish
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Last Name 1 Name Professor ’s Name Course Date The Symbolism of Weight in “The Things They Carried” The title of Tim O ’Brien ’s collection of short stories employs the use of weight. However‚ this is both in the physical and psychological sense. This book‚ published in 1990‚ explores in depth the theme of weight in regards to physical objects such as rations and cigarettes‚ while delving deeper into the emotions of fear‚ reverence and admiration that “weigh” on these soldiers. O ’ Brien gives a considerable
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Not like in the movies where the dead guy rolls around and does fancy spins and goes ass over teakettle-not like that. Kiowa said. The bastard just flat fuck fell. Boom down. Nothing else.” “What stories can do‚ I guess‚ is make things present. I can look at things I never looked at. I can attach faces to grief and love and pity and God. I can be brave. I can make myself feel again. ’Daddy‚ tell the truth‚ ’Kathleen can say‚ ’did you ever kill anybody? ’ And I can say‚ honest‚ ’Of course not
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