October 1st 2012 The Things They Carried Close Reading p. 1-26 - Pages 3 and 4: So many items being carried… what is the purpose? Quote(s): “Kiowa also carried his grandmothers distrust for the white man…” (Pg. 3) “…The poncho weighed almost 2 pounds‚ but it was worth every ounce” (pg. 3) Meaningful words/ phrases: pounds‚ weighed‚ grunts‚ Kodacolor‚ Bonnie and Clyde Overall meaning/ author’s purpose: The soldiers do not only carry material goods‚ they also carry emotions. Such is Kiowa’s
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The Weight The soldiers who served during the Vietnam War carried more than their fair share of tangible and intangible items. The soldiers bore the weight of their packs‚ they lugged around heavy equipment‚ and they struggled to cope with the violence and death that surrounded them. But the heaviest item that they would bear would not be by choice at all. Every passing day that the soldiers served in this war‚ more weight would be added to this item. When the time came for the soldiers to
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The Things They Carried is an influential reflection possible experience of soldiers up close and in their minds during and after the Vietnam War. The work is‚ at the same time‚ O’Brian’s memoir‚ but also collection of fictional short stories. Throughout the book O’Brien straightaway shapes the line between fact and fiction by consecrating the novel on to the individual soldiers‚ where the reader soon discovers that they are fictional characters. O’Brian continues to confuse the audience with this
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The Things They Carried‚ written by Tim O’Brien‚ is a book depicting the experiences of a soldier during the Vietnam War. As narrated by the author‚ the book contains real-life happenings. He served from 1969-1970 as an infantryman in the U.S. Army. The journey O’Brien takes is described through the stories he tells about the people he was stationed with. One member of his platoon‚ Kiowa‚ was fatally struck by a mortar. The story of his death is unclear‚ as it was seen differently through the eyes
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original truth‚ the board does not change shape and the only thing that really changes is how it is perceived by others. A painting can be interpreted in many different ways but the original truth will always be there. The connection between reality and truth as presented in Tim O’Brien’s post-modern novel The Things They Carried is that the truth of things is abstract and is determined by what we say about things and often what we say about things determines the way we think about truth. • In the chapter
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Be careful! Cowards are contagious. The more things they run away from‚ the more their nightmares will transfigure into their host. The stories expressed by Tim O’Brien‚ author of “The Things They Carried” highlights cowardice acts made by several of the characters embodied in the novel. The kinds of cowards found in this book are not found in the typical day to day life. Instead they are only present in war times‚ and commit acts that can be challenged to whether they’re really acts of cowardice
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Shame is a reoccuring theme throughout The Things They Carried. Shame makes people do things they don’t want to do just so they can get rid of the fear of shame. It drove soldiers to do acts they would’ve never done. Many of the characters have shame as a primary motivator. It leads them to war and it keeps them there. It is the one thing that keeps them from shooting themselves in the foot so that they would be discharged from the army or some similar such act. But some characters‚ like Curt Lemon
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The Weight of The Things They Carried Tim O’Brien makes a very big deal out of the concept of “truth” throughout his novel The Things They Carried; such a big deal‚ in fact‚ that over the course of his work he continually redefines and even contradicts himself as to what “truth” really is. In the chapter entitled “How to Tell A True War Story”‚ O’Brien offers a multitude of criteria that supposedly defines what does and does not make a true war story. O’Brien offers the first commandment for
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The Things They Carried: Necessities In The Things They Carried ‚ the characters themselves probably could not tell you why they carried many of the things they did. The things they carried can be divided into three basic groups‚ the things that everyone had to carry in order to survive‚ the things that individuals chose to carry‚ and the mental burdens that many carried without choice. The necessities that the men were forced to carry were‚ for example‚ P- 38 can openers‚ pocket knives‚ matches
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Response to “The Things They Carried” Julianne Goldammer The characters of the story “The Things They Carried” mainly were inflicted with two kinds of weights: physical and emotional burden. In the first chapter‚ Tim O’ Brien sets up his storytelling by writing long lists of the things the soldiers were carrying in the War in Vietnam. Beyond the basic gears of war‚ he goes on mentioning the personal luggage that varied from person to person‚ mostly depending on their necessity‚ helping the reader
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