“The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien Due Friday‚ October 31‚ 2014 @ 11:59 p.m. on Schoology Questions for Discussion and Style & Structure or aguilar.english@gmail.com. *Please type your answers. Complete sentences and thoughts is always expected. Questions for Discussion 1. The story begins with a paragraph about Jimmy Cross and his relationship with Martha. What does Martha represent to Cross? Why might it be significant that Cross obsesses about whether or not she is a virgin? How
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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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Mr. Nenopoulos CAI September 2‚ 2014 The Things They Carried In the following book The Things They Carried by Tim O Brien‚ the title of this novel suits the story well because of many reasons. This book is written about the American soldiers that served in the Vietnam War. In the beginning of this book O Brien instantly gives us a huge nudge as to why this book titled this by telling us what each soldier carried on their backs during this war. He explains how heavy the equipment they have to carry
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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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The Things They Carried The Things They Carried is a novel by Tim O’Brien that makes someone face reality. War is crazy. Some things seem true and other things they just don’t know what to think. Surrealism means not real. Surrealism has a big part in the war. The hard thing is figuring out what’s not true and what is. It can be tricky‚ some things that may be false sound like they can’t be made up. Then that’s when their imagination takes over. They have to fight with their imagination and comprehend
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(archives.gov). In the book The Things They Carried written by Tim O’Brien‚ the protagonist that he developed throughout the book was himself and his platoon. The antagonist that he developed throughout the book was Vietnam and how it affected everybody that was involved in the war. The book was about their journey in Vietnam. How they dealt with all of the death that they saw‚ and the stories that they were told. O’Brien’s intended audience for the The Things They Carried was future generations‚ and
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also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love. War is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling; war is drudgery. War makes you a man; war makes you dead.” (Tim O’Brien‚ The Things They Carried) Ah‚ war stories . . . tales of heroism‚ bravery‚ and friendship forged in the heat of combat; a sweet homecoming won by a hair’s breath; and an uplifting moral. If these are the ingredients you want in a war story‚ check out your latest Hollywood
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Pub. Date: 1960 Genre: Fiction Setting: Maycomb County‚ Alabama 1930’s Pint of View: First person Plot Summary: The story is about two children‚ Scout and Jem Finch‚ and their father Atticus‚ a lawyer‚ as they live through three tough summers. They reside in Maycomb County‚ Alabama‚ a town that discriminates people based on what they look like and/or what their social status is. The children face many difficult situations where they have to decide what is right or wrong (Main situation
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The Things They Carried Literary Analysis Final Draft In The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien‚ the theme “Rape of Innocence” presents itself in many different ways. Rape of Innocence means their innocence is violently diminished or destroyed due to the war and the life changing aspects that come along with it. Not only can war put a physical burden on someone‚ but it can also affect them mentally. Throughout this book‚ O’Brien and the Alpha Company face a lot of adversity. Whether it’s with the help of love
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Literary Devices Used In The Things They Carried By: Tom Vennemann The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien expresses the importance of a story-truth‚ as opposed to a happening-truth by use of literary elements in his writing. The novel is about war and the guilt it leaves on everyone involved in the war. Story-truth is not exactly what happened‚ but uses part of the truth and part made up in order to express the truth of what emotion was felt‚ which an important thematic element in the novel is
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