1840 in the village of Upper Bockhampton. Thomas Hardy was more of a poet than a novelist. I am focusing more on Hardy’s poems where he uses irony‚ imagery‚ and dialect but they all show humor in the poems. Thomas Hardy’s poems “The Man He Killed‚” “Ah‚ Are You Digging on My Grave?” and “The Ruined Maid” all include irony‚ imagery‚ and dialect‚ all of which help the author be humorous. In the poem “The Man
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doubt but also damages the mentally‚ and socially. The damage taken from war is thoroughly shown in the book The Things They Carried by Tim O’brien‚ the veteran Donald Burkle‚ and the song “Breakdown” by hip hop artist J. Cole. Many people weren’t very happy with the vietnam war because of how the u.s. involved themselves in the war and how it ended. The book The Things They Carried is a story about a veterans experiences in war and talks about how after leaving the war how it affected him. The
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Andrew Kronaizl Sarah Garelik English 210 April 8‚ 2011 The Things They Carried “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien puts the reader in the mind of a few characters who fought together in the Vietnam War. Throughout the story it becomes apparent that these “men” are nothing but children‚ children who have no business being in the jungles of Vietnam. A war with an unclear purpose in a very foreign land is one that children are least suited for. They do a very unsatisfactory job fighting
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One of the main themes of the novel is the allure of war. This trope‚ common in war literature‚ is made more complex here as O’Brien adds the layers of a Conrad-esque “heart of darkness” fascination in the character of Mary Anne. The seductive allure of war is inextricably linked to the tendencies of human nature in O’Brien’s novel. War‚ more specifically the act of killing‚ acts as a catalyst for some individuals‚ causing them to become primal versions of themselves‚ to become less human‚ to
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was discharged from the Vietnam War in 1970. I believe that O’Brien’s own images and past experiences he encountered in the Vietnam War gave him inspiration to write the 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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AP English Language 21 September 2010 O’Brien’s Diction The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien is a historical fiction novel that presents a variety of anecdotes and dialogues exposing the reality and impact of the Vietnam War. The stories of several characters let the readers understand the wide impact of the war. O’Brien presents all these stories by the use of dialogue‚ and he does this successfully by maneuvering his diction. By the use of slang‚ soldier jargon‚ and vulgar language the author
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In “The Things They Carried‚” O’Brien takes us back to the Vietnam War. He demonstrates to the reader that not only does each United States soldier carry something physical with them‚ but they also carry an emotional burden as well. What each man carries is a combination of thoughts‚ emotions‚ and past experiences. Every soldier carries the standard military issued equipment with them‚ which is their physical burden. Their emotional burden is very individualized. For instance‚ “Lieutenant Jimmy
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In The Things They Carried‚ Tim O ’Brien uses a variety of stories to explain the life experiences that he and many of his fellow soldiers endured during a single year in Vietnam. He tells these stories in a way that we can connect to these experiences. We never spent time in Vietnam‚ but O ’Brien wants us to feel like we were there. O ’Brien uses what he calls "story-truth" to write these stories. The outcome or the people may be different but the feeling is real; that ’s the truth in the story
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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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Both Tim O’Brien’s "The Things They Carried" and T. Coraghessan Boyle’s "Greasy Lake" display characters’ similar reactions to violence‚ but in different settings and circumstances. In "The Things They Carried‚" Fist Lieutenant Jimmy Cross is a soldier in the Vietnam War who finds solace and escape in fantasies of a young woman from home. One of Cross’s soldiers dies due to his daydreaming and forces him to abandon these fantasies. In "Greasy Lake‚" the main character finds enjoyment in picking
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