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    discussion‚ I noticed how easy it was to relate to the social and cultural context issues that the soldiers went through in this book. For example‚ when Tim did not want to go to war and almost fled to Canada he realized that he rather go to war and die before he gets talked about by his community. This shows how far a person will go to prevent being embarrassed and talked about in a bad way‚ which we can relate to as high schoolers. It was difficult to relate to the book at the same time because I have

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    Repetition‚ Symbolism‚ and Word Play in Hardy’s “The Man He Killed” Because war is a mysterious entity‚ Thomas Hardy wrote “The Man He Killed” to emphasize the occasional inadequate reason for conflict‚ and the range of emotions someone may feel after engaging in conflict that an individual might feel unnecessary‚ and after taking a persons life simply because he was my “foe”‚ especially in the Boers Wars in which the British colonized South Africa‚ in which this poem is set. Hardy is able to convey

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    Who are you going to believe me‚ or your lying eyes?’" claims Richard Pryor in Henry Louis Gates’ Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man (247). This statement emphasizes the difficulties of "double-consciousness" in American society today (Du Bois 615). The image of self is a complex mix of the way in which individuals evaluate themselves and the views that society maintains for each person. This confusing "double-consciousness" forces individuals to decide which perspective is correct‚ their own

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    THE MEANING OF THE TITLE “THE THINGS THEY CARRIED” “The Things They Carried “simply emphasize that what the person may carry depends on the personality of the person.May it be for his necessity or passion he may carry the weight voluntarily or mandatory.Literally‚ the things the soldiers carried are‚ may be tangible or intangible.Tangible things such as P- 38 can openers‚ pocket knives‚heat tabs‚ dog tags‚ mosquito repellent‚wrist watches‚ chewing gum‚ candy‚cigarettes‚salt tablets‚ packets of

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    2011 Final Essay #7 The most emotional part of war is the amount of death that soldiers encounter. During the Vietnam War‚ soldiers saw their brothers and enemies getting violently killed every day. Before war‚ the soldiers had never been around so much death and destruction. In the novel The Things They Carried‚ the narrator focuses on important deaths and analyzes them from different points of view. A death is a huge event‚ and not something that can be classified as an absolute. The way you

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    meanings of "Things" in the title? After reading the short story in “ The things they carried”‚ there were several entities that meant something towards the things they carried throughout the war. One of the explanations of the meaning “Things” in the story represented the various items that were carried in their backpacks during the course of each mission that the soldiers had to face. Whether they needed the items or not‚ they still carried it with them. Some of the object that were carried had sentimental

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    In The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien‚ O’Brien describes his personal experience in the Vietnam War. His experiences reflect many of his characters personal experiences. For the Vietnam War was one of the most gruesome wars ever fought by American Troops since the Civil War. Many of the long term effects of the war are still felt by are soldiers today. “They carried the soldier’s greatest fear‚ which was the fear of blushing. Men killed‚ and died‚ because they were embarrassed not to. It was

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    The Things They Carried‚ more like the things that I will carry forever‚ if there is any book I would say is the worst‚ is this book. BUT‚ it’s bad for all the GOOD reasons. I’ve read other war books that are good and EASY in making me put myself in the main characters position‚ but this book is definitely the opposite. Author Tim O’Brien continuously purposefully betrays his audience in order to construct a ‘truthful’ war story that makes the readers WISH to be in the characters position‚ not because

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    What do you carry? Your honor‚ your love‚ your sudoku book‚ or a packet of cigarette? They carry all of them at Tim O’Brien’s masterpiece‚ “The Things They Carried”. By the way what does Tim O’Brien carry? He carries different writing and storytelling techniques. For Tim O’Brien or for a reader of “The Things They Carried”‚ the war includes a lots of different personalities‚ memories and lives such as Kiowa‚ Jimmy Cross‚ Ted Lavender… In a word‚ the war includes “variety” and it is complicated.

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    The Vietnam war was a war that was fought without a reason. With 58‚200 Americans killed in the war and 300‚000 wounded‚ many people were affected and changed after seeing their friends die right before their eyes. The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien is a narrative about the Vietnam war and the people who fought for their lives. The main character‚ being the author‚ is Tim O’Brien and the short stories in the novel are from before‚ during‚ and after the war. These first hand accounts describe

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