thought to be a horrid war. The things that the American soldiers saw and experienced were unlike any other experiences. These experiences are shared in Tim O’Brien’s book‚ The Things They Carry. Although many of these stories seem to be war stories at a first glance‚ they can actually be seen as love stories because of the emotional connection each character has with each other. First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross is a good example of how the stories in The Things They Carried are love stories. Lieutenant
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characters and scenes that are unique. This is the case with Tim O’Brien’s‚ "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong." This is a story where love and war collide after a soldier brings his sweetheart to his Vietnamese post. On the whole‚ this chapter in The Things They Carried is far superior to the film‚ The Soldier’s Sweetheart‚ because it has thorough descriptions of characters’ feelings‚ including symbolism concerning objects and important events. When the audience is able to draw it’s own story around an author’s
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Assignment 1 In Tim O’Briens The Things They Carried‚ the character of Mary Anne‚ in the chapter Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong serves as a metaphor for the loss of innocence that the soldiers lose during their time in the war. “The guys sometimes liked to kid her...- but Mary Anne would just smile and stick out her tongue”(96). As a child‚ you would stick out your tongue to make fun of someone or use it as gesture towards someone who was making fun of you. In the beginning‚ when Mary Anne
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I carried myself up for those first few steps. I carried a worn-out build-a-bear when I was small. Its fur was frayed‚ its button eyes almost popped‚ and its stuffing had seen better days. But to me‚ it was my protector‚ my confidant. I carried it everywhere‚ clinging to the softness and warmth‚ believing it could shield me from anything that lurked in the dark. I carried a notebook too‚ filled with crayon drawings of stick figures with strangely large hands and a sun with large rays. Each page was
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I disliked the book‚ The Things They Carried‚ more than I can say I liked it. It wasn’t because I’m not into reading books or stories about war‚ but because I loathed the gruesomeness of certain scenes. The scene that got to me the most was the event of Curt Lemon’s death‚ and how Rat Kiley felt about the whole ordeal. Not only was Lemon’s death traumatic to think of‚ but also the misery and torture of the baby water buffalo‚ which was quite disturbing to read. The scene was also interesting to me
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Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried is not a novel about the Vietnam War. It is a story about the soldiers and their experiences and emotions that are brought about from the war. O’Brien makes several statements about war through these dynamic characters. He shows the violent nature of soldiers under the pressures of war‚ he makes an effective antiwar statement‚ and he comments on the reversal of a social deviation into the norm. By skillfully employing the stylistic technique of specific
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On The Things They Carried Among all of the books I have read‚ and I have read a lot of books‚ I believe this one is the most intriguing when it comes to composition. Tim O’Brien‚ the author‚ has done what is rare in literature and composed a fictionalized autobiography. He brings together thoughts‚ ideas‚ emotions‚ and reality in order to create his own safe and satisfying reality. He tackles reader and author’s perspective and creates a work that deserves to be what The Milwaukee Journal calls
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The truth is only believable if it is made up. The Things They Carried is an intriguing novel that stands out from many others in its genre. The author‚ Tim O’Brien‚ believes that story truth is truer than happening truth. This idea is prevalent throughout the novel‚ especially in the chapter called‚ “The Man I Killed.” Tim O’Brien explains his reasoning behind telling “The Man I Killed” the way he did in “Good Form” saying that “. . . a long time ago I walked through Quang Ngai Province as a foot
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worked‚ and from there it was a natural progression to learning how to use the weapon" (98). As the story goes on it shows that she is becoming more of a soldier. She in the end acted very differently than most women‚ this for women was a positive thing because it is giving her power‚ and a new look on life. This can be negative as well because Mark Fossie lost the girl he once loved. Her image continues to become more negative‚ once Mary Anne goes crazy and starts sleeping with the greenies. She
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Kevin Scott English 120 Prof. Creeley 2/28/13 Time O’Brien: Depictions of Soldiers Tim O’Brien’s novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ consists of a series of interconnecting narratives that tell the stories of the soldiers in the Vietnam War. Each story depicts the soldiers in a different way. It can be inferred that O’Brien did this purposefully to illustrate to the reader the different sides of every soldier. O’Brien describes the soldiers in two main‚ ironically opposing ways; an honorable
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