In life there are choices people would have to make every day: To go in or out‚ to leave or stay‚ to move on or remain in the past‚ to keep or to erase‚ to live or die – these type of choices are the things Tim O’Brien carried when his daughter‚ Kathleen‚ asked why he writes about Vietnam and later suggested that he should forget about the war. Exploring the secret passageways of fragmented memories of O’Brien‚ not only struck with his intricately crafted mind of the past‚ but the feeling of being
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Julius Nevin 11/13/11 Eaten Alive Some things in life become part of you. People‚ places‚ feelings; you can become so close that you are one. But sometimes‚ these things can consume you; swallow you whole. In Tim O’Brien’s novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ many characters become one with the land of Vietnam. Vietnam consumes characters in different ways‚ but it always results in a character’s unity with the land. Unity is defined as “the state of being one; oneness”. Kiowa physically becomes
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Men were drafted into war without a choice and some had even chosen to move in order to avoid this draft. One man who attempted to leave was the author‚ Tim O’Brien‚ once he saw his draft letter he soon became paranoid and thought of ways to leave the United states‚ “I was too good for this war. Too smart‚ too compassionate‚ too everything. It couldn’t happen… I was no soldier. I hated Boy Scouts. I hated camping out. I hated dirt and tents and mosquitoes. The sight of blood made me queasy.” (O’Brien
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beginning of the book The Things They Carried‚ author Tim O’Brien says‚ “They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die. Grief‚ terror‚ love‚ longing - these were intangibles‚ but the intangibles had their own mass and specific gravity‚ they had tangible weight” (Tim O’Brien). Soldiers in the Vietnam war carried home with them memories of ghosts‚ ghosts of people they killed‚ villages burned‚ and their own brethren dying in horrifying ways. Tim O’Brien tells about some of the people he killed
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“On the Rainy River” by Tim O’Brien is the best short story in the collection because of its’ great character development‚ plot‚ and theme. This story is about how the author dealt with himself and his frustrations before heading off to the Vietnam War. It is very rare for veterans to talk about their fear before departing for combat‚ whereas the narrator which in this case is the author explained the dread and dismay he felt in extreme detail making the plot meaningful. For example‚ the narrator
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In the book “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien all of the people carry something. Some of the things they carry are things they need to survive. Most of them carry things that remind them of home or things they left behind. Every single person carries one thing in common‚ “they all carry respect for the power of the things they carry.” The men carry things they need like mosquito repellent and marijuana‚ pocket knives and chewing gum. They carried friendship and hate. An example of
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Based on Tim O’Brien’s‚ “How to Tell a True War Story‚” the depiction is that in a war environment‚ civilians and soldiers have different perspectives; it is hard for soldiers to tell a true war story because the truth is not just a simple matter of seeing things
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after being taken out of the group. There are certainly worse things that he could have done to Jorgenson though. 3. The ending of the story is very good. O’Brien eventually makes up with Jorgenson and are now even with each other. Technically‚ since Tim O’Brien is no longer part of the group or company‚ he is no longer the one telling stories but more so the one listening to them. This could also
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In the beginning of the story‚ Better Nate than Ever by Tim Federle‚ Nate changes a lot from the beginning of the story to the end. At the beginning‚ Nate is a boy who is scared of most things. He is mostly scared of his classmates and other people he may come across. In school‚ he gets picked on a lot because he is not only a soprano. but also an actor. He usually stays quiet and lets everyone bully him without doing anything about it. One day (page 12)‚ Nate sees a poster that says‚ “Try out for
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