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    been being practiced as far back as history dates. Everyone one is unique‚ and brings up different feelings and emotions to different people. In The Things They Carried‚ by Tim O’Brien‚ O’Brien lives upon narrative tales. Ever since the death of his childhood love‚ Linda‚ O’Brien uniquely uses the magic of storytelling in almost every facet of his life. Tim O’Brien ends his book about the Vietnam War with an anecdote about Linda in order to show how his relationship to the dead. Linda helped him emotionally

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    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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    Defending your country is not an easy task. Having the determination to make it through the experiences of war is amazing at itself. While reading‚ The Things They Carried‚ by Tim O’Brien‚ it was acknowledged that men work through very tough situations for their country in Vietnam. The main characters in this novel show examples of the puritan work ethics due to the amount of strength they need to continue through tough times. The pride the men show off in the novel really shows

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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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    Many people‚ in some point in their lives will experience a death of a loved one and will try to cope with it as best as they can. In “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien‚ O’Brien talks about his war stories and how he and the soldiers handled the deaths of the soldiers while at war. The soldiers had to deal with the stress‚ sadness‚ and guilt when seeing their partner get killed. O’Brien talks about the different coping mechanisms the soldiers use when facing the death of a fellow comadre. The

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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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    In the short story “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien writes about a group of platoon of American soldiers in the Vietnam War and the variety of personal items the soldiers carries with them besides their equipment. The story talks about how each of them carries a significant item that helps them to hide their fears and bring them comfort. The main protagonist is Lieutenant Jimmy Cross who has an inner struggle between his civilian life and his current life of leading a group of platoon to

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    pagoda‚ building a fortress and using it as a base of operations. The pagoda is a symbol for peace and tranquility. Tim O’Brien shows that even in the war‚ there are some peace and calmness. As chaotic and hectic as the war gets‚ there are times of tranquility. The church is sacred. A church symbolizes purity and religion. “You don’t mess with churches.” (113) Messing with a sacred thing can affect the “karma”. For example‚ the ying & yang‚ one has the good in bad and the other has the bad in good.

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    The Things They Carried Colby Earles In this book the author Tim OBrien uses many different little stories to sum of the big picture of war. He focuses in on many different characters‚ stories‚ and their specific feelings to help the reader get an actual feel of what he felt. Which he states on pg. 171 " I want you to feel what I felt. I want you to know why story-truth is truer than happening-truth". While OBriens main connection to the title focus’s in on what each soldier physically carried

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    The book The Things They Carried‚ written by Tim O’Brien is about the account of himself and his fellow soldiers who served with him at the Vietnam war. The book starts with O’Brien describing everyone around him and just like the title reads listing out everything they carried‚ standard military issued equipment and few small personal belongings they got from the people close to them. Later in the story he talks about the life they have after the war and how the war affected everyone differently

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