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    Tim O’Brien compiles a series of incredibly confronting stories‚ which explore the depths of just how horrific the Vietnam War was‚ as well as creating new viewpoints on already conventional ideas. “The things they carried” uses verisimilitude to more accurately tell the stories of what occurred in Vietnam. The ideas of war‚ death and gender are given a significant alteration to how they are perceived. War has many common associations such as there is a winner or a distinct purpose‚ however Vietnam

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    The Things They Carried Report “The Things They Carried” was a story about soldiers caught in the confusion of the Vietnam War. There are a lot of apparent themes that are dealt with when writing a story about war‚ especially about death. I enjoyed reading this story; however there were some things about it that I was concerned about. I would like to discuss the author’s style of writing‚ his meaning of the title “The Things They Carried” and the way the author and his characters deal with death

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    Alex Martin Comp II Short Story Essay “The Things They Carried” By Tim O’Brien The Significant of Objects “The Things They Carried” By Tim O’Brien was a short story based during the Vietnam war that was hard on a soldier named Jimmy Cross and his platoon called alpha company ‚ This story is about the physical objects they carried that had emotion and significant meanings. O’Brien uses physical objects that the soldiers to show the emotion burdens that resulted from being in and at the war

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    iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuu- uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu One of the major concepts is the role of social interaction in adolescent development. The protagonist‚ Charlie‚ is exposed to many social extremes; gay bashing‚ group violence‚ rape‚ communal drug use‚ etc. While Chbosky fails at introducing these situations realistically (the effects of which will be discussed later)‚ they still serve as talking points on the social interaction of young people‚ and as such‚ they are valuable

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    Professor Hagan English 8 April 16‚ 2012 The Things They Carried During the Vietnam War Jimmy Cross was tasked as the lieutenant in the Vietnam War in Tim Obrien’s The Things They Carried. He took responsibility full of challenges past warfare. The war was a very psychological war for the positioned soldiers in the army. The strange environment that included shady places‚ waiting corners‚ diseases and death other than the problems they carried from home. Every soldier there held on to something

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    Leonard Cheah 814725425 “Material Allies” In the short story The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien‚ First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross leads a band of his men through the hills and swamps of Vietnam while dealing with the psychological agony of both his love for Martha and the safety of his men. In wartime however‚ it is known that your fellow man is anything from safe. Much of the men have camaraderie‚ but know that at any moment the person sitting next to them could be killed. This is where the

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    “War is hell‚ but that’s not the half of it‚ because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love. War is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling; war is drudgery. War makes you a man; war makes you dead.” (80) This passage is very significant to the reality of the soldiers in the Vietnam War and brings to life the setting of the entire novel. The soldiers were primarily teenagers and young men in their early twenties

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    In the novel The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien the author tells about his experiences in the Vietnam war by telling various war stories. The quote‚ "It has been said of war that it is a world where the past has a strong grip on the present‚ where machines seemed sometimes to have more will power than me‚ where nice boys (girls) were attracted to them‚ where bodies ruptured and burned and stand‚ where the evil thing trying to kill you could look disconnecting human and where except in your imagination

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    be Bad Character Through reading “Greasy Lake” by T. Coraghessan Boyle it is easy to conclude that all three characters (Jeff‚ Digby‚ and the narrator) think they are bad‚ by what was mentioned in the beginning of the short story by the narrator saying “We were bad (Boyle 1).” Bad according to Webster dictionary can be define as having a wicked or evil character (Bad). With this definition in mind‚ it does not really describe any one character in “Greasy Lake.” Digby and his cohorts all think they

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    Greasy Lake Character Analysis The narrator of T.C. Boyle ’s "Greasy Lake" appears to be the ultimate rebel upon first glance. The unnamed main character goes out of his way to appear "bad" to his friends and anyone around him. The narrator explains that he wore leather jackets‚ drove his parents ’ station wagon and drank gin and grape juice to produce the effect of being intimidating and cool to others. By the end of the story when the narrator has the chance to continue his false image of being

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