Rebecca Porter Professor Ippolito Introduction to Literature February 9‚ 2014 An Analysis of Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried In Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried‚ the narrator tells the story of a platoon of men serving in the military during the Vietnam War. The narrator of this story follows the men‚ led by Lieutenant Jimmy Cross through the treacherous‚ unknown terrain of Vietnam. As most of us know from stories told by Vietnam veterans‚ including my Uncle Ed who was a Navy Seal
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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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The Things They Carried Analysis “Story Truth” and “Happening Truth” in The Things They Carried Throughout The Things They Carried‚ by Tim O’Brien it is difficult to separate what is fictitious‚ and what is true. During the entire work there are two different “truths”‚ which are “story truth” and “happening truth”. “Happening truth” is the actual events that happen‚ and is the foundation or time line on which the story is built on. “Story truth” is the molding or re-shaping of the “happening
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history in which some great pieces of fiction were created. The Things They Carried‚ by Tim O’Brien is a great example of one of these pieces of fiction. A big part of this novel was O’Brien’s theme of metafiction. Metafiction is a type of fiction that self-consciously addresses the devices of fiction. This in another sense means that metafiction is the act of writing about writing. This literary device is used in The Things They Carried‚ as O’Brien’s method to systematically remind his readers that
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it worse. Families who lose their love ones especially in war experience great pain and grief which take a long time to heal. Tragedies can occur anytime anywhere. Humans have to realize the importance of losing their loved one. In the book “Things They Carried” the character Lavender and his group lose a lot of his soldiers during the Vietnam War and Lt.Cross faces a personal tragedy when lavender gets shot because he feels it’s his fault. In today’s world people are dying everywhere but especially
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The Weight of War “The Things They Carried‚” by Tim Obrien In the short story “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien‚ the experience of the Vietnam War is described through the eyes of American soldiers. The things the soldiers carry are both literal and figurative. While they all carry heavy physical loads‚ they also carry heavy emotional loads‚ composed of grief‚ fear‚ love and longing. Each man’s physical burden underscores his emotional burden. The purpose of this story is to bring
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to weapons soldiers brought mundane things like candy‚ cigarettes‚ and letters from their loved ones‚ O’Brien emphasizes their humanity. And in specifying the exact weight of several of the items‚ including food‚ weapons‚ and gear‚ he gives us a very tangible idea of what it was like to struggle under such weight. But the soldiers carry more than just physical burdens—in many cases‚ they are weighed down by emotional baggage. Jimmy Cross thinks that he carried the idea
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or fellow citizens with the use of arms. War is the most powerful threat we have on earth today. War can accomplish a variety of things in a variety of ways but for the soldiers they are stuck with an experience unlike any other known to the everyday man‚ stuck with memories and images of what it’s like to be hunted by another man. Different people take different things away from war and are affected in different ways‚ but a change after a war is inevitable and for the vast majority it is difficult
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Literary Analysis of The Things They Carried: Metafiction Tim O’Brien brings the characters and stories to life in The Things They Carried. He uses a writing style that brings stories to life by posing questions between the relationship of reality and fiction (Calloway 249). This is called metafiction and it exposes the truth through the literary experience. Tim O’Brien uses metafiction to make the characters and stories in The Things They Carried realistically evocative of the Vietnam
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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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