Analyzing the author Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried"�, can only demonstrate that it is carefully crafted, detailing in account of a Lieutenant and his men, the time period being right in the middle of the Vietnam war. In most war stories the author spends most of his or her time describing actions and events to the reader, trying to really put the reader "right there" in the middle of everything that is happening. However, O'Brien drifts away from that trend here, hardly describing any events of importance to anyone. Rather, he focuses on the thoughts of the soldiers, the inner feelings, small personal daydreams and strange things that really describe the men. Being out in the wilderness, far from home or anything they recognize, these men must deal with the mental and physical stresses of war, when they join the army I see it as signing away their souls.
Can't Get You Out of My Thoughts
Thoughts Become Things II
Tim O'Brien appearing at RockyGrass-2006 Lyons, Co...An interesting observation when reading the story is the fact that the story is written in third person (which one of the three types?). The narrator is not actually in the story, merely telling us of the events, and yet we still get to see inside Lt. Cross's mind to more accurately picture his feelings (?You need a quote at this point to illustrate the point of view). . The narrator also, although letting us see the innermost, personal thoughts of Cross, always refers to the Lieutenant as either "he,"� "him," or "Lt. Cross," never speaking of him by only his first name, which may seem rather formal(*Good point). Also, it is odd that O'Brien the author should choose the third person to write in when creating a story such as this one. Usually when an author wants the reader to feel what the main character is feeling,