Essays Tagged: "The Things They Carried"
"The Things They Carried,' by Tim O'Brien,
'The Things They Carried,' by Tim O'Brien, contains many references to 'possessions of character.' Ma ... arries were carried by all, including: military equipment, stationery, photographs, diseases, food, the land of Vietnam itself, their lives, and even more. O'Brien highlights these along with special ... of what Cross values. Belongings reflect his character and thoughts. 'Grief, terror, love, longing--these were intangibles, but the intangibles had their own mass and specific gravity, they had tangib ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
The Nine-Year-Old He Carried: Linda's role in Tim O'Brien's They Things They Carried.
Tim O'Brien's novel, The Things They Carried creates an accurate picture of the emotions experienced by soldiers like him ... an accurate picture of the emotions experienced by soldiers like himself in the Vietnam War. Though the reader learns that the majority of the story is fictional, the overall message is powerful. To a ... e unrelated incidents. Sections include stories of "Love", "Speaking of Courage", and "Night Life". These may seem like absurd titles for chapters in a book about a war, but all the stories relate to ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing
"The Things They Carried," by Tim O'Brien
THE THINGS THEY CARRIEDIn his book "The Things They Carried," Tim O'Brien describes a group of soldi ... ed," Tim O'Brien describes a group of soldiers marching through Vietnam. He does this by describing the items that each of them carries with him during the march. The things that the soldiers carry wi ... march. The things that the soldiers carry with them are both tangible and intangible items and what these things are depends upon the individual soldier. They carry the basic necessities for survival ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War
"The Things They Carried" by Tim Obrien.
A few months ago, I found a list in GQ magazine of 45 books everyone should read. About The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, the author of the article wrote, "(The book is) Vietnam with ... book is) Vietnam with the bandage ripped off and not yet healed."# In his book, Tim O'Brien does to the reader what the war did to him; it makes everything real. Even out of all of the movies that I'v ... everything real. Even out of all of the movies that I've ever seen on Vietnam, O'Brien's book gives the most realistic and jerking view of Vietnam.As a series of loose stories-or not even that-loose t ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
"The things they caried" by Tim O'Brien.
ENG203November 14, 2002The Things They Carried Tim O'Brien's fiction The Things They Carried creates a nostalgic fee ... Tim O'Brien's fiction The Things They Carried creates a nostalgic feeling to the reader. He loads the writing with intricate details of the descriptions of the things these soldiers carried and for ... descriptions of the things these soldiers carried and for the various purposes. However, I'm given the impression that The author merely used the fact that these men were soldiers at the brink of dea ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried".
Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried" (reprinted in Edgar V. Roberts and Henry E. Jacobs, Literature and an Intro ... ding and Writing, Sixth edition. [Upper Saddle River and Prentice-Hall, 2001] 77-88) is centered on the realism of the types of things the soldiers in the Vietnam War carried. The realism of all the p ... Vietnam War carried. The realism of all the physical and emotional, tangible and intangible things they carried are vividly described throughout the entire story. The realism of the weights of many d ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Post Traumtic stress syndrome in Tim Obriens "The Things They Carried".
uated Saigon, South Vietnam on March 25, 1973. Three million veterans survived a tour of duty in Southeast Asia. 58,000 died there. For thousands who returned, the war was not over. Some estimates are ... t another 50,000 veterans have died due to psychological disorders related to experienced events of the war. This disorder is called Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The qualifications of PTSD ca ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
Style and Storytelling in The Things They Carried
Haresh SoormaLiterature |10 GKaren Chase12 March 2004Style and Storytelling in The Things they CarriedThesis: Tim O'Brien has created a unique novel in The Things They Carried by ... unique novel in The Things They Carried by using styles, such as changing points of view, "blurring the boundaries between truth and fiction" , and use of repetition for effect.I. Changing points of v ... alized CharacterII. Truth and FictionA. Comparison and Contrast of real and "fictional" aspectsB. Authenticity's of story'sC. Constant ChangingIII. Repetition for effectA. Minute DetailsB. Foreshadowi ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
What conjoins lysistrata, In the lake of the Woods, and The things they carried.
What seems to be the common factor that conjoins Lysistrata, In the Lake of the Woods, and The Things They Carried co ... njoins Lysistrata, In the Lake of the Woods, and The Things They Carried consist of two main ideas. The first is the men's unwillingness to give up the war that has engulfed their whole being. The sec ... ir whole being. The second is the draw to their home life with a special love that constantly fills their minds keeping them going.In each of the three books it is hard for the men to give up the war. ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
The Thin Line Between Bravery and Cowardice in the Things They Carried
Edwin Hubbel Chapin was once quoted saying, "At the bottom of a good deal of the bravery that appears in the world there lurks a miserable cowardice ... that appears in the world there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they cannot face public opinion." This belief is held true throughout Tim O'Brien's short story, "Th ... ughout Tim O'Brien's short story, "The Things They Carried." A story whose setting is placed within the action of the Vietnam War, O'Brien uses extensive imagery in order to describe each soldier's sp ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
The Things They've Carried
The Things They CarriedTim O'BrienWar is simply a general name of a huge, mind consuming traumatic e ... s simply a general name of a huge, mind consuming traumatic experience that changes peoples' lives. The events that occur during a war are inhumane and evil. Unfortunately, those who sacrifice their l ... are inhumane and evil. Unfortunately, those who sacrifice their lives and souls for a war, entering the game as one person and return (if they are lucky) completely different. Many aspects of manslaug ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
Theme Analysis: "One 16 oz. Analysis- One More Thing to Carry" An essay on Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried."
NOTE: Parenthetical Citation is used. Selection came from an anthology, thus making the page numbers irrelevant ... g the page numbers irrelevant. Please modify page numbers to coincide with your text.Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried" presents the central idea that amongstsociety, it is normal to react to aty ... Jimmy Cross, O'Brien's protagonist, was developed to exemplify this atypical reaction. Cross allows the reader to believe and appreciate "the things they carried" as well as creating an extended metap ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Tim O'Brien: Bibliography
Best known for his fictional portrayal of the Vietnam War, Tim O'Brien is an American novelist and short story writer who has been compared to ... and short story writer who has been compared to Ernest Hemingway, Stephen Crane, and Joseph Heller. The novels that established his reputation, Going after Cacciato(1978) and The things They Carried(1 ... rrors of war in a style that is precise and unexpecting, yet unbelievably realistic. Besides the well-deserved guilt and shame and anguish invoked by the Vietnam War, Americans can also take ri ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienIn the short story The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, the ... rienIn the short story The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, the author explores human nature and the emotions that are carried with them. This emotional baggage is represented by the love that a so ... ggage is represented by the love that a soldier feels towards a girl back home. It is contrasted by the everyday things they carry while at war. Ultimately this story deals with the theme of growing u ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
The things they carried - does the war ever end for the soldiers
During The Things They Carried O'Brien illustrates that the Vietnam as traumatic and destructive as it was ... m as traumatic and destructive as it was will never end for those who have survived it. Even though the Vietnam War ended over 25 years ago he shows that the trauma associated with the war has had men ... ago he shows that the trauma associated with the war has had mental and physical effects on some of the soldiers after the war had finished. As far as O'Brien is concerned he believes that these exper ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
The Things They Carried - Tim O'brien
Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried" presents the central idea that amongst society, it is normal to react to at ... Jimmy Cross, O'Brien's protagonist, was developed to exemplify this atypical reaction. Cross allows the reader to believe and appreciate "the things they carried" as well as creating an extended metap ... he things they carried" as well as creating an extended metaphor.O'Brien begins his work describing the care that Lieutenant Cross has for the letters he carries from a girl named Martha, from back ho ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
"The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brian
Perception After the FactTim O'Brian's short story "The Things They Carried" is a description of military equipment t ... The Things They Carried" is a description of military equipment that ground soldiers carried during the Vietnam War. O'Brian provides great detail about each piece of equipment including each item's p ... piece of equipment including each item's purpose, and when it was used. To more clearly illustrate the challenge faced by the soldiers and the equipment they used, the story follows a plot about a pl ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Lieutenant Cross' Change of Heart
Tim O'Brien's short story "The Things They Carried" informs us about the items that were carried by the soldiers of the Vietnam ... rried by the soldiers of the Vietnam War. Not all of the items were physical, some were emotional: "They carried the emotional baggage of men who might die. ... They carried shameful memories. They ca ... aggage of men who might die. ... They carried shameful memories. They carried the common secret.... They carried their reputations" (74). The emotional "baggage" often helped the soldiers get through ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Book review on The things they carried
The Things They Carried- Book ReviewIn The Things They Carried, author Tim O'Brien conveys his exper ... Book ReviewIn The Things They Carried, author Tim O'Brien conveys his experience and feelings about the Vietnam War through a collection of stories. Each narrative is comprised with vivid description ... a collection of stories. Each narrative is comprised with vivid description telling us about one of the soldiers of the Alpha Company in Vietnam. One of the significant concepts in this novel is the i ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Comparing historical data from Grand Expectations by James T. Patterson and ficitional work the things they carried by tim o'brien on perspectives of the vietnam war.
When comparing Patterson's Grand Expectations and O'Brien's The Things They Carried, each coincides with one another and gives accurate details of the front lin ... each coincides with one another and gives accurate details of the front lines of battle. The Things They Carried is a work of fiction and Patterson's Grand Expectations is merely a combination of fact ... ination of facts and opinions. Either book would greatly enhance a reader's historical knowledge of the Vietnam War. Patterson's Grand Expectations and O'Brien's The Things They Carried show the signi ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars