“The Things They Carried” How does death affect the behavior of people? Although death affects everyone’s behavior differently‚ knowledge of one’s imminent death is a main force behind behavioral changes. This knowledge causes emotions that motivate people to act in ways that they normally would not. In Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried‚” the knowledge of death and its closeness causes the men in the story to alter their behavior by changing
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emotion that we have to channel. Guilt helps to maintain ties to the people around you. In the novel‚ “The Things They Carried‚” by Tim O’Brien‚ every soldier felt guilt when a unit member got killed or something tragic happened. This guilt felt by the soldiers was exemplified by Tim O’Brien and Lieutenant Jimmy Cross. Their feelings of guilt inflicted more of a burden than the things they were carrying did. O’Brien’s guilt was administered as a result of survival‚ while Cross’s guilt was set
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coping mechanisms used by the members of the Alpha Company in Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried supports the research on the various successful and destructive ways that soldiers use to cope during a war‚ and ultimately how the book was a mechanism for O’Brien to save himself.
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In The Things They Carried‚ by Tim O’Brien‚ American soldiers are fighting a war Vietnam‚ a country that is halfway across the globe from their home and families. The novel focuses on the experiences of the soldiers including Lieutenant Jimmy Cross and Mark Fossie. Since the war is a difficult and isolating experience‚ both men have a woman at home they seek comfort and assurance from: Martha and Mary Anne Belle‚ respectively. Lt. Cross and Martha are pen pals whereas Fossie and Mary Anne are childhood
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Many of the facts that are included in the novel are not certain or accurate; the novel “The things they carried” is a fiction novel‚ I did not study history nor education‚ I am just a writer. Many of my days are basically writing different stories‚ some shorter than others‚ and not all of them are published‚ this is what I do for living and I the hobby that I enjoy the most. I wrote “The Things They Carried” a long time after the Vietnam war was over‚ therefore it was written from the perspective
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The Things They Carried Essay Questions Directions: Choose one of the following essay questions to respond to and develop a critically thoughtful‚ analytical essay. 1. Tone is an important aspect of writing in war literature. Examine the stories again and analyze the most prevalent tones O’Brien uses throughout the book. How does the use of these tones help to establish the meaning behind these stories and an overarching theme to this collection? 2. Consider the role of the narrator throughout
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must have turned a screw in his head”(84). Tim O’Brien the author of the novel “The Things They Carried” a novel that debates the topic of truth vs. fiction all through the end using a generative idea of a soldier but at the same time using experiences not to generalize war since according to O’Brien it’s almost impossible to generalize‚ a novel that is Vietnam war fiction‚ the story consist of several narratives from Tim O’Brien and some from the rest of the main characters such as Mitchell Sanders
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“The Things They Carried: The American Experience” In the story "The Things They Carried‚" Tim O ’Brien talks a group of soldiers in the Vietnam War. He does this by describing the items that each of them carries with him during the march. The things that the soldiers carry with them are both physical and mental items and what these things are depends upon the soldier. They carry the basic "necessities" for survival and the bare minimum to make life as civilized as possible. But they also carry
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Tim O’Brien’s short story “The Things They Carried” is set in Vietnam during the Vietnam War‚ and describes a soldier’s burden by listing what they carried and portraying scenes in a war. Critics have debated over the classification of O’Brien’s story. The major dispute is over whether “The Things They Carried” is appropriately classified as war literature. Although Tim O’Brien’s short story “The Things They Carried” is fictitious‚ it is war literature since it conveys the physical and emotional
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In novel The Things They Carried‚ a central theme is reality vs fiction‚ believe bs disbelief‚ O’brien creates an unsteady relationship with the reader that makes one question even the most minute details and descriptions. At it’s core The Things They carried is a work of fiction‚ however this passage is more‚ it’s a piece that teaches a class what makes fiction‚ rather than simply telling them a moralistic war story. While O’brien’s use of fictional techniques such as‚ jargon‚ second person voice
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