Jeremey Hansen Mrs. Smith December 10‚ 2013 Honors English III Norman Bowker “You can’t patch a wounded soul with a Band-Aid.” Within a war‚ there are two battles fought: the battle inside each individual soldier‚ and then what is actual done on the battlefield. These internal and external conflicts are equally detrimental‚ the only difference between the two is that when the physical engagement is over‚ the gruesome battle with
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In the chapter named “ Notes”‚ we can see how Norman Bowker wrote a letter‚ in which he tells‚ how he was not able to know how he was feeling‚ because he had no one to talk about what happened in the war. He was repressing his feelings and thoughts about the war all the time‚ which didn’t make him‚ do better. The letter had a passage that said “ A guy that cant get his act together and just drives around town all day and cant think of any damn place to go and doesn’t know how to get there
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From these two chapters‚ it helped shows real character of Norman Bowker because he’s one of the person that doesn’t like to express his feelings too. From what I read he’s a very caring because the death of his friend caused so much pain for him where he didn’t let it go even after the war due to he wasn’t being a good leader. “The truth‚” Norman Bowker would’ve said‚ “is I let the guy go” (147). This shows that he took a while to tell the real reason why he wasn’t able to earn the Silver Star because
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War is a terrible thing. It destroys lives and can forever change the landscape of the mind and soul. Harold Krebs from Ernest Hemingway’s story “Soldier’s Home” and Norman Bowker from Tim O’Brian’s story “Speaking of Courage” both show that coming home from a military lifestyle and reintegrating themselves into a civilian lifestyle can be both difficult and emotionally draining to one’s self esteem and psyche. Harold Krebs wants the simple life. He’s tired of the lying and the feeling he
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The Things They Carried in “The Things They Carried‚” by Tim O’Brien In “The Things They Carried‚” by Tim O’Brien the theme of “carrying” both physical and emotional objects by the main characters can be found in the novel. While these men carry the same standard physical army gear‚ they differentiate with personal tangible and intangible items. From Lieutenant Cross’s responsibility of his men‚ to Henry Dobbin’s girlfriend’s pantyhose for its magic‚ each man faced the war with these things attached
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Intro: “They carried all they could bear‚ and then some‚ including a silent awe for the terrible power of the things they carried.” In The Things They Carried‚ O’Brien suggests that the soldiers do not just carry physical items but also emotional loads which burden them more so than anything the war conjures factually. The three soldiers that carry this theme the most throughout the story are Jimmy Cross‚ Norman Bowker‚ and the story version of Tim O’Brien. 1. Jimmy Cross‚ as the leader of
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Robert LaMache Professor Story 3 December 2012 ENG112-R1 “The Things They Carried” Throughout author Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried”‚ one sees how tangible items help the soldiers cope with the horrors of war. The short story is set during the Vietnam War and follows the lives of the Alpha Company‚ a group of U.S soldiers. Some soldiers in the story are given items to carry specific to their job and rank in the military. For example the main character‚ First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross
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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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The Things They Carried‚ by Tim O’Brien‚ is about the experience multiple soldiers go through during the Vietnam War. There are stories about the love‚ hardships‚ friendships‚ and loss all the soldiers go through. By going to war‚ the soldiers all lose a part of themselves. I believe the message Tim O’Brien is trying to convey in his novel is people who do not go to the war‚ do not understand what it is like. I think throughout this novel‚ O’Brien tries his best to give the people who are not
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The text‚ The Things They Carried’‚ is an excellent example which reveals how individuals are changed for the worse through their first hand experience of war. Following the lives of the men both during and after the war in a series of short stories‚ the impact of the war is accurately portrayed‚ and provides a rare insight into the guilt stricken minds of soldiers. The Things They Carried’ shows the impact of the war in its many forms: the suicide of an ex-soldier upon his return home; the lessening
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