The Things They Carried Theme Questions 1. What was taken from Ted Lavender after he died and why did they use it? Who was blaming himself for his death? They took his dope and smoked it. This was to help relieve the stresses of the war. Jimmy Cross held on to the guilt of letting Ted die because he was distracted from the war. 2. Many of the characters were superstitious‚ for example Dobbins wore pantyhose around his neck even after she broke up with him. How does their superstition
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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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io/jaclyna-perez/1mxf20f Theme of Tim O’Brien "The Things They Carried" Fear is an underlying theme in "The Things They Carried." Lavendar‚ Kiowa‚ Lt. Cross‚ and the soldiers illustrate different types of fear. Jaclyna PerezJaclyna Perez B.A. in English Soldiers All the men in Vietnam carried physical burdens‚ from the packs on their backs to their weapons and ammunition. However‚ they carried intangible burdens as well. In Tim O’Brien’s short story‚ there is an underlying theme of fear because no
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Spring Book Review In The Things They Carried‚ Tim O’Brien tells the tale of not about war‚ but rather about war’s effect on one’s mentality. Ultimately‚ this novel is built on a foundation of the items that the soldiers of the Vietnam War carried. Whether it was the way Jimmy Cross uses the pebble to escape from his duties as a soldier or when Norman Bowker realizes that courage comes form within‚ not from receiving a Silver Star; O’Brien uses baggage as a symbol throughout the book to teach
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The Things They Carried: Burden and Redemption In the fictional novel The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien‚ scenes regarding the death of a comrade or an enemy soldier seem to convey and accentuate two unifying themes: redemption and encumbrance. While some characters‚ such as “the young soldier” who is evidently O’Brien‚ endeavor to find some sort of closure and salvation‚ others‚ including Lieutenant Jimmy Cross‚ blame themselves for the demise of their comrade-at-arms and cannot relieve themselves
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Moffitt 4/16/2013 The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien continuously uses repetition of talking about the items the soldiers carry mentally and physically to show the burdens of war. Each item O’Brien talks about tells a little about each character and what fears they try to escape from. An example would be “Dave Jensen carried three pairs of socks and a can of Dr.Scholl’s foot powder as a precaution for trench foot.” (O’Brien pg.1) Jensen carried these things so you could be very clean and
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story an example of this is Tim O’Brien’s "The Things They Carried". As the story goes on it shows not only the literal meaning of what they carried but also symbolically the burdens that they had mentally. In the literal sense O’Brien talks about what different members of a platoon in Vietnam carried. This helps him to move to a more symbolic sense at the end of the story. He starts by talking about necessities and slowly moves on to what they carried to remind them that there was a world out side
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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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The Things They Carried Report “The Things They Carried” was a story about soldiers caught in the confusion of the Vietnam War. There are a lot of apparent themes that are dealt with when writing a story about war‚ especially about death. I enjoyed reading this story; however there were some things about it that I was concerned about. I would like to discuss the author’s style of writing‚ his meaning of the title “The Things They Carried” and the way the author and his characters deal with death
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Literary Analsysis Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried is a story that portrays his feelings about his experience in the Vietnam War. There are stories of these men‚ about their lives in Vietnam and when they were back at home. Throughout this novel‚ these men helped each other cope with issues and it shows a true sign of brotherhood. Because of the strong graphic descriptions‚ readers tend to have sadness and sympathy for them. “The things they carried were largely determined by necessity” (O’Brien
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