The Things They Carried: Chapter Analysis
Most people don’t know what surrealism is. Surrealism is when things are real but exaggerated. For example when you watch a sci-fi movie not all of it can be true. Surrealism pertains to these chapters in” The Things They Carried” because it talks about war stories that might be true or have some facts that are stretched out.
One chapter is called “How to Tell a True War Story” It’s about all these stories that his friend rat told and how some of them might be real our fake. There was one story that they heard the jungle talk. “And every night they keep hearing that crazy ass gook concert.” People think they were hallucinating and heard the jungle talk and play music. There was also a story about this guy’s best friend died and to take his anger out he shot to pieces a water buffalo. “Rat Kiley had lost his best friend in …show more content…
In that chapter His girlfriend became one of the guys she did what the guys did, she even did an ambush and when she came back from it. A who different person she kept to herself after all that she left and disappeared of into the woods and they saw her for one last time and she had teeth as a necklace just dangling there. “But you don’t know human nature. You don’t know nam.”
The nature of Vietnam, these chapters of the tell you how bad it is in Vietnam I could just tell how awful it was just by Tim describing the things they had to do and what they did just to try to stay sane. Most of these war veterans came home with PTSD and it has messed them up since. The first story tries to tell you what they been through the things they did. Just think of your best friend dying in front of your eyes and you couldn’t do anything to stop it. That’s how the war was you friend just slowly dying and you can’t stop it.” Curt lemon stepped from the shade to a bright
One chapter is called “How to Tell a True War Story” It’s about all these stories that his friend rat told and how some of them might be real our fake. There was one story that they heard the jungle talk. “And every night they keep hearing that crazy ass gook concert.” People think they were hallucinating and heard the jungle talk and play music. There was also a story about this guy’s best friend died and to take his anger out he shot to pieces a water buffalo. “Rat Kiley had lost his best friend in …show more content…
In that chapter His girlfriend became one of the guys she did what the guys did, she even did an ambush and when she came back from it. A who different person she kept to herself after all that she left and disappeared of into the woods and they saw her for one last time and she had teeth as a necklace just dangling there. “But you don’t know human nature. You don’t know nam.”
The nature of Vietnam, these chapters of the tell you how bad it is in Vietnam I could just tell how awful it was just by Tim describing the things they had to do and what they did just to try to stay sane. Most of these war veterans came home with PTSD and it has messed them up since. The first story tries to tell you what they been through the things they did. Just think of your best friend dying in front of your eyes and you couldn’t do anything to stop it. That’s how the war was you friend just slowly dying and you can’t stop it.” Curt lemon stepped from the shade to a bright