Tim o'brien 'speaking of courage
Tim O’Brian: ’Speaking of courage’
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Intet " original " folkeeventyr
The story is written in 1981
Digression = Afveje, at være sig ud eller at bruge sig ud af en tangent.
Theme:
Having a hard time getting back to everyday life after the war
Life of a war veteran.
Structure:
He drives around the lake about 12 times
Norman’s life goes in circles.
There are many repetitions – his mind keeps circling around the traumatise experiences in the war and the people he can’t relate to anymore.
He has imaginary conversations with his father, dead friend and Sally (Digression)
Form/content:
Correspondence between the circular structure and his mental state.
Major Conflicts:
Norman’s loneliness.
Not being able to communicate, he is trying to do it to a woman at a burger bar. (one change of braking of his cocoon: at the A&W.
Psychologically conflicts, not being able to get back into normal life after the war.
Main character not being able to speak with his dad
The fact that Sally is not his girlfriend anymore
That he is afraid of telling his father about his lack of courage, because he do not want to disappoint him.
Normans Guilt = memory (page 149). Left his friend in the lurch (lade I stikken)
Father vs. son relationships.
Setting:
Small town in Iowa – Des Moines, Sioux City
The main road separates the affluent houses from the ‘almost affluent’ houses.
4th of July, the Independence Day, National day in the US celebrating the signing of the declaration of independence.
A Sunday summer evening.
In a Chevy around a lake.
Characters:
Norman Bowker: War veteran who has returned from Vietnam. He is alone, survivors guilt, his father will not talk to him. Traumatized, let down Kiowa
He is having imaginary conversations with his father, dead friend and Sally.
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Citatteknik : kolom "citat”
Maker titel : bogtitel; kursiv, novelle/digt; citationstegn
Indledning; forfatter, titel, publikations år
Intet " original " folkeeventyr
The story is written in 1981
Digression = Afveje, at være sig ud eller at bruge sig ud af en tangent.
Theme:
Having a hard time getting back to everyday life after the war
Life of a war veteran.
Structure:
He drives around the lake about 12 times
Norman’s life goes in circles.
There are many repetitions – his mind keeps circling around the traumatise experiences in the war and the people he can’t relate to anymore.
He has imaginary conversations with his father, dead friend and Sally (Digression)
Form/content:
Correspondence between the circular structure and his mental state.
Major Conflicts:
Norman’s loneliness.
Not being able to communicate, he is trying to do it to a woman at a burger bar. (one change of braking of his cocoon: at the A&W.
Psychologically conflicts, not being able to get back into normal life after the war.
Main character not being able to speak with his dad
The fact that Sally is not his girlfriend anymore
That he is afraid of telling his father about his lack of courage, because he do not want to disappoint him.
Normans Guilt = memory (page 149). Left his friend in the lurch (lade I stikken)
Father vs. son relationships.
Setting:
Small town in Iowa – Des Moines, Sioux City
The main road separates the affluent houses from the ‘almost affluent’ houses.
4th of July, the Independence Day, National day in the US celebrating the signing of the declaration of independence.
A Sunday summer evening.
In a Chevy around a lake.
Characters:
Norman Bowker: War veteran who has returned from Vietnam. He is alone, survivors guilt, his father will not talk to him. Traumatized, let down Kiowa
He is having imaginary conversations with his father, dead friend and Sally.