The Things They Carried

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    The Things They Carried Persuasive Essay

    War plays an essential part in maintaining the freedom that was bestowed upon us many years ago, although, along the way to liberty, many lives are lost and some are changed forever. In the narrative, The Things They Carried, written by author Tim O’Brien as well as other war related articles and speeches, soldiers do what it takes to survive the brutal fatality of war through both honorable and dishonorable gestures. The concept of sacrificing their own lives to fight for freedom in the name of

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    The Things They Carried Literary Analysis

    The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien is a story that takes place during the Vietnam war. As the reader, we’re shown how the physical items a soldier carries can weigh them down. Yet, we’re shown that mental struggles will almost always outweigh the physical struggles because they can’t be put down. The author uses specific stories, details, diction and the setting to make the story effective and keep the reader’s attention. As the reader, we use these details and context clues to form a conclusion

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    Rhetorical Analysis of the Things They Carried

    Michelle Zhang Dr. Bloomquist 2/13/2015 Rhetorical Analysis A Whole New World: Construction and Destruction in The Things They Carried While the Vietnam War was a complex political pursuit that lasted only a few years, the impact of the war on millions of soldiers and civilians extended for many years beyond its termination. Soldiers killed or were killed; those who survived suffered from physical wounds or were plagued by PTSD from being wounded, watching their platoon mates die violently

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    The Things They Carried Alienation Analysis

    from war because their experiences make them feel out of place and they struggle in talking about the war. Detachment or alienation is shown through stories as they help people cope with emotions without directly dealing with reality. In “The Things They Carried”, the author, Tim O’Brien, uses a familiar tone to explain the innermost emotions of soldiers who feel alienated and separated from society when they return home from the war. O’Brien addresses alienation when Norman Bowker returns home from

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    Things They Carried Rhetorical Analysis

    The Things They Carried, is a novel written by Tim O'Brien that examines the lives of multiple foot soldiers before, after, and during the Vietnam War. Among that, it also delves deeper into the surreal and ambiguous nature of war, and the physical and mental trials that eventually leads to alienation and the questioning of the soldiers role in the war. This paragraph revolves around the crushed potential of a soldier, who had a promising life ahead of him but was drafted for war. O'Brien writes

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    Gender Analysis: The Things They Carried

    The Things They Carried Gender Analysis Jimmy Cross the Lutenient of an active combat Army unit in Vietnam. Half the time his mind is cluttered with thoughts of Martha the young girl he dated before the war. All the letters that she wrote him cluster in Jimmy’s thoughts as he’s doing his duty in the Army. Jimmy and other members of his unit carry a number of different things as they navigate the thick underbrush of Vietnam. The unit also got in many conflicts with the NVA (North Vietnamese Army)

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    The Things They Carried Character Analysis

    In The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien uses indirect characterization to shine a light on the way soldiers view the idea of bravery in the Vietnam War. In the chapters “The Things They Carried,” and “Speaking of Courage,” the author describes how the soldiers had come to fear the idea of not being courageous, perhaps because, if one was not brave enough, they would perish in the strange and foreign land of Vietnam. However, a more plausible reason for them acting in this manner could be because

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    The Things They Carried: Enemies & Friends

    The Things They Carried: Enemies & Friends In both of the short stories, enemies and friends, the pressures of war twist the way that humans comport themselves around each other, causing for two men fighting on the same side to fight one another over a dull reason, because of a missing knife. O’brien shows how immaturely Jensen and Strunk act in times of war, and its because of their immaturity that causes them to act out in such an aggressive fashion towards each other. It is said that in and

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    Jimmy Cross In The Things They Carried

    Jimmy Cross As we all know there are over thousands of men and women that voluntarily enlist in the military forces, but some of the men in the 1950s weren’t so lucky. In The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien there is a specific soldier that stands out to me by the name of Jimmy Cross. He was shamed into the forces making his life especially hard and different than many of the others in the story. Throughout the book O’Brien uses many techniques to describe all of his characters such as the emotional

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    Field Trip//the Things They Carried

    Field  Trip   Closure  is  a  necessity  when  it  comes  to  coping  with  tragedy  because  unless  certain   measures  are  taken,  the  sorrow  and  pain  never  fade.  In  O’Brien’s  case,  visiting  the  field  provided   him  with  closure  because  he  had  something  he  could  place  blame  on,  which  in  this  case  was  a   specific  location.  This  blaming  is  seen  as  O’Brien  states,  “Over  the  years,  that  coldness  had   never  entirely  disappeared.  There  were  times

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