This novel by Tim O’Brien, first published is 1990, is widely hailed as one of the most important books about the experiences of American ground troops during the Vietnam War. Presented as a series of interconnected stories and essays, the novel follows the exploits of a platoon in the U.S. Army’s Alpha Company during the late 1960s.
"the Things They Carried" - Tim O'brien - 1986
Introduction
Tim O'Brien wrote the short story "The Things They Carried" in 1985. It was published in the Augus...
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The Things They Carried
by Tim O’Brien
Born and raised in Minnesota, William Timothy O’Brien (1946-) grew up in a middle-class family in the town of Worthington, where his father was ...
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The Things They Carried is a novel about the Vietnam War and how it affected the people involved. The author, Tim O'Brien, accurately depicts the emotional stress as well as the physical stress that ...
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The central theme of the story is the age-old conflict of life and death. On a more personal level with First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross, the round character and protagonist of "The Things They Carr...
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"All that crap about how if we had a pussy for president there wouldn't be no more wars. Pure garbage. You got to get rid of that sexist attitude."
The role of women in the book The Things They C...
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Throughout Tim O'Brien's short work "How to tell a true war story" O'Brien has two reoccurring themes. One is of the desensitization of the troops during their hardship regarding the events of the Vi...
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Jimmy Cross- He is a very nice and sensitive guy, The Lieutenant. He is in love with Martha, a girl in New Jersey who is not in love with him; he is obsessed with her knee. He thinks about Martha so m...
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Tim O'Brien's novel "The Things They Carried" is a compilation of vignettes taken from the Vietnam War where young confused soldiers who are emotionally and sometimes physically scarred are fighting a...
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In the book Things They Carried Tim O'Brien describes the circumstances surrounding the Vietnam War, but more importantly he introduces us to his fellow companions and the burdens he carried with them...
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War can be unforgiving and relentless. It can put soldiers in situations were both their physical and emotional strengths are tested. These tests can either bring out the best or the worst of a sold...
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The title signifies baggage -- emotional as well as physical. Many carted along a lot of emotional baggage such as: dread, guilt, being broken hearted, and being without companionship, memories, rel...
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Death is one of life's most challenging obstacles. Tim O'Brien was exposed to more than his fair share of death. To manage the emotional stress, he developed methods of coping with the death in his ...
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Courage is often hard to define, but even harder to demonstrate. In the dictionary, courage is defined as mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty. For...
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Everyone is forced to make difficult choices. When he receives his draft notice, Tim O'Brien is suddenly confronted with one such decision. In his novel, The Things They Carried, O'Brien explains hi...
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War alters, corrupts, and destroys. Both Bao Ninh's novel, The Sorrow of War, and Tim O'Brien's novel, The Things They Carried, explore the affects of the infamous Vietnam War on the soldiers engaged...
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"They carried malaria tablets, love letters, 28-pound mine detectors, dope, illustrated bibles, each other. And, if they made it home alive, they carried unrelenting images of a nightmarish war..."...
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Andre Kratzer
Professor Huston
English II, 151 - 80
7 March 2005
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien, is a generalization of his own experiences in Vietnam although t...
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Like an executive summary, many novels use the first chapter to introduce the major themes and contents of the work. An example of this technique is Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried. In it, O'B...
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"Rockets like Rain" 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 deat...
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Edwin F. Uruchima
Professor Richard Tayson
English Composition 102
03 May 2005
Symbolism In "The Things They Carried"
In Tim O'Brien's story "The Things They Carried" we see how O'Brien uses symb...
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Conformity to fact or actuality is the dictionary definition of the word "truth." However, in the book The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, the fictional character, Tim O'Brien has a definition u...
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A lot of people change because of some tragic event or some mishappening in their life. They become more responsible, feel guilty and regret their behavior in the past. A friend of mine s...
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For a 21-year-old I believe that O'Brien had a very complex theory of courage, for him to realize the problems of man and what he had to do to escape this unjust war is amazing. Whereas then he felt ...
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"September 1, 1939" and "The Things They Carried" both deal with the issue of how people react to war. They both convey the different issues people have in relation to war. "September 1, 1939" and "...
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David Buchheit
2/23/05
Telling a War Story
With the twentieth century came many wars and thousands of books about them. A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo and The Things they Carried by Tim O'Brien ...
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Evaluation of The Things They Carried and "Blowing in the Wind"
Unlike "Blowing in the Wind", The Things They Carried is not an anti-war novel because it does not directly stress the fact that war is...
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Speaking of Courage
by Stacy A. Padula 2001
Tim O'Brien's The Things they Carried put both my logic and emotions to great test. As it is a novel composed of war stories, one may automatically assu...
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Medha Kaushik
English105
Paper 2
"The things they carried"
The things they carried revolves around the protagonist named Jim cross who also looks like ...
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Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried is a novel about the Vietnam War and how it affected the people involved. The author accurately depicts the emotional and physical stresses that are accompanied b...
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The Things They Carried Book Notes is a free study guide on The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. Browse the summary below:
Author Biography / Context of the Work
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