Category: The Things They Carried

The nature of war is excruciatingly difficult to understand, being both disturbingly simplistic in its raw violence and unbearably complicated in the multitude of lives that it consumes and the intricate emotional responses that people build toward it. The Vietnam War is one of the best – or, to be more accurate, worst – examples…

Table of Contents Introduction Attitude toward women in society Characters description Men and women Conclusion Works cited Introduction While looking at Tim O’Brien’s book and what the author implements in it according to the role of women, one can surely guess of an unfair attitudinal background represented by men being involved in Vietnam War. This…

Introduction The Poem Dulce et Decorum Est and the story The Things they Carried are both about war, but more than fifty years apart. The geography and the weapons have changed, but the conditions are not that different. The men are much the same and war is as brutal as ever. However, in this story,…

Table of Contents The Things They Carried Analysis: Essay Introduction Literary Analysis: The Things They Carried Explained The Things They Carried Literary Analysis: Conclusion Works Cited The Things They Carried Analysis: Essay Introduction O’Brien, in the short story “The Things They Carried”, captures the predicaments of soldiers during the Vietnam War. Each soldier carries a…

The Things They Carried is a literary work authored by Tim O’Brien. The book is set at a time when the American soldiers were engrossed in war in the Vietnam. Therefore, the literature focuses on the life of American society within the army. A critical analysis of the literature shows that the literature is relevant…

Tim O’Brien’s short story “The things they carried” is a set of short pieces of narratives that tell the experiences of young American soldiers during and after the involvement in the Vietnam War. O’Brien took part in the Vietnam War in his early 20s. O’Brien was born in Austin, Minnesota in 1946. However, he grew…

Table of Contents Introduction Summary of subject and audience Characters Description Emotional connection Objections Response to objections Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The Things They Carried is a classical work of art written by Tim O’Brien. The piece of work is classified as a novel and an anthology of interconnected short stories (Scott 1). Although the…

The short story The Things they Carried portrays war and its impact on young soldiers, their life dreams and expectations, hardship, and fears. This short story can be seen as a reflection of the events which took place during the Vietnam War. O’Brien gives an insightful analysis of the deep personal feelings of soldiers and…

Introduction Tim O’Brien, an American author, wrote “The Things They Carried,” a collection of interrelated short stories about a squad of American soldiers engaged in combat in the Vietnam War. Tim goes in-depth on the women’s experiences in Vietnam and how they influenced the soldiers. Women were right there at the men’s sides as they…

Central Idea of the Story The central idea of the story is to determine why different people carry items that they do. The narrator notes physical objects and metaphysical ideas that the soldiers bring with them. For instance, Lt. Cross carries a tangible picture of Martha and his ephemeral feelings for her at the same…