Imagine if you were one of the many people who was forced to go to war after graduating your high school career. In the novel, The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, he explains the experiences in Vietnam through the actions of soldiers in the book. Bravery and death were themes shown throughout the book because O’Brien focuses on the behaviors of the soldiers’ living in fear. Both themes makes a connection when the soldiers had to prove they’re courageous to fight in the war while other teammates loss their lives.
In order to be in the war, one’s need to have the skills of bravery to be involved. In the chapter “On the Rainy River”, O’Brien illustrates his own struggles when he gets his draft notice. In this chapter, the author gets to a …show more content…
In the chapter “Good Form”, O’Brien claims he didn’t kill the man outside of My Khe, he was just there. He felt guilty over what happened to the young man but horrified by the death he saw. But this is a made up story, the author wanted the reader to feel what he felt at the time. O’Brien gives the young man a face for the reader to imagine because he wants us to visualize the death and grief of the soldier. He pictures the soldier “..slim, dead, almost dainty young man of about twenty” (O’Brien 172). The soldiers had to face the struggle of passing a dead body and dealing the fact that they’re gone. The author relies on the memories to build up a life of the soldiers’ …show more content…
Through the tough experiences, the soldiers had the courage and bravery in the war while facing the loss of their teammates. The author O’Brien explains the readers how him and his soldiers were able to manage and learn from each other. Most importantly they helped each other get through the war as one. Going into war was one of their courageous acts they faced and though many men lost their lives, they were all able to prove that they can finish the war together. In conclusion, Tim O’Brien brings the attention that telling a war story is not just about war but the memories you gathered during the experience in the
In order to be in the war, one’s need to have the skills of bravery to be involved. In the chapter “On the Rainy River”, O’Brien illustrates his own struggles when he gets his draft notice. In this chapter, the author gets to a …show more content…
In the chapter “Good Form”, O’Brien claims he didn’t kill the man outside of My Khe, he was just there. He felt guilty over what happened to the young man but horrified by the death he saw. But this is a made up story, the author wanted the reader to feel what he felt at the time. O’Brien gives the young man a face for the reader to imagine because he wants us to visualize the death and grief of the soldier. He pictures the soldier “..slim, dead, almost dainty young man of about twenty” (O’Brien 172). The soldiers had to face the struggle of passing a dead body and dealing the fact that they’re gone. The author relies on the memories to build up a life of the soldiers’ …show more content…
Through the tough experiences, the soldiers had the courage and bravery in the war while facing the loss of their teammates. The author O’Brien explains the readers how him and his soldiers were able to manage and learn from each other. Most importantly they helped each other get through the war as one. Going into war was one of their courageous acts they faced and though many men lost their lives, they were all able to prove that they can finish the war together. In conclusion, Tim O’Brien brings the attention that telling a war story is not just about war but the memories you gathered during the experience in the