Analysis Of An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge By Tim O Brien

In “The Things They Carried” the book is about the Vietnam war and how it affected the lives of the people who went through the war. In the the song “Travelin Soldier” it tells about a soldier going to the Vietnam war and the effect it had on a girl back home. In the short story “An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge” it is about the American Civil war and what happens to people who are caught during the war.In these three great examples of literature have been chosen represent different wars and how the war had affected them while they were there in the war or they had gone home or if they had a loved one waiting for them at home. The authors of these great works of literature used diction,dialogue,and mood to express their ideas and the way the war affected them.
The authors of these three works use diction to enhance …show more content…
Tim O’Brien wrote “Then later he said, ‘Tim it’s a war. The guy wasn’t Heidi - he had a weapon right? It’s a tough thing, for sure, but you got to cut out that staring ‘( O’Brien 120).” Tim O’Brien had just killed someone that he could see and he was devastated that he had killed the man. The other people around him told him what a good job he had done, but he was not sure that he had done the right thing. It shows that the war has a different effects on people when they are in the war zone. The song “Travelin’ Soldier” by the Dixie Chicks they use the lines “And he said would you mind sittin’ down for a while/ And talkin with me/I’m feeling a little lonely(Dixie Chicks