THIS IS NOT DONE!!
“Don 't care what people say
Just follow your own way
Don 't give up and use the chance
To return to innocence
That 's not the beginning of the end
That 's the return to yourself
The return to innocence” – Return To Innocence by Enigma (15-21).
Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, published in 1990 is a semi-fiction and semi non-fiction book about the stories of O’Brien, his troops in Vietnam at war, and their loved ones back in America. In 1986, Oliver Stone released a war movie under the title of Platoon. Platoon focuses on a guy named Chris Taylor who volunteers to be in the military and how he deals with being in a dangerous environment that is nothing similar to what he’s been in before. Almost Famous directed by …show more content…
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien explores the factors contributing to Mary Anne Bell and how the factors lead up to her developing into a new version of herself. Mary Anne Bell is the girlfriend of Mark Fossie, a soldier during the time of the Vietnam war in the book. Mark decides to fly his girlfriend out to Vietnam expecting her to keep him company and offer him her support. Mary Anne is described by Rat Kiley in the chapter, “The Sweetheart Song of the Tra Bong” as: “Mary Anne Bell was an attractive girl. Too wide in the shoulders, maybe, but she had terrific legs, a bubbly personality, a happy smile. The men genuinely liked her… Mary Anne Bell was no timid child. She was curious about things.” (95). From the quotes 's description of the the girl, she seems to be likeable because she has the bubbly trait. Back in Ohio, Mary Anne was an innocent, blue-eyed, friendly, curious, and preppy cheerleader. At the time period in which the characters grew up, women were expected to do what men wanted them to do. She never did anything completely out of character and went along with Fossie as if it wasn’t a big deal
“Don 't care what people say
Just follow your own way
Don 't give up and use the chance
To return to innocence
That 's not the beginning of the end
That 's the return to yourself
The return to innocence” – Return To Innocence by Enigma (15-21).
Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, published in 1990 is a semi-fiction and semi non-fiction book about the stories of O’Brien, his troops in Vietnam at war, and their loved ones back in America. In 1986, Oliver Stone released a war movie under the title of Platoon. Platoon focuses on a guy named Chris Taylor who volunteers to be in the military and how he deals with being in a dangerous environment that is nothing similar to what he’s been in before. Almost Famous directed by …show more content…
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien explores the factors contributing to Mary Anne Bell and how the factors lead up to her developing into a new version of herself. Mary Anne Bell is the girlfriend of Mark Fossie, a soldier during the time of the Vietnam war in the book. Mark decides to fly his girlfriend out to Vietnam expecting her to keep him company and offer him her support. Mary Anne is described by Rat Kiley in the chapter, “The Sweetheart Song of the Tra Bong” as: “Mary Anne Bell was an attractive girl. Too wide in the shoulders, maybe, but she had terrific legs, a bubbly personality, a happy smile. The men genuinely liked her… Mary Anne Bell was no timid child. She was curious about things.” (95). From the quotes 's description of the the girl, she seems to be likeable because she has the bubbly trait. Back in Ohio, Mary Anne was an innocent, blue-eyed, friendly, curious, and preppy cheerleader. At the time period in which the characters grew up, women were expected to do what men wanted them to do. She never did anything completely out of character and went along with Fossie as if it wasn’t a big deal