Author Tim O’Brien, in his book, “The Things They Carried” uses memories, dreams and stories to resurrect the dead by keeping their soul alive. O’Brien’s purpose is to save our present self from the tragic memories of our past. In the chapter The Lives Of The Dead O’Brien suggest that blurring the lines between dream and reality tell a story that has the capacity to bring the victim back and save the person lamenting their death. The Lives Of The Dead chapter from The Things They Carried provides excellent examples of word choice, imagery and metaphor to clearly express to the audience the burden of death as well as to how individuals use storytelling as a coping mechanism towards death.
O’Brien begins the chapter by explaining how soldiers tend to trivialize death as a way of mourning . By using formal diction towards death Tim O’Brien underplays the significant impact death has on the soldiers. On page (234) O’Brien states “By our language, …show more content…
“I’m not dead. But when I am...being inside a book nobody’s reading.”(245). He’s comparing death to a book to imply that death forever stays with us.It's just a book that has not been checked out by anyone. It lies high above on the shelf where. This metaphor was made in order to indicate to the reader that the people we lost and care for will always be us even when we are not cognizant to it. Just as books are around so are dead people, all it takes is tapping into it and thinking,writing or talking about it to bring it back to life. The metaphor suggest to the reader just like books people can live forever as well. Another metaphor the was portrayed in the book is “I'm Skimming across the surface of my own history,moving fast…”(246) The metaphor is skating. Skating represents his memories an the things he has been through. His quote tell the reader that the stories in a selfish way were the one saving
O’Brien begins the chapter by explaining how soldiers tend to trivialize death as a way of mourning . By using formal diction towards death Tim O’Brien underplays the significant impact death has on the soldiers. On page (234) O’Brien states “By our language, …show more content…
“I’m not dead. But when I am...being inside a book nobody’s reading.”(245). He’s comparing death to a book to imply that death forever stays with us.It's just a book that has not been checked out by anyone. It lies high above on the shelf where. This metaphor was made in order to indicate to the reader that the people we lost and care for will always be us even when we are not cognizant to it. Just as books are around so are dead people, all it takes is tapping into it and thinking,writing or talking about it to bring it back to life. The metaphor suggest to the reader just like books people can live forever as well. Another metaphor the was portrayed in the book is “I'm Skimming across the surface of my own history,moving fast…”(246) The metaphor is skating. Skating represents his memories an the things he has been through. His quote tell the reader that the stories in a selfish way were the one saving