“I never noticed people who talk a lot about duty find it much of a trouble to them” (56) In war, there are responsibilities: we have to protect, serve, and look out for each other. Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried and Frank O’Conner’s Guests of the Nation both have settings take place during war time. Some aspects of war make them different. However, the aspect of duty is found in both stories. In war, it doesn’t matter who or what is coming, you look out for your fellow solider and defeat the enemy. Every character has their own set of responsibilities and if those responsibilities are not taken with care they risk putting themselves and others in danger.
Obrien’s The Things They Carried starts with the First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carrying …show more content…
To kill a human who is both friendly and innocent is wrong, to Bonaparte it is a battle not just on the field but within himself with his duties as a soldier and duties as a friend. Before they arrived at the killing site, Donovan told them they were to be executed, he continues to say flaw of duty. Noble decided that his duties as a friend were more important than his as a soldier saying that the prisoners understand them more that Donovan does.” Saying they’re not the sort of to make a pal and kill a pal” (57). Noble explains that they are not a part of capitalism anymore they are friends and they should not have to kill their friends. After Donovan killed Hawkins, Belcher could no longer watch so he took his handkerchief and tied it around his ahead to cover his eyes. After the killings were done the old woman, who stood in the doorway fell to her knees in disbelief that they would kill their own friends. She began to pray, then a couple minutes later Noble joined her. But Bonaparte didn’t pray, He describes this moment, after he has killed his friends, as if there was not anything in the whole world that could compare to what just happened. He then said, “anything that happened to him afterwards, he never felt the same again”
Obrien’s The Things They Carried starts with the First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carrying …show more content…
To kill a human who is both friendly and innocent is wrong, to Bonaparte it is a battle not just on the field but within himself with his duties as a soldier and duties as a friend. Before they arrived at the killing site, Donovan told them they were to be executed, he continues to say flaw of duty. Noble decided that his duties as a friend were more important than his as a soldier saying that the prisoners understand them more that Donovan does.” Saying they’re not the sort of to make a pal and kill a pal” (57). Noble explains that they are not a part of capitalism anymore they are friends and they should not have to kill their friends. After Donovan killed Hawkins, Belcher could no longer watch so he took his handkerchief and tied it around his ahead to cover his eyes. After the killings were done the old woman, who stood in the doorway fell to her knees in disbelief that they would kill their own friends. She began to pray, then a couple minutes later Noble joined her. But Bonaparte didn’t pray, He describes this moment, after he has killed his friends, as if there was not anything in the whole world that could compare to what just happened. He then said, “anything that happened to him afterwards, he never felt the same again”