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The Things They Carried is a non fiction war novel written by Tim O’Brien published in 1990. In this book, Tim O’Brien shares stories about soldiers in the Vietnam War. The soldiers tell about the things they carry with them during the war and why they carried them. They tell each other stories that are both entertaining and emotional. This brings the soldiers closer together making it very traumatic when some of them are killed. Tim O’Brien tells about the horrible things that happen during the…

The things they carried was a group of war stories from tim o'brien's experiences, in the beginning of the story they say specific things of what they all carried but as the story goes on you have to acknowledge what they are carrying not only the physical items but things that they carried mentally. In war many soldiers have things that will get past their mind defence and mess with them turning them crazy or ill. Rat kiley was a medic and was able to help the soldiers when they were injured,…

The legacy of the Chemical Corps is broad and full of many stories of how it played a part in numerous wars such as World War 1, Korean War and etc. These moments in history are the foundation of the corps which makes up the bare essentials of what we live and train by today. Even though with our profound history very few know of it and understand our capabilities. One must first understand that we were created in order to protect and serve against chemicals that not only harm us but as well…

The principle of discrimination includes both civilian immunity and combatant liability. Using the guerrilla war as an example, even though the guerrillas are at military disadvantage comparing to the counterinsurgency in terms of military power and resource, they have the advantage of mobility and camouflaging themselves among the civilians to reduce the risk of being attacked…

Russian tanks, the platoons began to take precaution. For almost two weeks, the men slept during the day and moved during the night. It was very difficult to move due to the thick cloud cover and lack of light. Vietnam was a place that was darker than black. The men were terrified and took precautions that may or may not have helped them both physically and emotionally. Rat Kiley had become paranoid with “the bugs”. He explained how they were all after him, how they had become infected with…

discussed on college campuses and in the news. O 'Brien was conflicted by this. He said, "It was a moral split. I couldn 't make up my mind. I feared the war, yes, but I also feared exile. I was afraid of walking away from my own life, my friends and my family, my whole history, everything that mattered to me. I feared losing the respect of my parents. I feared the law. I feared ridicule and censure." O 'Brien went to great lengths to explain to the readers all sides of the predicament. One of…

follows Sam’s journey as she tries to know more about the war in order to connect to her father, who died in the war. Mayson uses every day objects that allows characters in the book to connect to the war. In part one of the book Sam was driving past a family cemetery when she “shot up onto the exit ramp a little too fast, and the tires squeal” (3). An everyday object helps one remember specific details from the past or someone we are thinking about. People carry items that have emotional value…

“Over 20 years, more than 58,000 Americans were killed in Vietnam and more than 150,000 wounded, not to mention the emotional toll the war took on American culture.” (Blake 1 ) In Tim O’Brien’s novel “The Things They Carried” death was a daily occurrence, on both the American and the Vietnamese side. O’Brien writes about the function of memory, traditions of war literature and the difference between Tim as a soldier and Tim as a writer. Tim O 'Brien 's novel “The Things They Carried” is…

The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien explores the experiences of a platoon from the Vietnam war in a series of short stories. The stories go deeper than the events of the war, they show the moral dilemmas soldiers face everyday in the battlefield. Tim O’Brien served in the Vietnam war, but these stories are not based off of his experience, although it plays a role in his storytelling. Most of the short stories are written in first person from the perspective of Tim O’Brien, a fictional…

Character Development in Fallen Angels Richie Perry, the main character in Fallen Angels went to war, so he could escape his troubled life at home. Fallen Angels is a book written by Walter Dean Myers about the hardships of the Vietnam War. Myers in known for his accurate, detailed and sometimes graphic depiction of the War. The setting of Vietnam gave Richie experiences that changed him mentally and emotionally. Such as, seeing some of his friends killed, to having to push through being…