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She was a pretty blonde with a petite body and wore the most beautiful dresses until she came to war. When analyzing “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” from Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried using the gender lens, the author reinforces the female and male stereotypes and also challenges female and male stereotypes. The author reinforces female stereotypes throughout this chapter. One example, when Mary Anne arrives to Vietnam for the first time and the men see her for the first time,…

of our change varies by the severity of our situations. In the “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” in The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, the author shows us a metamorphosis or a change within an average American girl “... perky and fresh faced, like a cheerleader” and changes her into someone lost who “seemed to disappear inside herself ” When introducing the story of the sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong that Rat Kiley tells, O’Brien prompts that Rat tells stories that seem “improbable, some…

One war that clouds the United States with shame is the Vietnam War. The United States joining the war was an unpopular decision and was resented by many. Many stories have been told from the Vietnam war. Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried features the Alpha Company, a United States army unit that fought during the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was unique because the United States drafted men to be in the army. This situation was true for some of the men in the Alpha Company, including Tim…

¨Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong.¨ Mary Anne was going to war with her now engaged fiance, Fossie. Mary Anne vanish one day and left without a word. O’brien use a similar “Mark Fossie tried hard to keep up a self assured pose, as if nothing had ever came between them, or ever could but there was a fragility to it, something tentative and false.” (page 99) That was one was sight. “Their face showed the tension.” (page 99) It was emotion and what they felt at the time. “She cradled her weapon and…

reacted in much slower fashion in his adaption while keeping himself in check, the change happened much faster and much stronger to others; as a result, some went over the edge and were lost in a different way. In the story “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” we are introduced to Mary Ann, a young women that was smuggled in by her boyfriend Mark Fossie. She, much like Tim starts of a bit innocent, but unlike Tim she takes an active interest in what the soldiers are doing out of curiosity. She…

shows that, although some men wanted their women to be there with them but Mary Ann’s transformation show that war is not good for anyone, even women. This shows that female and male stereotypes do not always apply. The chapter “Sweetheart of Song Tra Bong,” is a story about a women overcoming a stereotype, however graphic the story may be. The text shows that anyone can adapt to their environment if need be. She challenges the men’s masculinity with her own gumption and courage. She creates…

“Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.” – Herbert Hoover. The Sweetheart of Song Tra Bong follows Mary Anne and her boyfriend, Mark Fossie, as they attempt to survive the Vietnam War while stationed at a small outpost. In The Sweetheart of Song Tra Bong, Tim O’Brien utilizes the character arc of Mary Anne Bell to symbolize how war and violence can produce a severe negative affect what would otherwise be a healthy person. When Mary Anne Bell is initially introduced,…

“No doubt exists that all women are crazy; it’s only a question of degree,” W. C. Fields once said. Well what’s the highest degree? Are women really crazy, or do they just change? In the chapter “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” in the book The Things They Carried, author Tim O’Brien lets us answer these questions ourselves. The chapter is a sweet one, we think in the beginning. It’s about a young soldier flying his sweetheart out to the war in Vietnam for a visit, since he can’t visit her. She…

stories. In some of the chapters, O’Brien even writes about events that never actually happened. According to Tim O’Brien’s criteria, “The Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” is a true war story because it is hard to believe, it does not suggest proper human behavior, and it is not uplifting. Since “The Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong”…

marijuana pipes, bongs, and vaporizers. Just like cigarettes, marijuana smoke has plenty of hazardous elements that can destroy your respiratory system. These include polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) that are suspected to cause cancer. These toxins are the byproducts of combustion or burning. Studies have shown that patients who rely on medical marijuana can stay away from these problems by utilizing a vaporizer. In vaporization, the active elements of marijuana are released or turned…