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Composition II Essay Outline “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien, is short story is about the soldiers during The Vietnam war and their struggles to maintain their lives. The author talks about how that their mental burdens they carry outweigh the physical burdens that those in war must carry. (O’Brien 1-12). In the story the narrator states, "They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die. Grief, terror, love, longing--these were intangibles, but the intangibles had their own…

longevity of the Native population and continue to promote the nationalist ideology. In a narrative reflection of his genealogy called “In a Rainy Mountain”, N. Scott Momaday discusses his grandmother’s lifestyle while living in Western Montana, the Kiowa tribe and how they were provoked and culturally humiliated by circumventing U.S. armies that apprehended their free will and ability to express. Momaday creates this sympathetic feeling for the Native Americans when discussing the “acquired…

The Things They Carried The death scene of Curt Lemon and the Vietnamese soldier helps provide meaning to the title The Things They Carried because It shows the emotional effect of anger, remorse, and sadness soldiers carried inside them when others within their platoon died. Rat Kiley and Curt Lemon were young they goofed off with each other frequently to take the stress, and pressure of the war off them. However, when Lemon died by accident from the trap being set off something changed in…

Quanah Parker Quanah Parker was a Comanche indian tribe leader. He was born around 1850 (no exact date), to Cynthia Ann Parker, a white girl taken captive during the 1836 raid on Parker’s Fort, Texas, and Comanche chief Peta Nocona (Biggs). He was raised on the reservation by both parents. Quanah often witnessed his father brutally abuse his mother, and forced her to be sexually active with him. His mother did have a daughter with her husband before she was kidnapped, Quanah witnessed his…

While reading The Things They Carried, I had a lot of comments to make about the style of writing, the stories O’Brien chose to recreate, and his meaning behind the writing. I have never read a book similar to The Things They Carried, and I doubt I ever will. O’Brien is unique in the way he combined nonfiction with fiction and differentiated between the two. He told the reader a lie, and then called his own bluff. This is something I admire in a writer; the ability to be both completely honest…

Geronimo (Apache chief) leads attacks into Mexico. The U.S. then places soldiers near his reservation, so Geronimo and some of his people escape to their stronghold in Mexico and build an army. Geronimo flees the reservation again when he hears rumors he is going to be arrested. Then the U.S. army sends a large force against Geronimo's 24 men. He surrenders and is sent to prison in Florida. He dies on a reservation as a prisoner of war. Little Wolf (Northern−Cheyenne chief) who helps lead a…

Memory is a crucial concept in "The Things They Carried." While being a conventional ability, it is apparent that it contains its own misconstruction. Memory, which is the act of encoding and retrieving information, is vital in everyday life, while allowing individuals to recall both the positive and negative aspects. The readers are a witness to how memory is highlighted throughout the novel and are shown how memory is indeed significant. This novel provides the reader with an insight to the…

things that happened during the war. In reality, it wasn’t their faults at all because they shouldn’t have even been at war. It was the war’s fault, not theirs. One thing that O’Brien blamed himself for the most was the death of his close friend, Kiowa. This, of course, was not his fault at all, but it stuck with him for a good chunk of his life. He eventually overcomes the guilt of Kiowa’s death by revisiting the site of his death and burying Kiowa’s moccasins, which he pulled from his…

the land while Brown displays more of a despairing feeling. Momaday describes the summer days on the land with “great green and yellow grasshoppers” on the tall green grass. This colorful language paints a peaceful image. He says,”For my people, the Kiowas.” This also shows the admiration he feels for the land because it is a part of his family. To Momaday, the plains are home. In contrast Brown starts off his piece in a negative tone, giving off a negative image to the land. He describes the…

The Chickasaw Nation requires 25 percent of registered voters, Kiowa Tribe 30 percent, CherokeeNation 15 percent and the Choctaw Nation requires signatures from 40 percent. Chairman William Nelson has decided that the Comanche Nation is here to stay!The tribe, that consisted of about 8,000 people ran in a community…