Mary Bell

Mary Anne Bell is my favorite character because she redefines gender roles in the brute nature of the Vietnamese War. She portrays dynamic character development that is far more intense than all the other characters. The author, Tim O’Brien, uses Mary Anne Bell’s character to signify how war can manipulate people’s ideologies and expectations. Mary Anne Bell’s character is complex because it is difficult to analyze as to why she allows herself to fall susceptible to the war much quicker. The environment of the Vietnamese War becomes gender neutral allowing Mary Anne Bell to break out of her feminine qualities. O’ Brien shows that even a female character such as Mary Anne Bell who was once a young pure and innocent girl can be affected by trauma of war. Initially I’d never expect that a female character such as Mary Anne Bell, who isn’t even a soldier, could assimilate her so well within the environment. Mary Anne Bell’s character is colorful because of her sudden change in character development. The Chapter “Sweet Heart of the Song Trabong” contradicts that notion of…

“I like hurting people.” “Murder isn’t that bad, we all die sometime anyway.” – Mary Bell an eleven year old girl from Scotswood, England Throughout history there are examples of children who committed crimes, children who steal and even children who kill. Although this seems to be an unthinkable crime it is something that is happening more frequently than any person would ever expect. Although it is often thought that children and adolescents are not capable of knowing the difference between…

Mary Bell Case What’s more intense than an 11-year-old committing murder? Oh maybe committing 2 murders and becoming ‘a danger to other children’. Mary Bell blew minds of many people with her brightness and her witty responses when it came time to talking to lawyers and such. The question is though being was she guilty or not guilty? People find her back story to be the reason why she committed such crimes. Mary Bell of Scotswood, England was only 11 when she killed Martin Brown (aged 4) and…

Mary Anne Bell is the only female character in Tim O’Brien’s novel “The Things They Carried”, who was physically present in the Vietnam War. She originally came to Vietnam to visit her boyfriend medic Mark Fossie. Mary Anne arrives dressed typically for an American girl, wearing “white culottes and this sexy pink sweater” (p.90) and attracts all of the man around her with her “bubbly personality and a happy smile” (p.95). Soon enough Mary Anne proves to be a “non typical American girl” she…

Carried” In-Class Essay. While reading, “The things they carried.” by Tim O’Brien, I’ve asked myself many times, Why is there not many women represented in this novel ? O’brien only included very few women in his novel. I am announcing three women who were portrayed very well in the novel, and explaining their importance in the book. Martha, Mary Anne, and Kathleen were the three women who showed the importance of being a women while playing a delicate role. Beginning…

Specifically, three females; Martha, Mary and Linda. Martha expresses love and danger; Mary Anne Bell loss of innocence, and Linda memory and death. Despite the fact that the stories revolve mainly around how the Vietnam War changed the lives of the male soldiers fighting in it, female characters represent significant human values and emotions. The first female character we meet in the novel is Martha, who…

It’s hard to think that a little girl would be able to kill someone, let alone multiple people. And yet there are little girls who have done this. Meet, Mary Flora Bell, born in 1957 into a the slums of Scotswood. A young and beautiful girl who’s life would be filled with misery, pain and disappointment. Meet, Rhoda Penmark, born to Christine and Kenneth Penmark. Rhoda a young and beautiful girl who’s life would be filled with opportunities, love and glory. These two girls seem completely…

We remembered to stay close to the field so that we could hear the calls for water. The conversation was so intense we mistakenly walked further than regular. Next, I distinctly remember hearing loud ship like bells ringing. Around the plantation, bells ringing meant two things: runaway or fire. Abraham and I, heard the bells and looked at each other with fear. We quickly made our way back to the path to led us by the water stations. As we got closer, we heard dogs barking and seconds later we…

uncomfortableness around your peers with a sigh. They are not amused and have decided you are blacklisted from their social group. These are the elite, and only few can gain entry to this group during your first years of high school. The bell rings and you hastily move to history down the hall, ducking and dodging the herds of sheep who have nothing better to do than walk as a barricade in the hall, a single annoying organism. As you arrive you see a select few with the same interests as you.…

Edgar Allen Poe work on “The Bells” makes use of the following literary techniques: mood, rhythm, universal themes, and lastly the style of poem. The Bells consist of four stanzas of varying lengths that follows no particular rhyme scheme (Poetry E., 2003). Each stanza consists of four different bells: sleigh, wedding, alarm and lastly funeral (Poetry E., 2003). Common occurrence of the ringing, Poe finds a metaphor for the progression of the common man from the carefree times of youth (as in…