Development Through Lists and Repetition In The Things They Carried The Things They Carried is a story by Tim OBrien that is comprised of many short stories that all come together to tell a winding tale from many viewpoints of one war story through the Vietnam war The first story in the book also entitled The Things They Carried is literally a story about what the soldiers carried with them both physically and emotionally As an introductory story to the entire novel OBrien uses the opportunity
The Things They Carried is a short story by author Tim OBrien It is an account of an officer Lieutenant Jimmy Cross and his soldiers touring in Vietnam The story begins with our main character Lt Cross fantasizing over letters from a woman he loves across seas Martha The story immediately follows into detailed lists and descriptions of equipment the men carry out of necessity habit or fear Intertwined in the story among the descriptions of the mens possessions fears and attitudes is the story o
They Things They Carried The Things They Carried by Tim OBrien is a novel about what he and his friends experienced during the Vietnam War Love terror and grief are revealed throughout the stories At the very beginning of the novel Tim OBrien describes Lieutenant Jimmy Cross and a group of young soldiers and what they carried to a war in which they were not prepare for These included not only weapons but also things to console their emotions For Example Photographs letters reputation and poise
In Tim OBriens novel The Things They Carried Kiowa a dedicated Baptist everyone respects tragically falls victim to a bomb raid that traps him under a field of shit Kiowas death in a sense tests the psychological states of his fellow comrades as each soldier falls victim to the acidic nature of guilt slowly burning a hole in their consciousness as they look back at that night wondering if they could have done something different to change the outcome Guilt ultimately becomes inevitable in the f
The reader may disagree with Crosss conclusion that his fantasies about Martha leads to Lavenders death The text merely says that at the time that Lavender was shot Lieutenant Cross nodded and closed his eyes while the other men cracked jokes The crucial issue here however is not the physical realities of the circumstances surrounding one soldiers death but its emotional implications Cross sees the events in stark black and white terms Martha or his men There is no room for compromise in the wo
The Things They Carried Often when we read about wars we learn about the heroes who are strong brave mature men who will do anything for their country In the excerpt from Tim OBriens book The Things They Carried he introduces us to soldiers of the Vietnam War in a very different light The opening chapter which has the same title as the book describes of course the objects and emotional burdens carried by these soldiers This at first may seem to be a very strange way to open a book However OBrie
On The Rainy River is a story about shame and embarrassment The character the story fallowed Tim is drafted to go fight in Vietnam and must decide whether he should fight in a war he doesnt believe in or escape the draft and flee to Canada At one point Tim is on a boat only yards away from Canada trying to convince himself to run away Fear of judgment from his family and friends prevent him from following his beliefs and not going to fight When Tim is on a boat with Canada close enough to reach
The Things They Carried Burden and Redemption In the fictional novel The Things They Carried by Tim OBrien scenes regarding the death of a comrade or an enemy soldier seem to convey and accentuate two unifying themes redemption and encumbrance While some characters such as the young soldier who is evidently OBrien endeavor to find some sort of closure and salvation others including Lieutenant Jimmy Cross blame themselves for the demise of their comrade at arms and cannot relieve themselves of t