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
Men in the Vietnam War go through different actions like being ambushed and attacking the enemy which may make them feel different emotionally These men deal with everyday death and other horrific conditions of the war The soldiers in the novel The Things They Carried by Tim OBrien have been put through emotional and physical situations in and out of the battle field To keep themselves from breaking into post traumatic stress or any other kind of emotion the men joke about death instead of lett