In the short story, "The Things They Carried," Tim O"Brien writes about the soldiers of Vietnam and the self versus war or nature that all of them had to carry with them. In this story, O"Brien writes about the intangible things that the soldiers carry with them such as memories and fears and also the actual material things that they carried. ... The things that they carried defined what kind of person that they were as well as their status or position in the army. These material things that they carried showed the reality of the war. ... The things men carried inside." ...

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This is a story not so much about the things the men of Alpha Company carried, but rather the burdens that they could not put down. ... "The things they carried were largely determined by necessity", but each man's necessities were different. ... With the death of Ted Lavender, O"Brien begins to develop the core of this story: How the men of Alpha Company dealt with the things they carried inside. ... The things men carried inside. The things men did or felt they had to do." ...

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In Tim O"brien's short story, "The Things They Carried," he describes a certain platoon humping through the jungle of Vietnam. ... The things each soldier would carry were both tangible and intangible items. ... They all carried the basic essentials for survival of war and the things that would make living possible by carrying the bare minimum of what they absolutely had to have. ... The whole atmosphere they carried gravity." ... The soldiers in "The Things They Carried" carried many things with them on their humping missions. ...

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"The Things They Carried" is a Story What makes a story a story? ... Since the plot of the story seems so accurate, one might argue that "The Things They Carried" should not be considered a story. ... The fact that the story is a narrative is another reason why "The Things They Carried" is a story. "The Things They Carried" shows a change in some characters after they interact with other characters and deal with their problems. ... So there is no reason why "The Things They Carried" should not be considered a story. ...

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Among the many solders in the Alpha Company, there were many things that were carried with them. They carried object such as can openers, knives, dog tags, bug repellent, water, guns and food. ... However, there were a few items that the soldiers carried not because they had to or because they needed it in order to survive physically but because they needed it in order to survive emotionally. ... He also carried pictures of Martha. ... In "The Things They Carried" by Tim O"Brien, the soldiers carried many things but each had a valuable item that gave them intangible comfort that helped th...

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Tim O"Brien's The Things They Carried is a tale that deals not only with the risk of war, but also with the emotional effects it has on the young soldiers. ... The things that Lt. Cross carries are different than the rest of the men. He carries memories and mementos of Martha, and these things fascinate him. ... The Things They Carried show moral values and are significant to teens, especially at a time of war as we are now....

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Repetition Adds Suspense "The Things They Carried" by Tim O"Brien is a story that lacks drama in the beginning but has plenty towards the end. ... The repetitions in the story are constant descriptions of the things each solider carries, Lt. ... O"Brien's repetitious structure in "The Things They Carried" is by far the main factor that adds suspense in this story. ... Cross was only 24 years old) and they are thrown into a situation where they are in charge of an entire platoon of soldiers. ... Tim O"Brien has a wonderfully structured short story in "The Things They Carried" by usi...

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Jimmy Cross" change in character is just the beginning of The Things They Carried. ... The Things They Carried is in many ways different from other classic war tales. ... The Things They Carried was also a way for O"Brien to bring back to life his dead comrades. ... A recurring theme in The Things They Carried is the idea of a true story vs. a fiction story. ... This is not so in The Things They Carried. ...

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"The Things They Carried" In the short story "The Things They Carried" Tim O"Brien faces Jimmy Cross with the problem of surviving while fighting in Vietnam. ... Jimmy and his men were not very courageous, they did do heroic things, and they did not even fight in many battles. ... "They carried a soldier greatest fear, which was the fear of blushing." ... Everyone in the story had their own things they carried, some carried lucky pebbles like Jimmy and others carried the New Testament like Kiowa. ... They all needed to be soldiers. ...

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Theme in The Things They Carried In Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, there was a definite and obvious emphasis on the word "carry-. ... In The Things They Carried, the men also dealt with numerous different emotions brought on by war. They carried these emotions just as they carried their supplies; however, they could not put down the emotions of the war as they could the supplies. ... Therefore, the things the carried during the war and could not put down are with the men for the rest of their lives. ... They follow their responsibilities and carry all of their equipme...

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"The Things They Carried," by Tim O"Brien is a story about a group of soldiers marching through Vietnam during the war. It describes the men and the things that each of them carries. ... They also carry fear, memories, and the weight of emotions. ... They carried the sky. The whole atmosphere, they carried it, the humidity, the monsoons, the stink of fungus and decay, all of it, they carried gravity." ...

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In the short story "The Things They Carried" Tim O"Brien faces Jimmy Cross with the problem of surviving while fighting in Vietnam. ... Jimmy and his men were not very courageous, they did not do heroic things, and they did not even fight in many battles. ... "They carried a soldiers greatest fear, which was the fear of blushing." ... Everyone in the story had there own things they carried, some carried lucky pebbles like Jimmy and others carried the New Testament like Kiowa. ... They all needed to be soldiers. ...

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Luis Falero 6072490 TA: Rick Wolf Section: Fri. 12:00 The Things They Carried and Apocalypse Now The Things They Carried and Apocalypse Now are both brilliant depictions of the Vietnam War. ... The Things They Carried is an enchanting war story that is told by Tim O"Brien, who claims that all of the tales in his book are true. ... But the visions of horror that O"Brien provides in The Things They Carried is very real. ... After reading The Things They Carried you feel as though you were part of Vietnam. ... The themes of horror are evident in this movie just as sharply as they a...

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In his short story, "The Things They Carried," O"Brien wrote a sort of autofiction about some of his accounts in the war. ... In his story, he talks about a platoon that is walking through the woods in Vietnam, carrying various objects with them in their rucksacks and what they wore. ... As he began to talk about the intangible things they carried, such as memories, fears, desires, motives, and things of that nature, he became very passionate and emotionally attached to their thoughts and their burdens. As an authorial reader, Tim O"Brien probably wants us to recognize these intangible burd...

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"The Things They Carried" is a short story by author Tim O"Brien. ... "They carried the land itself -Vietnam, the place, the soil They carried the sky. The whole atmosphere, they carried it, the humidity, the monsoons, the stink of fungus and decay, all of it, they carried gravity." ... Pattern is exemplified with repeated references to the things carried by the soldiers and also the repeated emphasis on the weight of the things they carry. ... They carried infections." ...

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This quote was extracted from the book The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, and exemplifies the power that the war had in exploiting one's innocence. ... The novel The Things they Carried, the movie "Platoon," as well as an actual story from a Vietnam Veteran each, in their own ways, allude to the powerful ability that the Vietnam war possessed to change a soldier's thoughts on life. ... It does not instruct, nor encourage virtue, nor suggest models of proper human behavior, nor restrain men from doing the things men have always done. ...

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The Things They Carried 1) "War stories are about the human heart and the choices we make or fail to make" Everyday in life we are faced with choices and decisions that have to be made. ... In the book The Things they Carried, written by Tim O"Brien takes place in the Vietnam era. ... They all were faced with the issue. Some felt like they could avoid it, some were "sissy" enough to go north to Canada to dodge the draft. ... "Blind and obsessive duty for the sake of honor" The Things They Carried the sanctity of the oldest male law, courage comes from the the choices we have made and th...

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The Things They Carried In, The Things They Carried, Tim O"Brien drifts away from the trendy war novel in which the author describes actions in an attempt to place the reader in the war. ... However, he "carried a thumb dark brown, rubbery to the touch cut from a VC corpse" (13). This image evokes a picture of a hard-mannered, emotionally devoid soldier, carrying a severed finger as a trophy, proud of his kill. ...

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The ending of "The Things They Carried" finishes off the duration of the novel, with stories that concentrate on death along with the role of stories and memories in managing the burden of death on a person's conscience. ... Particularly at the end of the book, O'Brien explains that in Vietnam, the soldiers created ways to make the people they were close to that died seem less dead – they kept those people alive in their head with stories, like those O'Brien wrote of his friends Ted Lavender, Curt Lemon, Kiowa, and Linda. ... I think that this is an interesting point becau...

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The Things They Carried Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried is not a novel about the Vietnam War. ... The power, which is present in the story, is physical power and an example is Norman Bowker carrying a thumb of a boy that had been killed. The carrying of the thumb shows that he had power over the boy; this gives him some relief to know he had that kind of control. ... The men had many defenses against fear including joking, being cruel, carrying guns, and killing other people. ... Because, if they don't kill, they will be killed, and they know this and respect it. ...

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In "The Things They Carried", Tim O"Brien wrote about the feelings and experiences of young soldiers in the Vietnam War. ... The difficulty of what they carried was best described as" The whole atmosphere, they carried it, the humidity, the monsoons, the stink of fungus and decay, all of it, they carried gravity" (O"Brien 713). ... The things that cause the most pain for the soldiers are those they can do nothing about. They can throw away their items that are causing physical pain, and they can burn things that remind them of home. ... In "The Things They Carried", the soldiers have to en...

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This is the reason that causes the characters in a book called, The Things They Carried, by Tim O"Brien to have to change due to their situation. ... The men had many defenses against fear including joking, being cruel, carrying guns, and killing other people. ... They just turned evil, they didn't care, and if they don't care, they can't worry. One of the soldiers, " Norman Bowler, otherwise, a very gentle person, carried a Thumb...The Thumb was dark brown, rubbery to touch...It had been cut from a VC corpse, a boy of fifteen of sixteen."(pg.82) Bowler had been a very go...

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There are many stories that Tim O"Brien repeats in The Things They Carried, in order to suggest and emphasize their importance to the reader. The repetition of the story of the slim young man on the trail near My Khe carries with it various meanings and indications of why it is repeated throughout the novel. ... What stories can do, I guess, is make things present. I can look at things I never looked at. ...

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Tough Love in "The Things They Carried," by Tim O"Brien In Tim O"Briens "The Things They Carried," O"Brien describes the blind obsession of Lieutenant Jimmy Cross for a young girl named Martha, a junior at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey. ... "They would get their shit together and keep it together"(718). ... It's a terrible thing what a man will carry inside him. ... He will lead his men with the kind of love they should be lead with, tough love. ...

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The Things They Carried & A Soldier's Sweetheart Difference Between Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong & A Soldier's Sweetheart Once a successful novel hits the market, producers are inclined to adapt the story into a movie. ... On the whole, this chapter in The Things They Carried is far superior to the film, The Soldier's Sweetheart, because it has thorough descriptions of characters" feelings, including symbolism concerning objects and important events. ... In the book they make it seem like everything Rat says is exaggerated, but the movie does not stress that fact. ... The...

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