Vietnam, the heart and soul of teenage rebellion to the government for creating a draft that sent over the creative and intelligent youth, was a war that deemed to get rid of the political idea, communism, which spread as quick as the napalm that blazed over the serene green landscapes. ... The soldiers carried loneliness, uncertainty of the truth of war, and the heavy burden of physical and emotion weight; Tim O'Brien uses war related imagery to symbolize the vim of storytelling in his book "The Things They Carried". ... Cross and Martha were both a prime example of the diffi...

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Tim O"Brien Tim O"Brien's novel If I Die in a Combat Zone (1970) is a personal document of the war in Vietnam, and his own emotions and feeling towards war. O"Brien found his inspiration through everyday activities of a soldier in the Vietnam War. The Things They Carried (1990) was also about the Vietnam War. ... Clearly, the Vietnam War changed many lives. ... The Vietnam War brought out certain emotions that only war could bring about. ...

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These dichotomized feelings reflect his inner struggle with masculinity and are mirrored in his feelings towards the people of Vietnam because he searches for his identity in both the land and the women of Vietnam. ... Andrew understands that survival and selflessness are linked to prostitution within Vietnam. ... Tuon Bunkong, who wrote an essay concerning guilt and the effects of war, writes that Andrew is guilt ridden due to the fact that, "because his parents had money, his family was able to escape the kind of poverty that seems to permeate Viet Nam," (220). His career, freedom,...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

What if war was no longer a terrible experience? ... If war were to erupt in the states, this procedure would cause the death of family members and loved ones to be just another memory. ... For example, rape victims and war veterans would be able to receive positive benefits. One war veteran said in a conversation with Pitman, " if Vietnam was only a memory I would be OK. ... Statistics say, "More than 960,000--or 30 percent--of our 3.1 million Vietnam theater veterans have been affected by PTSD at one time or another, and an estimated 479,000 are still suffering from the disorder" (Jontz ...

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The Things They Carried War is hell. ... However, nothing compares to actually fighting in a war. ... He reacts and recovers from the war in the most productive way, by actually forming a career and helping others experience his war stories through his writing. ... O"Brien shows that he has no lingering bitterness towards the people of Vietnam stating, "All that's finished" (188) in response to a farmer near the field where he returned to leave Kiowa's shoes at the place where he died. ... War is nasty; war is fun" (80). ...

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• Grade Level: High School