The Things They Carried Essays

Tim O’Brien, the author of the famous story, “The Things They Carried,” is an award-winning author who is known for his depictions of the Vietnam War and experiences throughout this war. He served in the U.S. Army as an infantryman in Vietnam from February 1969 to March 1970. Post war …

Before we can begin discussing, we must first know what the book is about. Most of the novel takes place in Umuofia, a group of nine villages located on the lower Niger. Umuofia is a strong clan, experienced in war and contains a great population. These people have proud traditions …

In the novel The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, O’Brien narrates his and his soldiers experience in the Vietnam War. Throughout the novel, O’Brien and his men suffer traumas and delusions that are difficult to recover from. To ease the mental anguish, he uses storytelling to bring back life …

Most of the collection to the things we carry have most characters that reappear in many different stories. The are many sources that looks at the “effectiveness of stories” in this case “The Things They Carried” “as agents of healing and overcoming redemption.” It does not focus on at “The …

In both the following novels, All the Lights We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, and The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, imagery and tone is used to help reveal the stories that help portray how war took over numerous individuals’ lives regardless of whether they were fighting in the …

1945 was a difficult time for America. There were so many people still recovering from World War II, and now the Vietnam War was starting. The Things They Carried told a story of how the war changed a person, in this case, it was Tim O’Brien. It showed the struggle …

The Character of the bridegroom pictured in the poem, “Scenario” written by Denise Levertov and the character of Tim O’Brien in the book, “The Things They Carried” written by Tim O’Brien, are developed in a certain manner, which helps the reader understand the guilt, which is burdened upon the characters …

Kiowa is the emotional compass of Alpha Company, the one who gets everyone else to talk. He’s thoughtful, respects the Vietnamese, isn’t a coward, and he even has a sense of humor. We quickly learn that he’s Tim’s best friend in the war. Kiowa tries to comfort O’Brien after he …

The short story “The Things They Carried” was punished in 1990 as a reflection on the events took place during the Vietnam War. The story vividly describes emotional and psychological experience of soldiers, grievances and hardship faced by young men during the war. Thesis A concentrated emotional impact on the …

Tim O’Brien is probably the best known and most acclaimed novelist of the Vietnam War O’Brien’s mastery of the short story can be seen best in The Things They Carried. He uses this short-story collection/novel as an occasion to reprise and extend some of his deepest themes and to comment …