What Drives Author Tim O’Brien to Write?

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In five pages this paper explores what writer Andre Aciman refers to as a ‘buried’ need for authors to write in a consideration of Tim O’Brien and his works. Specifically considered are O’Brien’s central literary preoccupations, as reflected in his formal choices, dramatic and thematic concentrations with the novel The Things They Carried being the primary focus. Four sources are listed in the bibliography.