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demonstrations and anti-Vietnam War protests. Majoring in political science at St. Paul, Minnesotas Macalester College, writing a...
war (OBrien). Martha is a symbol of what we might call the "all-American girl." Cross speculates endlessly on whether or not she ...
to be examined is Jimmy Cross. The narrator indicates that, "First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried letters from a girl named Martha...
incredibly exaggerated that his stories were immensely entertaining. But, in the case of OBriens novel one must perhaps insist tha...
with a wretched climate where theyre always hot and miserable, where they cant tell friend from foe, and where half their battles ...
attempt to keep some connection to that life, and to the sane reality of such a life, through the things they carry which remind t...
the last thing he says is "My boots are filling" and hes gone (Erdrich). Lyman jumps in and searches for him until the sun sets, b...
book of the same name is a moving account of a platoon of "grunts" in Vietnam. This paper discusses various aspects of the story a...
in Vietnam. As the war fades further into the past, its important that authors like OBrien continue to remind Americans of the dif...
A seemingly reliable third-person narrator tells these stories. In "Luck," a clergyman tells Mr. Clemens about a revered Crimean ...
In five pages this report examines how lives were impacted by the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement in a consideration of ...
his or her own emotional baggage. Some of that baggage inevitably includes fear, guilt, homesickness, anger, and that struggle bet...
or another. In the case of the Vietnam War, and OBriens book, the consequence of war was, in many cases, age. As we shall see, the...
This five page report analyzes the structure utilized by Tim O'Brien. The contention is presented that this utilization effectiv...
totally true (p. 89). The sole criteria that OBrien supports for telling a "true" war story is this: "It comes down to gut instin...
They Carried, this influence and perspective are most evident. OBrien mentions that most of the guys there called their life in A...
to war because they felt it was their calling to engage in warfare. They were all relatively innocent and ignorant about war and a...
Sammys gift is his "assertion of principle": "His Queenie has been wronged, and he will stand by her" (Wells). Wells points out th...
from the text. However, the traumatic experiences that torture him do come out, but, they do so slowly, in bits and pieces. Somet...
Bowker has faced tremendous adversity within his life; having addressed his combat circumstances with a combination of strength an...
Jesus Christ is especially compelling in the character of Jimmy Cross. His initials of J.C. and his surname are calculated refere...
and its necessity in order to survive. "Worms, Rat Kiley said. Right out of the grave...The men laughed. They all felt great re...
In five pages this paper discusses how the author is able to blur reality and fiction through his unique novel structure in The Th...
a certain credibility to what the reader ultimately experiences between the books covers. Indeed, it is often difficult to discer...
rather jumbled form in both of these novels proves to be the perfect medium for reflecting the chaotic psychological landscape of ...
In five pages this paper examines how emotions are portrayed in the contemporary literary works The Things They Carried by Tim O'B...
In six pages this paper considers classical and contemporary examples of war literature. There are 3 sources cited in the bibliog...
of 2005 to determine "the most critical technology needs for law enforcement" (International Association of Chiefs of Police, 2005...
early chapters show up again later, as others talk about them. It reminds a reader of those wonderful, wacky conversations that go...
Saigon; its the real-life slog of the guys out in the field, the ones who took the chance of dying every time they went on patrol....