Literary Modes in War Literature, Such as The Things They Carried
[2023-05-01 16:45:57]
The direct impact of the literary model of war literature "what they possess" is based on O'Brien's loyalty to details. What they carry depends greatly on necessity. Near items of necessity or necessities include P-38 can opener, pocket knife, hot film, watch, dog tag, insect repellent, chewing gum, candy, tobacco, salt, cool aid bag, writer, match, sewing kit, military payment It is. Certificate, ration volume, and two or three water bottles. The weight of these items is 15 to 20 pounds.
What Tim O'Brien did is very useful for starting a more careful study of literature on the Vietnam War. This book is a good example of the document on the Vietnam War. Before the holistic analysis of literature, it is important to see the prototype of literature. This book is not only a good example of Vietnamese war literature in the sense of storytelling but also a part explaining the way the literature is combined and its reasons, which is very relevant to the theme in front of you.
When we think about wonderful literature on the Vietnam War, most of us think about war literature: scheduling born on 4th July, what they carry, good fragrance from odd mountains, smoke tree. Like the First World War, contradictions and anger of the people who fought in Vietnam produced a number of literary works on war, many people believed that the prospects were "antiwar". These are not books people read to find a man who knows what is fighting for the freedom of truth, justice, and American paper way to hollow John Wayne.
Of course, like the literature of the First World War studied by Fussell, what they have appraised the experience of war, but O'Brien's assessment is decisive and not comprehensive. According to Wayne Miller's conclusion in the story of World War I, social system, not soldiers, should be condemned. "A world where traditional political and social values are meaningless ... people are seeking independent peace" (1970, 102). Despite the anger of war, literary doughy boy is morally intact. Thinking about the violence in "Love of a Song of Songs" However, soldiers are not allowed to imagine about the culture of lack of morality or abandon the separation of personal responsibility. In postmodern executions, this story is a summary of references for stories that reflect other stories, especially contemporary war ideological assumptions.