Analysis of The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

In the book "The Things They Carry" Tim O'Brien uses his message, metaphor and repetition to communicate his message. The purpose of O'Brien's story is to reveal the conscience of his war and to tell the story of soldiers who have been forgotten by society. In spite of the opposite, many young people were dispatched to fight. They believe that being sent to death is "wrong." Unfortunately, no one understood the person's meaning before they died. I do not recognize their existence when I am alive, I just remember how to live.

Analysis: What Tim O'Brien brought about is a complex story about his experience in Alpha Company in Vietnam. The theme of the story is formed by a fear of war and a repeating symbol explaining what men must experience. The story began a few years after the end of the war when Jimmy Cross visited Tim O'Brien at his house in Massachusetts. They began to talk about events occurring with these people. When O'Brien passed his car, he asked him what happened there and whether he could write down the stories of those people.

In the book "The Things They Carry" Tim O'Brien uses his message, metaphor and repetition to communicate his message. The purpose of O'Brien's story is to reveal the conscience of his war and to tell the story of soldiers who have been forgotten by society. In spite of the opposite, many young people were dispatched to fight. They believe that being sent to death is "wrong." Unfortunately, no one understood the person's meaning before they died. remember

What they have, TIM O'BRIEN (1990), their collection of objects (1990), TIM O'BRIEN's collection of short stories, readers Tim O'Brien wrote this book There is no need to remember. Like Tim O'Brien. Given that O'Brien and the real O'Brien share many of the same characteristics and experiences, this can be a particularly challenging task. It is not all, but this is the point. In the story of "Field Trip", O'Brien condemned him for being a savvy 9-year-old daughter trapped in the past: "Do you know something? Sometimes you are very Strange ... you will never forget it before time ("183). Catherine is right. Whether it is O'Brien or the real O'Brien, they will not stop writing ideas and articles about the Vietnam War. O'Brien did not express his view on political stage or war as reporter, but chose to write a war story.

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