The Things They Carried - Themes

In Tim O'Brien's novel "The Things They Carry", the author has detailed innumerable subjects. Through the depiction of some characters, I believe that adapting Tim O'Brien to Vietnam is not always more difficult than returning to the life they knew before. Therefore, especially in the depiction of many characters, the theme of change is throughout the novel throughout. Tim O'Brien was drafted one month after graduating from McAlester College to fight the war he disliked.

The theme of Tim O'Brien 's "they carry" is that youths of Alpha bring a lot of physical and emotional burdens that have been ongoing since the war. When they were wearing a jungle or wetland belt in Vietnam, they carried weapons, equipment, personal belongings, took away the dead, injured in the battlefield and the surviving crime. The first lieutenant, Jimmy Cross, is in charge of the war leader he is holding.

In Tim O'Brien's novel "The Things They Carry", the author has detailed innumerable subjects. Through the depiction of some characters, I believe that adapting Tim O'Brien to Vietnam is not always more difficult than returning to the life they knew before. Therefore, especially in the depiction of many characters, the theme of change is throughout the novel throughout. Tim O'Brien drafted to participate in the war with the enemy one month after graduating from McAlester College. "Tim O'Brien's" is neither a gender dispute nor a feminist declaration. "Literature reasoning, socio-political background, explanation of various female characters, and influence on male characters Describing the change in perception of gender role of society, this leads to conflict and its impact on American society Alpha In addition to what the owners bring, they are also responsible for love.

Tim O'Brien's "culture of what they bring" teaches that men must abandon their absurd feelings and be firm according to their intended obligations. O'Brien developed the theme of transition from youth to adult in his short stories "The Things They Bring". After transitioning to adulthood through the hero's Jimmy Cross, weight metaphor, concept of useless freedom, young people's expectations of society abandon unrealistic idealism and take care of O'Brien. O'Brien stated that attention is being paid to the Vietnam War among the burdens of what they have. It is related to the physical, psychological and emotional burden of soldiers. The overall presentation of this story contains many different perspectives that are handled, handled and enforced by soldiers. In addition, O'Brien showed us why and how soldiers gathered these things separately for these things.