"The Things They Carried"

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The paper offers an outline of the "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien and focuses on the character of Norman Bowker. The paper explains that Bowker's story of his life and the struggles he faced post-war were examples of how greatly war can affect a human being. The paper relates that through writing this novel, O'Brien was able to deal with his own experiences during the Vietnam War.

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""The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien illustrates the lives of the men who served in the Vietnam War and the lives the war took. The author exposes readers to different stories of the war that makes them question what their reactions would be to the same situations so that readers can better empathize with the soldiers' experiences. As drafted soldiers, they were left without a choice and with only the intent of honoring their country. The title of the story has symbolic meaning for those men. They carried the weight of defending their country and their fellow comrades as well as honoring their parents. But, the soldiers also carried away many images, emotions and tribulations that impacted their lives and changed them forever."

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