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"The Things They Carried"
Book Review # 93241
"The Things They Carried"
A discussion of the themes of individualism, as described in the book "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien.
1,107 words (approx. 4.4 pages) |
4 sources |
MLA | 2007
Paper Summary:
This paper discusses the themes that are explored in Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried." Particularly, the paper focuses on the most prevalent and important of those themes - those of identity and individualism. It also discusses the figurative and physical weight of carrying around one's identity. The paper discusses how these themes are expressed in the book.From the Paper:
"When Lavender dies, Lt. Cross blames himself for being too wrapped up in Martha. When he burns the letters from her he is trying to get rid of the guilt he feels since the two are related (O'Brien 1122). But in this case, he cannot escape the guilt because it is something he carries that he cannot get rid of. He has gotten rid of the physical weight of the letters but not the mental weight of them. His only way of dealing with his burden is to "repack and shift the weight so it will be more bearable" (Piedmont-Marton, par. 9)."Sample of Sources Used:
- O'Brien, Tim. "The Things They Carried." Literature for Composition: Essays, Fiction, Poetry, and Drama 7th ed. Ed. Sylvan Barnet, William Burto, and William E. Cain. New York: Longman, 2005. 1112-1123.
- Piedmont-Marton, Elizabeth. Critical Essay on "The Thing They Carried." Short Stories for Students. Vol. 4. Ed. Marie Rose Napierkowski. Detroit: Gale, 1999. 4 Mar. 2006 (InfoTrac) <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?locID=denver&srchtp=ttl&c=4&stab=512&ai=66688&docNum=H1420022972&bConts=7855&vrsn=3&TI=The+things+they+carried&OP=starts&TQ=TO&ca=58&ste=57&tab=2&tbst=trp&n=10&wi=1097568>.
- Smith, Lorrie N. "'The Things Men Do': The Gendered Subtext in Tim O'Brien's Esquire Stories." Critique 36.1 (1994): 17-40.
- Wesley, Marilyn. "Truth and Fiction in Tim O'Brien's If I Die in a Combat Zone and The Things They Carried." College Literature 29.2 (2002): 1-18.
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