America As A Man
America in a Man
"Stockings" by Tim O'Brian centers around a soldier, Henry Dobbins, who finds strength and protection in a pair of his girlfriend's stockings. This might seem unusual to some considering a man is sentimentally attached to a pair of women's undergarments. However, it is how Dobbins sees these stockings and the connection that O'Brian makes paralleling the soldier and the U.S. to portray American values that is the most compelling. He chooses to express his opinion of America through indirect comparisons to the soldier, and portrays resilience, sentimentality, strength and optimism as great American values.
In the first paragraph of "Stockings," O'Brian specifically states similarities between Henry Dobbins and America. He does this by indirectly stateing American qualities, in personified fashion. The reader learns that they both are;
[Â…]big and strong, full of good intentions, a roll of fat jiggling at his belly, slow of foot but always plodding along, always......
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