The Things They Carried
July 13, 2007
The Burdens They Carried
In Tim O' Brian's, The Things They Carried, he talks about the Vietnam War and its effects on the country. Tim O' Brian uses the psychological approach to tell the sorrows of war. The things that they carried had all represented a part of each soldier. The story is better understood because the reader can discover the background of the story and each of the characters personality. The thought of having two approaches to the story is just unacceptable and definitely not normal, but the two methods of interpreting a story like this; fused together brings about a great understanding of the characters and the events that take place within the story. The deceitful interpretations presented, the things they carried, and a transformation of a dainty girl that turns into a survivor are examples of each method presented.
The deceitful interpretation presented in the essay "How to tell a true war story" (O' Brian, 1990), is an......
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