Things They Carry
This quote is stated by John F. Kennedy in one of his speeches during the Vietnam War. He mentions that only ‘men are killed or wounded in war' and never states women. In the book The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien gender stereotypes women who are involved in the Vietnam War, he represents this through most of the short stories. Stories in particular; "Love", "Stockings", and "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong" which describes one woman who participated in the Vietnam War and went beyond some of her gender roles that are placed on her. In this war women had certain roles they had to fulfill with many of them being non-traditional ones. This paper will discuss the concept of sexism in the stories Tim O'Brien expresses during the Vietnam War.
Although women play a small role in The Things They Carried, it is a significant one. Female characters such as Martha, Mary Anne Bell, and Henry Dobbins's unnamed girlfriend all affect the men of the Alpha Company, although in two of the......
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