Guerrilla warfare

In its defense, the institution of war is supported by the need to protect the freedoms of individuals, and uphold their safety. However, war is not something to be taken lightly; war is not merely just an institution that births valiant heroes and stories of bravery, it can also be oppressive and violent. Contrary to popular belief, war in itself is not a beautiful existence it is gruesome and bloody. When heroic war stories are told, there is little consideration for what actually happens…

The book “The Things They Carried”, by Tim O’Brien is based on multiple short stories all referring to his time during the Vietnam War. The author wanted the reader to perceive his memories from the war and to feel all the emotions that was associated with the word “war”. He described it as: death, love, mystery, adventure, terror, pity, despair, discovery, and longing; All of which I felt and detected while reading the authors short stories. The author also goes on about his stories and makes…

George Herring’s essay “The Legacy of Vietnam” is a fair portrait of one of the most notorious wars in the United States history – the Vietnam War. The essay starts with enormous figures of loss from both sides, and ends with the lessons we can learn from the war as well as from those losses. Herring keeps a neutral voice by providing different perspectives on the issues happened in both Vietnam and the United States. This neutral characteristic of Herring’s essay helps the author deliverers his…

Tim OBriens story, The Things They Carried, is more than just a war story. It beautifully depicts the shame and guilt that soldiers had to live for throughout the war, and unfortunately, the rest of their lives. Through the stories and experiences of soldiers in Tim OBriens vicinity, the Alpha Company, we get to know them not as mindless soldiers fighting for their country, but as people. Shame and guilt is a recurring theme in the book all soldiers in the story have experienced it one way or…

In the short story written by Tim O'Brien, "The Things They Carried," O'Brien writes about a platoon of American soldiers fighting on the ground in the Vietnam War. He writes about the items soldiers carried on their backs and on their minds. This is similar to other wars such as the Gulf War in 1990. However, the technology, geographical features, and the politics of the two wars have several differences. There are similarities between Vietnam and Iraq: In both conflicts, there was pressure…

Hi classmates; I have chosen to write my essay on “The Things They Carried” and the use of setting.in a story. Working Thesis and Introduction The use of setting in a story is a vital component in developing background upon which the story will play out. In the short stories by Tim O’Brien, “The Things That They Carried” action takes place in the Vietnam War Era. Throughout this period, there was plenty of political and social conflict taking place in the United States and from this conflict;…

The physical journey into the jungle that took place in the film Apocalypse Now directed by Francis Ford Coppola, was shadowed by the psychological journey that Captain Benjamin Willard went through in his search for Colonel Kurtz. The expedition became a physical chase for Kurtz, but also a symbolic journey in which Captain Willard confronted his own darkness. The journey began in a cluttered hotel room in Saigon, where an intoxicated Captain Willard is desperate for an assignment. His mental…

The Things They Carried, was written by Tim O’Brien. Tim was part of the Vietnam war. In this novel, Tim describes all the horrible things that happened in the war. From describing what everyone carried, to watching friend die, Tim listed it all. Once, O’Brien received his draft notice, he became extremely scared. He knew he was not ready and probably would never be. During his time in college, O’Brien took a stand against war and now he is getting drafted into it. “After college, I began…

Weapon development is a huge field in science, and because of that, people haven’t held back on their advancements in the field. For better or for worse, weapons are all around us now, and they have really shaped history up until now. One of the biggest times for weapon advancements is in war, and there have been plenty in the past. First, I am going to talk about weapons from the Civil War of America. Arguably the biggest advancement that still held up, the Repeater. Repeaters are a type of gun…

After the Vietnam War many former-soldiers came back from combat with stories that would bewilder the psyche of any common citizen. These stories highlight the extreme difference between the lives of a soldier both at home, and in the horrific situations of a field of combat. In Tim O’ Brien’s novel, The Things They Carried accurately conveys the removal that former soldiers felt by being ripped away from home by explaining with exquisite word choice and diction, the fear and horror that young…