The Things They Carried

• Author : Tim O'Brien
• Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Release : 13 October 2009

A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O’Brien, who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at

• Author : Harold Bloom
• Publisher : Infobase Publishing
• Release : 01 January 2009

This collection of stories from Vietnam War writer Tim O'Briens paints a through picture of the soldiers' life in the Vietnam War.

• Author : Harold Bloom
• Publisher : Chelsea House
• Release : 22 April 2021

Presents a collection of critical essays that discuss the characters, themes, and plots of the composite novel.

• Author : Rachel Nolan
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 22 April 2021

• Author : Gary Wiener
• Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
• Release : 13 June 2011

This did not happen is a common refrain throughout the stories in The Things They Carried. Tim O'Brien's account of the Vietnam War purposely blurs the line between fact and fiction to get closer to the truth of what soldiers actually experienced. This compelling volume explores the life of Tim O'Brien and his attempts to wrestle with the trauma and shame of war in The Things They Carried. A collection of related essays explore topics such as the moral complexity

• Author : Jill Colella
• Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Release : 18 May 2011

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. In CliffsNotes on The Things They Carried, you discover Tim O'Brien's powerful and innovative novel about the experiences of foot soldiers during and after the Vietnam War. Drawing largely on his own experiences during the war, the author creates a fictional protagonist

• Author : Bright Summaries
• Publisher : BrightSummaries.com
• Release : 08 April 2019

Unlock the more straightforward side of The Things They Carried with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, a series of interconnected short stories set during the Vietnam War. O’Brien was drafted to fight in Vietnam when he was in his early 20s, and he has written extensively about the conflict in both fiction and nonfiction pieces. In The Things They Carried, he tries

• Author : Elizabeth Osborne
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 22 April 2021

• Author : Tobey C. Herzog
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 30 March 2019

This collection of seven essays, like the carefully linked collection of vignettes within Tim O'Brien's most popular book The Things They Carried, contains multiple critical and biographical angles with recurring threads of life events, themes, characters, creative techniques, and references to all of O'Brien's books. Grounded in through research, Herzog's work illustrates how O'Brien merges his life experiences with his creative production; he rarely misses an opportunity to introduce these critical life events into his writing.

• Author : Amy Stolls,Molly Thomas-Hicks,David Kipen,National Endowment for the Arts,Institute of Museum and Library Services (U.S.),Arts Midwest (Organization : Minneapolis, Minn.)
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 22 April 2021

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 22 April 2021

This collection of stories from Tim O'Brien paints;an often-brutal;portrait of soldiers' lives;during the Vietnam War.;Complete with an introduction from the venerable Harold Bloom, this volume of critical essays is a valuable.

• Author : BookCaps Study Guides
• Publisher : BookCaps Study Guides
• Release : 22 April 2021

The perfect companion to Tim O’Brien’s "The Things They Carried," this study guide contains a chapter by chapter analysis of the book, a summary of the plot, and a guide to major characters and themes. BookCap Study Guides do not contain text from the actual book, and are not meant to be purchased as alternatives to reading the book. We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big

• Author : Novel Units, Inc. Staff,Pat Watson
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 22 April 2021

Contains masters for: 2 prereading activities, 4 vocabulary activities, 1 study guide (6 pages), 6 literary analysis activities, 3 comprehension activities, 4 unit quizzes, 2 final tests (2 levels), plus detailed answer key. Page references are to the 1998 Broadway Books ed. of "The Things They Carried."

• Author : Supersummary
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 20 November 2019

SuperSummary, a modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, offers high-quality study guides for challenging works of literature. This 62-page guide for "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien includes detailed story summaries and analysis covering 22 stories, as well as several more in-depth sections of expert-written literary analysis. Featured content includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay topics, and key themes like Self-Blame in Response to Death and Talking as a Way of Processing Trauma.

• Author : Patrick A. Smith
• Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
• Release : 22 April 2021

Critiques such novels as "Northern Lights," "The Nuclear Age," and "In the Lake of the Woods," while providing biographical information about the author.