1. The Things They Carried is a story written by Tim O' Brien. The main plot of the story is the journy he takes when he is drafted into service for the vietnam war. Each chapter describes a different part of his journy, and he shares the hardships that he is foced to face. Through his own journy he also tells the story of the men he was with while in the war.
2. I think that one of the major themes in this book is to be courageouse. Not in the sense of charging the battle field with blazzing guns but in the sense of forgiveing yourself for the mistakes you have made and survive what you must in the best way possible.
3. The authors tone is very relaxed and easy going. It is like he is telling the story to a friend whom he trusts and respects and knows is willing to listen. His diction is not very complicated and his style is easy to read. although he writes the story in this manner, his message is very clear and important. The stories he shares about the battle field and the horrible things he had to see and experience gives the book a feeling of true reality. There is no BS comeing from the stories he tells and you can tell as you read about what he has gone through.
4. Some literary techniques that helped me to further understand the promt was his diction, syntax, , and characterization. His use of less comples diction helped me to understand what was going on. he simply explained everything that he needed to in a simple and organized manner. His syntax was also very clear and easy to understand. Everything lead into another part of the journy or the nest story he was going to tell about his time in the war. Lastely his characterization was absolutely perfect. For each character he provided backgrounds of their lives outside of the military as well as their rolles inside the military. He talked about what they liked to do, what they prefered to eat, who the girl was they were talking to back at home, and so on and so forth. Over all a very good book to read.
How old is the main character?
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Could you explain the authors tones a bit more?
1) well written, but could describe a little more
2) could explain more tones
3)Overal was very well written
Chad
1) What are some more Lit Elements present in this novel.
ReplyDeleteWhy did you pick that theme for the story?
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"Patrick Sims said...
ReplyDeleteWhy did you pick that theme for the story?
What was the main conflict of the story?"
I red the book and what i got from it was that Tim is reflection on his time in Vietnam and how he and his squad were courageous or lack of.
The main conflict, I believe, is his own memories of how bad it was.
Even though courage includes many things, could there be separate themes for internal/external survival or forgiveness within one's self? They both seem very relevant in the text.
ReplyDeleteAn easy, well written story is always nice to read. But if the tone was more intense or involved, would the story have been as comprehensible as before?
-Kelly Brickey, Period 3
I love the idea of courage being the theme in the sense of forgiving yourself for your past mistakes. It sounds like a really enjoyable book, but could you go into more detail about what those "past mistakes" were.
ReplyDeleteAlso, You said the author was relaxed in his writing, but did it ever get so layed back that it became boring?
Nicole Anderson
Period 2