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This 3 page paper compares Tim O'Brien's The Things That They Carried to Saroyan's Resurrection of a Life. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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to bridge the gap between those who fought in a war that was not supported by most of the population, nor its soldiers, and of the significant sacrifices that they
made. Those sacrifices are still a legacy to the families of the men who returned home, not the boys that went to war. Tim Obriens book, The Things that they
Carried as well as William Saroyans, Resurrection of a Life offer insight into the mindset and the impact of war on a soldier. When Tim OBrien received his draft notice
in 1968, though he opposed the war, he reported for duty and was sent to Vietnam. What he experienced there, as a young man, seemed to grant him a perspective
on the war from both the standpoint of an idealist, and from the standpoint of a writer. What he apparently experienced there affected the way he and a whole generation
perceived life, love and the American pursuit of happiness. In his book, The Things They Carried, this influence and perspective are most evident. The Things They Carried is unique in
that the narrative is not the standard type. It has no discernable beginning and no discernable ending, just like the war. It is written in a style that makes the
reader feel as if he or she is sitting in some small caf? and OBrien is telling you his personal recollection of his time in Vietnam. One of the very
first elements is the idea of a person carrying things, as the title suggests. As the title suggests, there is the obvious carrying of a pack by the soldier,
but less obvious, he seems to be stating is the burden of war that each man carried with him. OBrien seems to describe with great detail the weight of every
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