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A 5 page paper which analyzes Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried. The paper asks if his characters appear, or feel, like real people. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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in some respects, based on OBriens own experiences in the Vietnam War. It is not a novel that is based solely on his experiences, but perhaps inspired by how he
experienced the war and the men he fought alongside. As one author notes, OBriens novel illustrates how a war story "can only be told and retold, different each time yet
no less faithful to the truths it must convey" which ultimately means that truth, in terms of actual historical events experienced by OBrien, are not the point of the story
(Chen 77). The point of the story is to tell a tale about war. In so doing OBrien presents many different characters, all whom seem to come together to give
the reader an overall understanding of the horrific and deeply damaging aspects of war. The following paper asks if OBriens characters feel real, or believable. The paper illustrates how they
do feel very real. Characters in The Things They Carried by Tim OBrien When looking at literature it is often important to examine if the characters a writer
presents are believable. Sometimes they do not need to be believable and this is part of what makes the story so intriguing. For example, Mark Twains characters were often so
incredibly exaggerated that his stories were immensely entertaining. But, in the case of OBriens novel one must perhaps insist that his characters feel real, especially if he desires to get
across an image and an understanding of war. If his characters prove to be unbelievable then his story ceases to convince or truly impact the reader. It is also
important, especially for people who have never experienced war or warfare, to feel that the characters are believable in light of the fact that the reader will likely be reading
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