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A 3 page paper which analyzes the character of Norman Bowker in Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried.” No additional sources cited.
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the war. While it is something of a fictional work, it is largely based on real people and real experiences. There are numerous characters, all of whom carry something so
they can feel connected to the world they left behind. Each of the characters seems to reflect or illustrate a type of person, a type of individual who experienced the
war and how they dealt with the war. One of those characters was Norman Bowker. The following paper examines the character of Norman Bowker. Norman Bowker: "The Things
They Carried" Norman Bowker is a relatively simply young man. He seems kind, polite, and generally quiet. One of the things that seems to bother Norman quite a bit involves
his father. At one point he reveals this pressure, demonstrating a very real sort of character with many issues concerning his father: "What sticks to memory, often, are those
odd little fragments that have no beginning and no end: Norman Bowker lying on his back one night, watching the stars, then whispering to me, Ill tell you something, OBrien.
If I could have one wish, anything, Id wish for my dad to write me a letter and say its okay if I dont win any medals. Thats all my
old man talks about, nothing else. How he cant wait to see my goddamn medals" (OBrien, 1998; 36). In this the reader
can likely see the reflection of many young men in war. They want to make their fathers proud, but at the same time they truly want to be seen and
loved for who they are as well. They want their father to perhaps care for them and love them regardless. But, in many ways such men also perhaps join the
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