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This 6 page paper briefly explores O'Brien's novel The Things They Carried to understand why he chose to write a work of fiction rather than strictly reporting facts, and what that means for our understand of the book and of Vietnam itself.
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fought for no good reason that can no be discerned; moreover, it was a conflict that ended in a humiliating defeat for the United States. This paper briefly explores OBriens
novel The Things They Carried to understand why he chose to write a work of fiction rather than strictly reporting facts, and what that means for our understand of the
book and of Vietnam itself. Discussion The student will have noticed that the preceding paragraph ends with the thesis statement: the paper will discuss why OBrien chose to write fiction
instead of non-fiction. The thesis is based on the fact that OBrien took a lot of criticism for choosing this technique, and the paper is a tool to find
out why he wrote the way he did. That reasoning is expressed in the next paragraph, which ends with a restatement of the thesis, to refresh readers minds and
also help the writer focus. It also expands slightly on the original statement, but doesnt change it in any substantive way. Thesis statements are usually at the end of the
first paragraph, as above. Many reviewers and critics seem disturbed, if not downright angry, that OBrien chose to write a series of fictional stories rather than telling readers exactly what
he saw. He was there, they argue, he was in the rice paddies, he saw his friends killed in front of him, he went through it for real-why isnt he
writing from that perspective? This paper argues that OBrien set his stories in a fictional context because he wanted to do more than report the war, he wanted to make
his readers understand and feel it. At this point, the student will want to discuss a few of the passages from the book, so readers can get a feel for
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