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In five pages this paper explores what writer Andre Aciman refers to as a ‘buried’ need for authors to write in a consideration of Tim O’Brien and his works. Specifically considered are O’Brien’s central literary preoccupations, as reflected in his formal choices, dramatic and thematic concentrations with the novel The Things They Carried being the primary focus. Four sources are listed in the bibliography.
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according to acclaimed novelist Andre Aciman, a buried or hidden nerve, that is like a " secret chamber, something irreducibly theirs, which stirs their prose and makes it tick and
turn this way or that, and identifies them, like a signature" (Aciman). This buried nerve inspires them to create works that uniquely interwoven between real life and make-believe, with
the thread of imagination linking the two. For author Tim OBrien, an avowed pacifist, his buried nerve is ironically embedded in war. A product of the American Midwest,
OBrien was born a year after the Second World War ended to an insurance salesman father and elementary schoolteacher mother (Lee 196). Like many artists, OBriens childhood was solitary,
with his dreams and vivid imagination often his only company. His passion for writing seemed to be genetic, as his father had penned personal accounts of his World War
II combat experiences in Iwo Jima and Okinawa for The New York Times (Lee 196). Years later, OBrien discovered his fathers clippings, and for a time fantasized that he
might become a writer. However, the intense political climate of the 1960s changed OBriens focus as he immersed himself in civil rights demonstrations and anti-Vietnam War protests. Majoring
in political science at St. Paul, Minnesotas Macalester College, writing about war appeared to be the furthest thing from Tim OBriens mind (Lee 196). But shortly after graduation,
he like many others of his generation, received his draft notice and from 1969 to 1970, he was an infantryman in Vietnams Quang Ngai province (Lee 196). In
addition, his unit was stationed in My Lai one year following the infamous massacre of innocent civilian men, women, and children (Lee 196).
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