"The Things They Carried", by Tim O'Brien takes place during Vietnam war. the setting of the story is in the jungle. Tim O'Brien not only repeats scenes, and list of items carried by the soldiers throughout the story, but the word “carry and “weight” are repeated over 150 times.
Because he wants to show that war is filled with physical and mental loads.
One technique used by Tim O’Brien is the use of repetition. O’Brien in his story mostly retells certain events. For example, O’Brien repeats Ted lavender’s several times in the story.
According, theshortstory“TheThingsTheyCarried”,ThefirsttimewemeetTedLavenderwas on the second page. He was the first character to die, his death had touched a lot of…show more content… Another example of Ted
Lavender’s repetition is when Kiowa describes the death of Ted, according to thestory,Kiowa says “ it was like watching a rock drop to the ground.” This description illustrates how death is meaningless, rapid and rough.
Tim O’Brien lists alonglistof itemscarriedbythesoldiersthroughoutthestory.Items carried by soldiers isdeterminedbytheirranking.Forexample,JimmyCrossistheplatoonleader,sohe carries a compass, maps, and the responsibility for his men. Rat Kiley is the medic, He carries morphine, malaria tablets, comic book and M&M. Some necessities are more individual, for example, Jimmy cross carries letters from a girl named martha, and Kiowa carries copy of the bible. Sometimes what the men carry depends on their mission. For example if it’s in
