Tim O Brien's The Things They Carried

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The Things They Carried: Blurring the Line between Fiction and Reality The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien is a compelling take on the stories of soldiers deployed in Vietnam during and after the Vietnam War. All at once the piece is a fictional memoir, war story and autobiography, continuously blurring the line between fiction and reality- firstly by dedicating the novel to the fictional characters whose stories are told within it. Furthermore, O’Brien creates another fictional Tim O’Brien through which the author is free to explore his real world ideas and emotions and at the same time challenge the reader to think twice before dismissing something as fiction or reality. But more than anything, what makes the book extremely compelling