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The Things They Carried (1990) is a collection of linked short stories by American novelist Tim O'Brien, about a platoon of American soldiers fighting on the ground in the Vietnam War. His third book about the war, it is based upon his experiences as a soldier in the 23rd Infantry Division .
In the story "Good Form," from his collection of semi-autobigraphical stories, The Things They Carried, O'Brien discusses the distinction between "story-truth" (the truth of fiction) and "happening-truth" (the truth of fact or occurrence), writing that "story-truth is sometimes truer than happening-truth." O’Brien suggests that story truth is ...
The Things They Carried blurs the lines between fact and fiction as the first-person narrator has the same name as the author (Tim O'Brien). [27] Each vignette explores themes such as loss, displacement, memory, trauma, and the nature of truth. [28] [29] O'Brien's writing style in The Things They Carried is informal, colloquial, and ...
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The Things They Carried; Tomcat in Love This page was last edited on 3 December 2020, at 06:54 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
I changed "his life outside the war" to "Martha" in the plot summary for "The Things They Carried."Mbish4 13:24, 9 November 2017 (UTC) I added "Thoughts of Martha often distract Lieutenant Cross from his team's objectives" To the plot summary of "The Things They Carried". VinceFaustini 03:00, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
In publishing, a note is a brief text in which the author comments on the subject and themes of the book and names supporting citations.In the editorial production of books and documents, typographically, a note is usually several lines of text at the bottom of the page, at the end of a chapter, at the end of a volume, or a house-style typographic usage throughout the text.
Symbol Name Symbol(s) Meaning Example of Use Dele: Delete: Pilcrow (Unicode U+00B6) ¶ Begin new paragraph: Pilcrow (Unicode U+00B6) ¶ no: Remove paragraph break: Caret [a] (Unicode U+2038, 2041, 2380) ‸ or ⁁ or ⎀ Insert # Insert space: Close up (Unicode U+2050) ⁐ Tie words together, eliminating a space: I was reading the news⁐paper ...