Friday, May 14, 2010

The Things They Carried.

Fighting throughout the war was horrendous and awful. Men were killed all over during the war. Linda was a symbol for me showing that life is not always fair and neither is war for that matter. Linda was very odd and the fact that she wore the hat was odd to me. It tells me that she is insecure about what she looks like. She should not worry about what she looks like on the outside. Although Nick was very mean about the hat he should have been more sensitive. Tim is some what the same as Nick. When he says “Not Linda,” he doesn’t want to go to the movies with her and didn’t want to be seen with her (Obrien237). She symbolizes the war. It is very hideous and doesn’t want to be seen. Linda doesn’t want to be seen without her stalking cap. War is the same way when the news is now posted today they take out all of the gory details. When back during Vietnam the media tried to show all that they could. The government now is stricter about what is released to the public. The dangers have changed and need to be treated better for the soldiers and what the public sees.
By Ryan Barber
O’Brien, Tim. The Things They Carried. New York: Broadway Books,1987, Print.

1 comment:

  1. Ryan, I agree with your post. I think that Linda is a big symbol in the book in showing that that life is not always fair and neither is war for that matter. Linda connects to all the moen as well as all of the men he killed during the war.

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