The Things They Carried By Tim O Brien - 1301 Words

Austin Criswell Kathryn Ingram-Wilson LI 256-779 May 7, 2015 The Things They Carried In â€Å"The Things They Carried,† Tim O’Brien made note to the Vietnam War that was mixed with physical, mental and emotional that pressured the soldier’s carried. The overall method of display of this story integrated many different ways on the things the soldiers carried. In addition to the current, Tim showed North American nation the various reasons why and the way the troopers possessed these items one by one and together and the way they were associated directly and indirectly. The robust historical content in The Things They Carried helped emphasize the main focus of the story and establish a clearer understanding of details within the narrative†¦show more content†¦Shortly after that, he went into his writing career in 1973. The time period is around the late 1950’s to the early 1970’s. During this time period or nation is at war over in Vietnam, we are helping South Vietnam fight against North Vietnam an d its allies. It was the longest war in American history, over 2 million Americans served during the war and 1/3 was drafted while the other 2/3 volunteered. Out of these 2 million, 11 thousand of them was woman alone, and majority of the army were white, only 12.5% was African American. One in ten men was either killed or injured which totaled to 58,214 American deaths. The average World War II infantry man saw 240 days of combat in 4 year, were as a Vietnam infantry man saw 240 days of combat in a year. The soldiers only given 5 days of leave during the whole year, which lead to them having more combats days. While our army was fighting, it was not easy being back home either. Many people were against the draft as well as going to war in Vietnam, there was many protest against the war and draft itself. They would turn on the news to see young Americans being flown home in body bags, the average age was only 19 years old. As more Americans became impatience with the war and just wanted it to end, president Nixon signed a ceasefire in 1973 which ended the United States involvement in the war itself. The narrator of the story is Tim O’Brien who dealing with his deployment in Vietnam