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	The Paradox of Necessity in Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried" by Jacquelyn Posek
		Perhaps the emptiness that the men felt drove them to think that they had to carry all of these extra items to survive, because they filled the emotional void that was in their heads, created by the numbingly horrific violence of the war.
		These burdens - the supplies the men carried to stay physically alive - are placed on the same level in terms of description as the objects carried that provided emotional sustenance to the men of the platoon.
		He carries her letters and reads them daily (1-2), and his love for her, as well as the mystery of her feelings for him, drives him, keeps him going, and gives his life meaning.
	www.nd.edu /~frswrite/mcpartlin/1998/Posek.shtml (2069 words)

	The Things They Carried
		The things that the soldiers carry with them are both tangible and intangible items and what these things are depends upon the individual soldier.
		When describing the intangible things, however, the writing is a lot more in tune with the emotions of the characters: "Jimmy Cross humped his love for Martha up the hills and through the swamps...Lieutenant Cross remembered touching [her] left knee.
		The riflemen carried anywhere from 12 to 20 magazines...adding on another 8.4 pounds at minimum, 14 pounds at maximum." This gives the reader a sense of the burden that the men are bearing in carrying these things.
	www.jvoegele.com /essays/things.html (690 words)

	SparkNotes: The Things They Carried: “The Things They Carried”
		He carries her photographs, including one of her playing volleyball, but closer to his heart still are his memories.
		Some things the men carry are universal, like a compress in case of fatal injuries and a two-pound poncho that can be used as a raincoat, groundsheet, or tent.
		If “The Things They Carried” is the illustration of the conflict between love and war, then the death of Ted Lavender and the subsequent disillusionment of Lieutenant Cross signify a triumph for war in this conflict.
	www.sparknotes.com /lit/thingscarried/section1.html (1246 words)

	Tim O'Brien: His Life and Works
		They carried all they could bear, and then some, including a silent awe for the terrible power of the things they carried.
		The whole atmosphere, they carried it, the humidity, the monsoons, the stink of fungus and decay, all of it, they carried gravity.
		The men all carry their identities, preserving Americana and their home cultures by means of baubles and toys, representative of the larger burden of the American ideal that they bore on their backs.
	www.stfrancis.edu /en/student/O'Brien/things.htm (435 words)

	The Things They Carried
		For personal comfort they carried some items that were not necessities such as mosquito repellent, chewing gum, candy, cigarettes, Kool-aid, sewing kits, toothbrushes, dental floss, bars of soap, Bibles, books, comics, photos, drugs, letters from loved ones, diaries, and good luck charms.
		One of the most difficult things they were required to carry was the bodies of their fellow soldiers and friends who had died in battle.
		These are the things that stuck with them through the laborious tasks they performed during sunlight hours, and all night while they laid in their fox holes apprehensively in wait for the next day.
	www.citrus.k12.fl.us /ccjdc/students/TTTC1.htm (436 words)

	imnotatfault : the things they carried (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He was carrying so much that when he was shot, he did not stagger one bit, but simply dropped to the ground, as if unable to struggle for his life and just giving up without a fight.
		Metaphor is employed frequently and is entwined in the literal, as each description of the things carried by the soldiers usually ends with something intangible—a feeling or emotion—also “carried” by the men.
		The things carried are often symbolic of the personality or current feelings of the soldiers.
	caxton.stockton.edu /imnotatfault/short_story (1370 words)

	Things They Carried (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		They carried the M-16, trip flares and Claymore mines, M-60 machine guns, the M-79 grenade launcher, M-14's, CAR-15's, Stoners, Swedish K's, 66mm LAWS, shotguns,.45 caliber pistols, silencers, the sound of bullets, rockets, and choppers, and sometimes the sound of silence.
		They carried C-4 plastic explosives, an assortment of hand grenades, PRC-25 radios with 25 foot wip antennas and their heavy batteries, knives and machetes.
		They carried memories for the most part, they carried themselves with poise and a kind of dignity.
	the-jazzman.com /things.html (326 words)

	Things They Carried-Vietnam War Essay by Tim O'Brian
		They carried trip flares and Claymore mines, M-60 machine guns, the M-79 grenade launcher, M-14's, CAR-15's, Stoners, Swedish K's, 66 mm LAWs, shotguns,.45 caliber pistols, silencers, the sound of bullets, rockets, and choppers, and sometimes the sound of silence.
		And sometimes they disguised that love: "It don't mean nothin'!" They carried memories for the most part, they carried themselves with poise and a kind of dignity.
		They carried the traditions of the United States military, and memories and images of those who served before them.
	www.globalspecialoperations.com /carried.html (324 words)

	The Things They Carried as Extended Zeugma
		So, when you read about Lt. Jimmy Cross, in The Things They Carried, that "He carried a strobe light and the responsibility for the lives of his men"(5), you know what figure of speech you are dealing with; and you recognize that the difference in specific gravity of the two is immeasurable.
		But Ted Lavender, who was scared, carried 34 rounds when he was shot and killed outside Than Khe, and he went down under an exceptional burden, more than 20 pounds of ammunition, plus the flak jacket and helmet and rations and water and toilet paper and tranquilizers and all the rest, plus an unweighed fear.
		The soldiers in country were carrying not only their equipment, but their pasts (Jimmy’s memories of Martha, for example), their emotional reactions to whatever was presently going on around them, and their hopes, however tentative, for the future.
	www.tristate.edu /Community_Read/things_they_carried_tierney.htm (1202 words)

	The Things They Carried Book Notes Summary by Tim O'Brien: Chapter 1, The Things They Carried
		Kiowa carries a bible--he is a deeply religious Baptist.
		Jimmy Cross carries two photographs of Martha, one where she leans against a wall (he wonders who took the picture) and one where she is playing volleyball, her left knee supporting all her weight.
		They all carry as much as they can, for entertainment and protection, including awe and fear of the things they carry.
	www.bookrags.com /notes/tttc/PART1.htm (1151 words)

	Calloway, Catherine, 'How to tell a true war story': Metafiction in 'The Things They Carried.'., Vol. 36, Critique: ...
		The Things They Carried is a combat novel, yet it is not a combat novel.
		Like O'Brien's earlier novel, the critically acclaimed Going After Cacciato,(2) The Things They Carried considers the process of writing; it is, in fact, as much about the process of writing as it is the text of a literary work.
		In focusing so extensively on the power of fiction and on what a war story is or is not in The Things They Carried, O'Brien writes a multidimensional war story even as he examines the process of writing one.
	chss.montclair.edu /english/furr/Vietnam/callowaythings.html (3099 words)

	The Things They Carried - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Things They Carried is a collection of related vignettes by Tim O'Brien, about a platoon of American soldiers in the Vietnam War, originally published in hardcover by Houghton Mifflin, 1990.
		Critics often cite this distinction when commenting on O'Brien's artistic aims in The Things They Carried and, in general, all of his fiction about Vietnam, claiming that O'Brien feels that the realities of the Vietnam War are best explored in fictional form rather than the presentation of so-called facts.
		He is notorious for using tranquilizers to cope with the pain of the war, and for carrying a stash of marijuana with him.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Things_They_Carried (1094 words)

	Notes and Analysis on The Things They Carried
		This is a review of The Things They Carried by Mark Webster and published in The Tech on April 27, 1990 in Volume 110, Number 22.
		I mean that crying jag -- the way he was carrying on -- it wasn't fake or anything, it was real heavy-duty hurt.
		My children were taught certain things in certain ways because I thought that Atticus would have done the same.
	www.masconomet.org /teachers/trevenen/things.html (4367 words)

	Powell's Books - The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
		The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and of course, the character Tim O'Brien who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three.
		Ultimately The Things They Carried and its myriad protagonists call to order the courage, determination, and luck we all need to survive.
		The Things They Carried is about life, about men who [fight] and die, about buddies, and about a lost innocence that might be recaptured through the memory of stories.
	www.powells.com /biblio/1-0767902890-1 (608 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Things They Carried: Books: Tim O'Brien (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Every story in The Things They Carried speaks another truth that Tim O'Brien learned in Vietnam; it is this blurred line between truth and reality, fact and fiction, that makes his book unforgettable.
		THE THINGS THEY CARRIED is a powerful memoir in the form of a collection of short stories about the haunting life of Tim O'Brien and a company of soldiers in Vietnam.
		One thing for sure is that you will appreciate the style of writing and the way it makes you think.
	www.amazon.ca /Things-They-Carried-Tim-OBrien/dp/0767902890 (1876 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Tim O'Brien - The Things They Carried at Epinions.com
		They carried canteens, pictures, machine guns, love letters, mine detectors.
		The soldiers who fought in the Vietnam war that were lucky enough to make it home alive would struggle with the memories they carried as well.
		Many question whether "Things..." is a novel, considering the choppy, often non-chronological nature of the short stories which O'Brien tells.
	www.epinions.com /book-review-64af-a3626a0-392d567e-prod1/tk_~cb008.1.1 (335 words)

	WowEssays.com - “The Things They Carried”
		Wakoson English II 21 September 2000 ATTENTION TO DETAIL “The things they carried,” is a fictional story of a group of soldiers in the Vietnam War.
		We know of the his love for Martha and some of the odd things he did to express his love for her such as how “he would sometimes taste the envelope flaps knowing her tongue had been there.” (O’Brien 78) and he would imagine romantic camping trips, and walks along the beach with her.
		As a hedge against bad times, however, Kiowa carried his grandmother’s distrust of the white man, his grandfather’s hunting hatchet.” (O’Brien 78) The soldier’s speech also helps to cement the story into reality, simply by it’s vulgarity and indifference.
	www.wowessays.com /dbase/ac2/icr282.shtml (508 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Books: Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien, Paperback
		With the creative verve of the greatest fiction and the intimacy of a searing autobiography, The Things They Carried is a testament to the men who risked their lives in America's most controversialwar.
		In the end, readers are left with a mental and emotional sphere of mirrors, each reflecting a speck of truth about the things men carry into and out of war.
		Though fictional, The Things They Carried is from one soldier’s point of view.
	search.barnesandnoble.com /booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?isbn=0767902890 (1403 words)

	Things They Carried
		For young people, the Vietnam War is a thing of the past and they can only learn about it from second hand sources.
		In Tim O'brien's The Things They Carried, it becomes very apparent that the Vietnam conflict has proved to be one that many of the participants have not been able move away from, while getting on with their lives.
		Even though he is back in his home town, things do not seem the same to him.
	www.studyworld.com /basementpapers/sec_papers/Things_They_Carried.html (549 words)

	ReadingGroupGuides.com - THE THINGS THEY CARRIED by Tim O'Brien (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		And, if they made it home alive, they carried unrelenting images of a nightmarish war that history is only beginning to absorb.
		Aside from "The Things They Carried," "Speaking of Courage" is the only other story written in third person.
		THE THINGS THEY CARRIED is Tim O'Brien's beautiful, anguished collection of linked stories about Vietnam.
	www.readinggroupguides.com /guides/things_they_carried.asp (1024 words)

	In the Classroom
		Have students read “The Things They Carried” in the context of readings on the history, causes, and effects of the Vietnam War.
		Have students identify the “things” they carry with them in a variety of settings: school, work, family gatherings, relationships.
		Compare the things you carried with those of the soldiers in the story.
	vccslitonline.cc.va.us /things/in_the_classroom.htm (940 words)

	CPL - The things They Carried
		In 1987, O’Brien received the National Magazine Award for his short story, “The Things They Carried,” and in 1999 the same story was selected for inclusion in The Best American Short Stories of the Century edited by John Updike.
		The Things They Carried, published in 1990, is a collection of interrelated stories about the men of Alpha Company, an infantry platoon in Vietnam.
		The title page of The Things They Carried says the book is “A Work of Fiction.” It is narrated by a character named Tim O’Brien who the author says is not himself despite many similarities.
	www.chipublib.org /003cpl/oboc/things/biography.html (786 words)

	Tim O'Brien: The Things They Carried (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		They carried P-38 can openers and heat tabs, watches and dog tags, insect repellent, gum, cigarettes, Zippo lighters, salt tablets, compress bandages, ponchos, Kool-Aid, two or three canteens of water, iodine tablets, sterno, LRRP- rations, and C-rations stuffed in socks.
		They carried trip flares and Claymore mines, M-60 machine-guns, the M-70 grenade launcher, M-14's, CAR-15's, Stoners, Swedish K's, 66mm Laws, shotguns,.45 caliber pistols, silencers, the sound of bullets, rockets, and choppers, and sometimes the sound of silence.
		They carried C-4plastic explosives, an assortment of hand grenades, PRC-25 radios, knives and machetes.
	www.iwvpa.net /o_brient (390 words)

	The Things They Carried
		They carried C-4 plastic explo-sives, an assortment of hand grenades, PRC-25 radios, knives and machetes.
		They carried the traditions of the United States Marine Corps, and memories and images of those who served before them.
		We must of course mention The Fleet Marine Force Corpsman (2 of whom are listed KIA with the 2/5), carrying their medical supplies and the wounded, dead or dying, always remembered; always there no matter what.
	www.palletmastersworkshop.com /carried.html (416 words)

	The Things They Carried Summary & Essays - Tim O'Brien
		First published in Esquire in August, 1986, and later collected in The Best American Short Stories 1987, ''The Things They Carried'' became the lead story in a book of the same name published in 1990 by Viking Penguin.
		Since Tim O'Brien had already established himself as a literary voice to be reckoned with, this collection of interrelated stories received a great deal of attention.
		Tell a friend about The Things They Carried at eNotes.
	www.enotes.com /things-they (272 words)

	The Things They Carried (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		They carried standard fatigues, jungle boots, bush hats, flak jackets and
		most part, they carried themselves with poise and a kind of dignity.
		carried the emotional baggage of men and women who might die at any
	www.hendersonville-pd.org /vpoemthingstheycarried.html (294 words)

	Amazon.de: The Things They Carried: English Books: Tim O'Brien,Jon Natchez (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Doch die Wahrheit von "Auf dem verregneten Fluß" liegt nicht in den Tatsachen, sondern in der Echtheit der beschriebenen Erfahrung: Beide Tims zogen in einen Krieg, an den sie nicht glaubten, beide hielten sich deshalb für Feiglinge.
		In short stories the author tells the things which are carried by the soldiers fighting in Vietnam.
		They do not only carry their weapons and rucksacks, but also memories and stories which are to be told.
	www.amazon.de /Things-They-Carried-Tim-OBrien/dp/1586638270 (1923 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Beginning with a literal description of “what they carried” I was, like, “yeah, man, I carried all that same stuff, 20 magazines of M-16 ammo and poncho liners, and a cassette player and photos from home.
		Yeah, but I carried a 47 pound tripod for an 81 mm mortar too, but at least I never had to walk point.” Once I got past the introduction, my amazement of the incidents and the characters that the author served with just blew me away.
		The vast majority of infantry soldiers in Viet Nam were concerned with one thing — scratching another day off the calendar and getting closer to going home.
	www.tc-homes.com /dennis/rrthethingstheycarried.doc (668 words)

	FLP - One Book, One Philadelphia: The Things They Carried (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Things They Carried is a collection of interrelated short pieces which ultimately reads with the dramatic force and tension of a novel.
		It is based on the Vietnam War experience of its author and his companions.
		The Things They Carried was first published in 1990 to great critical acclaim.
	libwww.library.phila.gov /onebook/obop05/index.cfm (200 words)

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