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Shame In The Things They Carried By Tin O Brien

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The novel The Things They Carried is set in the Vietnam War. This narrative showcases the struggles and hardships of war through the theme of shame. Sham had a big impact on why soldiers went to war and how they felt about the war experience. For example, the soldiers felt shame when others died and for the emotions they felt. In the novel The Things They Carried, Tin O’Brien presents the element of shame through the character Jimmy Cross in order to reveal the corrupt motives of war; ultimately illustrating how the soldiers felt obligated to go to war for fear of bringing shame on others. In the chapter “In the Field”, O’Brien is shaken by shame and guilt over the death of Kiowa. In the novel O’Brien states, “The young soldier was trying
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