The things they carried was a play that represented different angles of the Vietnam War. The story was written by Tim O'Brien who was a veteran at the war and wrote this fictional story to depicts his real-life experience in the war. Even though the story looked so real and well written, the author did not go through all the event in real life. Therefore, the story is not real, but it makes readers and play attendance reanimate or live the events of the story.
The play was focused on Tim O'Brien who is a middle aged university student. O'Brien was a very good student at his university and was having a natural and a decent life. He was forced to join the army and fight on the Vietnam War. His high hopes for life, anti-war belief, and fear of death made him decide to leave his home country for good so he does not have to go to the war. When he approached the Canadian borders, he changes his mind and decides to join the army to save his reputation and because he couldn't find himself being far away from his home (house, family, friends, school, and city). Before, during, and after being on the battlefield, he got a lot of
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He made a great performance that stuck up on the mind for a long period of time. His performance made the audience travel in time and live the events of O'Brien story. For example, in one of the play scenes, O'Brien was struggling in making his decision to either to continue his journey to Canada or to go back and fight in the war. His solo performance transfers the character’s conflict to the audience perfectly. I believe that he must have made an impact on the whole audience, regardless to the nature of the impact. Although the story is depressing, the actor’s performance makes you feel sad, disappointing, and hopeless at some scenes of the play and laugh in others. For example, when he was at the lake, near the Canadian borders, O’Brien mocked some people, in funny ways, who he usually see on his daily