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Things They Carried By Tim O Brien: An Analysis

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In the novel The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien, the author shares with the reader his use of stories and the power they have over the listener. O’Brien shows the reader how stories give emotion where the truth might not give the emotion to the reader that the storyteller is looking to instill. For instance, They Things They Carried was written by O’Brien to show the reader the emotional toll of war. He tells the reader multiple times that these stories aren’t all true in the actual truth sense. Emotionally the stories within the novel give truth for the reader. O’Brien uses the protagonist, Tim, to deliver the stories, showing the reader how it would feel to be a part of the war. O’Brien shows the reader that when telling a story, the
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