Tim O Brien Themes

In the novel of the thing they carried by Tim O'Brien leads into an anthology of a collection of true war stories. This lead time O'Brien being part of his novel which he refers the themes of being ashamed of regret and the heroism of bravery on being in warfare. Each of time O'Brien characters plays in role into these categorized of feeling being the shame and the regrets in facing the anxiety in war. In this understanding, Tim O'Brien character in the chapters leads to a relationship between of shame and heroism. As the novel, O’Brien’s demonstrates his personal experience of the fear of shame before one of his peers are dead that demonstrates himself that what his experience was a powerful factor in being at war. According to in

Based on that point about the impact on war and so as the strangeness of the Vietnam war, and so as the youth of the soldiers which all create psychological dangers that can intensify of the risks on a war. As for a short definition of the word and action for Shame, it has a huge impact on these soldiers lives. Which leads shame is what has brought them to the Vietnam war. Also by the fact, these soldiers are working hard to defend America and probably feel very ashamed if they failed to do that. By the action of Shame, it pushes these soldiers to achieve acts of heroism, such as going to war and fight in a life or die act. O'Brien also says that courage is the exact opposite of shame, an act of self-interest because courage is used to help others. O'Brien also states that courage is the opposite of shame. As for a Survivor’s guilt haunts many of Tim O’Brien’s character, as for example Norman Bowker a character from the novel shows that cannot relieve himself of the shame of not winning The Silver Star of Valor because he thought that he would win it if he hadn't failed to able save Kiowa. Both the purpose of Shame and guilt follows Bowker of his intensity that he ends up hanging himself. As of later, it was revealed that O’Brien is shaken a similar shame and guilt over Kiowa, by believing that he was actually responsible for Kiowa’s