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Summary and Analysis of The Things They Carried (eBook, ePUB)

Based on the Book by Tim O'Brien

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Things They Carried tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Tim O'Brien's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This Summary of The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien includes:

• Historical context
• Story-by-story summaries
• Character analysis
• Themes and symbols
• Important quotes
• Supporting material to enhance your understanding of the source work

About The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien: A New York Times Book of the Century and Pulitzer Prize finalist, The Things They Carried is a modern classic and an essential work of literature about the Vietnam War. Brilliantly blending fact and fiction, autobiography and imagination, Tim O'Brien draws on personal experience to tell the stories of a platoon of American soldiers sent to fight Vietnam. As they trek through jungles and across mountains, the young men of Alpha Company carry radios, assault rifles, C-rations, and good luck charms-as well as grief, love, terror, and the shame of cowardice. Most of all, they carry the dream of escape, not yet knowing that the burden of memory will haunt them long after the war is over. Taught in classrooms all over the world, The Things They Carried is a groundbreaking work of art that reveals the true nature of war and celebrates the healing power of storytelling. The summary and analysis in this ebook are intended to complement your reading experience and bring you closer to a great work of fiction.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Worth Books
• Seitenzahl: 30
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781504043762
• Artikelnr.: 47520515

Autorenporträt

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