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The Things They Carried: LitPlan Teacher Pack
51,600 words, approx. 172 pages
 A complete lesson plan by Teacher's Pet. For Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9. This lesson plan is sold separately and is not included with any subscription or study pack.
The Things They Carried: Puzzle Pack
44,400 words, approx. 148 pages
A complete lesson plan by Teacher's Pet. For Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9. This lesson plan is sold separately and is not included with any subscription or study pack.
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 "the Things They Carried" - Tim O'brien - 1986 Summary
7,403 words, approx. 25 pages "the Things They Carried" - Tim O'brien - 1986 Introduction Tim O'Brien wrote the short story "The Things They Carried" in 1985. It was published in the August 1986 issue of Esquire and again the following year... summary from source:
 The Things They Carried Summary
4,687 words, approx. 16 pagesThe Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien Born and raised in Minnesota, William Timothy O’Brien (1946-) grew up in a middle-class family in the town of Worthington, where his father was a life-insurance salesman and his mother a housewife.... summary from source:
 The Things They Carried Information
1,379 words, approx. 5 pages
 <i>The Things They Carried</i> is a collection of related stories by Tim O'Brien, about a platoon of American soldiers in the Vietnam War, originally published in hardcover by Houghton Mifflin, 1990. While apparently based on some of O'Brien's own...
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 AP News Hitchens among book award finalists
10/10/2007: 567 words, approx. 2 pagesShould Christopher Hitchens win a National Book Award, you can be sure he won't thank any higher powers.The author, columnist and commentator was nominated for "God Is Not Great," a polemic with a self-evident theme. Hitchens' book received mixed reviews, but became a best seller...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Mark A. Heberle
16,673 words, approx. 56 pages
In the following essay, Heberle provides a thematic and stylistic analysis of The Things They Carried and locates the book within O'Brien's oeuvre.
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Critical Essay by Lorrie N. Smith
12,198 words, approx. 41 pages
In the following essay, Smith examines the representations of masculinity and femininity in five of the stories in The Things They Carried.
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Critical Essay by Marilyn Wesley
8,056 words, approx. 27 pages
In the following essay, Wesley contrasts O'Brien's representation of the truth in If I Die in a Combat Zone and The Things They Carried.
Featured Essays
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 Essay Grade: 98%The Role of Women in "The Things They Carried"
2,032 words, approx. 7 pages
The women in the soldiers' lives in "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien play complex motivational role in this novel about the Vietnam War. The women are a burden and a problem as much as they are a reminder of what the soldiers want. summary from source:
Essay Grade: 86%The Things They Carried
1,311 words, approx. 4 pages
Explores the significance of the objects in Tim O'Brien's novel, The Things They Carried. Describes how O'Brien uses literary techniques to detail his characters and the tangible and intangible items they took with them and sometimes burdened over. summary from source:
Essay Grade: 94%True Lies
1,306 words, approx. 4 pages
Essay proves how Tim O'Brien, the author of "The Things They Carried," increases his credibility without being reliable. This essay uses the literary devices found in the novel to prove the point being addressed.
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