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There are 22 critical essays on The Things They Carried.
Critical Essays on The Things They Carried
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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.
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Critical Essay by Tina Chen
8,004 words, approx. 27 pages
In the following essay, Chen asserts that “exile as a fluid and inescapable experience resulting from immersion in the moral ambiguity of the Vietnam War infects all aspects of the stories” in The Things They Carried.
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Critical Essay by John H. Timmerman
6,587 words, approx. 22 pages
In the following essay, Timmerman compares the conflict between the reality of war and normal life as portrayed in “Night March” and “Speaking of Courage,” which appear in The Things They Carried.
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Critical Essay by David R. Jarraway
6,467 words, approx. 22 pages
In the following essay, Jarraway analyzes three examples of O'Brien's depiction of trauma and recovery in The Things They Carried and explores the metaphor of excremental waste in relation to O'Brien's war experiences.
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Critical Essay by Steven Kaplan
5,446 words, approx. 18 pages
In the following essay, Kaplan perceives The Things They Carried to be O'Brien's imaginative attempt to reveal and understand the uncertainties about the Vietnam War.
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Critical Essay by Jon Volkmer
5,269 words, approx. 18 pages
In the following essay, Volkmer compares and contrasts The Things They Carried and Robin Moore's The Green Berets, focusing on the way both authors treat the truth about the Vietnam War.
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Critical Essay by Steven Kaplan
5,111 words, approx. 17 pages
Below, Kaplan examines the emphasis on ambiguity behind O'Brien's narrative technique in The Things They Carried, noting the relation between "real truth" and uncertainty.
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Critical Essay by Carl S. Horner
4,337 words, approx. 15 pages
In the following essay, Horner maintains that O'Brien challenges conventional ideas about courage and heroism in If I Die in a Combat Zone and The Things They Carried.
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Critical Essay by Catherine Calloway
4,153 words, approx. 14 pages
In the following essay, Calloway provides a stylistic analysis of The Things They Carried, regarding the volume as a work of contemporary metafiction.
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Critical Essay by Daniel Robinson
4,122 words, approx. 14 pages
In the following essay, Robinson investigates O'Brien's approach to the truth in The Things They Carried.
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Critical Review by D. J. R. Bruckner
1,563 words, approx. 5 pages
Below, Bruckner assesses O'Brien's storytelling abilities in The Things They Carried, especially the way he interweaves fact and fiction.
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Critical Essay by Rosemary King
1,201 words, approx. 4 pages
In the following essay, King asserts that in “How to Tell a True War Story” O'Brien “lures readers into a debate over fact and fiction that ultimately privileges the latter.”
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Critical Review by Robert R. Harris
1,168 words, approx. 4 pages
In the following positive review, Harris commends the war stories in The Things They Carried, suggesting that the work merits inclusion on "the short list of essential fiction about Vietnam."
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Critical Review by Richard Eder
1,078 words, approx. 4 pages
In the favorable review below, Eder relates O'Brien's memories of war to the actual writing of The Things They Carried.
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Critical Review by Julian Loose
883 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following review of The Things They Carried, Loose examines some elements of what constitutes a "true war story" in O'Brien's fiction.
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Critical Review by Josiah Bunting
832 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following review, Bunting considers the defining and unifying characteristics of the stories in The Things They Carried.
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Critical Review by David Streitfeld
782 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following review, Streitfeld examines O'Brien's revisions to the paperback edition of The Things They Carried.
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