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What happened in Chapter 1 of The Things They Carried?
The first chapter introduces his platoon members, like Lieutenant Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, and Mitchell Sanders, and their various routines. In this chapter, the narrator also catalogues the cargo the men, including emotional and physical cargo and ghosts.
What does Dave Jensen carry in Chapter 1?
Dave Jensen carries soap, dental floss, foot powder, and vitamins. Mitchell Sanders carries condoms, brass knuckles, and the unit's radio. Norman Bowker carries a diary.
What did Rat Kiley carry in Chapter 1?
In the first chapter, O'Brien describes the various objects that the members of Alpha Company carry along with them as a way of showing the burdens (physical, mental, and emotional) that each soldier carries. Rat Kiley, for example, carries malaria tablets, morphine to ease the wounded's pain, and supplies to treat ...
What did the soldiers carry in The Things They Carried Chapter 1?
The men carry some amazingly heavy physical and emotional burdens. Jimmy Cross, the leader of the platoon, carries navigation tools and the responsibility of taking care of his soldiers. Rat Kiley carries medicine, painkillers, surgical tape, and other things that weigh in total about twenty pounds.
What did Ted Lavender carry in Chapter 1?
Nervous Ted Lavender carries marijuana and tranquilizers to calm himself down, and the religious Kiowa carries an illustrated New Testament, a gift from his father.
What did the soldiers carry?
Typically a Continental Soldier would carry a musket, bayonet, and ammunition to fight. These items would be attached to leather straps that placed the majority of weight on the shoulders.
Why does Rat Kiley carry M&Ms?
Rat Kiley carries "[all] the things a medic must carry" (5). The medical items he carries mean that he is constantly dealing with blood and guts and gore and wounds, many that he undoubtedly cannot heal or treat, hence the reason for the M&M's he "carried for especially bad wounds" (5).
What do they carry in The Things They Carried?
They carry weapons: the M-60, the M-16, the M-79, M-14s, CAR-15s, Chi-Coms, RPGs, and bayonets, just to name a few. Lee Strunk carries a slingshot, Mitchell Sanders carries brass knuckles, and Kiowa carries his grandfather's hatchet. They all carry respect for the power of the things they carry.
What did each person carry in The Things They Carried?
Dave Jensen carries a toothbrush, dental floss, and soap. Ted Lavender ("who was scared") carries tranquilizers. Mitchell Sanders carries condoms. Norman Bowker carries a diary. Rat Kiley carries comic books.
What did Norman Bowker carry?
At war, we know that he's gentle, but carries a thumb that Mitchell Sanders cut off a VC soldier and gave to him. The only other personal thing he carries is a diary.
What did Henry Dobbins carry with him?
O'Brien relates that on ambushes, and sometimes in bed, Henry Dobbins wears his girlfriend's pantyhose around his neck. Superstitions are prevalent in Vietnam, and the pantyhose are Dobbins's good luck charm.
Why did the men carry 28 pound mine detector?
If they're going to a heavily mined area, they carry a 28-pound mine detector. They are always carrying something because they also carry their lives. When they die they lose everything all tangible, solid, and their lives as we saw when Ted Lavender was shot while peeing.
What did each character in The Things They Carried carry?
Dave Jensen carries a toothbrush, dental floss, and soap. Ted Lavender ("who was scared") carries tranquilizers. Mitchell Sanders carries condoms. Norman Bowker carries a diary. Rat Kiley carries comic books.
Who is Dave Jensen in The Things They Carried?
Dave Jensen: A young, naïve and paranoid soldier. He desperately tries to keep clean in the field, even stealing soap from hotel rooms when he gets vacation time. After he breaks Strunk's nose, he breaks his own, so that Strunk will know that they are even.
What did Henry Dobbins carry?
O'Brien relates that on ambushes, and sometimes in bed, Henry Dobbins wears his girlfriend's pantyhose around his neck. Superstitions are prevalent in Vietnam, and the pantyhose are Dobbins's good luck charm.
What did Lee Strunk carry?
Dave Jensen carried night-sight vitamins high in caro- tene. Lee Strunk carried his slingshot; ammo, he claimed, would never be a problem. Rat Kiley carried brandy and M&M's candy. Until he was shot, Ted Lavender carried the starlight scope, which weighed 6.3 pounds with its aluminum carrying case.
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A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, …
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The Things They Carried (1990) is a collection of linked short stories by American novelist Tim O'Brien, about a platoon of American soldiers fighting on the ground in the Vietnam War.His third book about the war, it is based upon his experiences as a soldier in the 23rd Infantry Division.. O'Brien generally refrains from political debate and discourse regarding the Vietnam War.
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