The novel, The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien, superficially appears as a war story but subliminally depicts a love story. The main character, Tim O’Brien, tells stories of when he was drafted and the time he spent serving in the Vietnam War. Throughout his stories, Tim introduces us to a variety of his friends that he encounters during his deployment. The author Tim O’Brien describes his main character’s relationships with his friends in vivid detail. This detail contributes to the unraveling of the main character’s relationships with the other characters, and reels the audience’s focus onto these developing relationships. The main character Tim O’Brien homes the audience into his relationship with Norman Bowker when he describes Bowker descending into insanity as he circles a lake in his hometown in Iowa. The vivid detail of Bowker’s experiences repetitively circling the lake forces the audience to empathize with Bowker. The vivid detail that the author Tim O’Brien uses enhances the audience’s view of the relationships in the novel. We look deeply into the detail and empathize due to its believability. This essentially shows us the main character’s bond with other characters and how he develops fondness for his peers. Through detailed descriptions, the author makes the audience feel for his characters and pay special attention to their relationships. By vicariously witnessing the death, loss, and trauma the main character, O’Brien, experiences from losing loved ones, that makes this fictional novel a love story.
**This blog post deliberately falls short of the minimum requirement of words. I do not wish to spill nonsensical thoughts onto page to meet the subjective requirements of a course. I feel as though that I do not need to meet a specific number of words to completely divulge my thoughts.**
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