1. The Ending of The Things They Carried
... doubt on the veracity of the entire book to show a normal audience how war veterans are forced to cope with their experiences. The ending of the novel seems to accentuate this confusion as more stories dealing with the heavy topic of death are introduced and the importance of O'Brien's writing of his experiences is more ... defined. Particularly at the end of ... they were close to that died seem less dead – they kept those people alive in their head with stories, like those O'Brien wrote of his friends Ted Lavender, Curt Lemon, Kiowa, and Linda. After Linda's death, O'Brien describe...
- Word Count: 685
- Approx Pages: 3
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Undergraduate