Comments on: Critical Analysis Essays http://essay-blog.com/essays/critical-analysis-essays Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Meredith Sparks http://essay-blog.com/essays/critical-analysis-essays/comment-page-1#comment-958 Meredith Sparks Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:05:01 +0000 http://essay-blog.com/?p=25#comment-958 I am in need of a critical analysis paper on "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'brien. The paper must be 2-3 pages 1000 words. I have started the paper already and will send to you. My three main points are in the last 3 sentences. Can you guarantee that my instuctor would not ever know this paper came from you? Iknow the thesis statement should be the last sentence of the intro but I have 3 sentences. Not sure of what to do. Meredith Sparks ENG 161 10-01-2009 Critical Analysis “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien The story, “The Things They Carried,” is about a platoon of 17 men trudging through the jungles and rice paddies of Vietnam. Besides their guns and ammunition, they are carrying on their persons everything from toilet paper to tranquilizers. The platoon leader, first Lieutenant Jimmy Cross, is also carrying some love letters from Martha, a girl back home in the states. He is in love with her, or so he thinks. Her letters are casual in nature with only a Love, Martha in closing. Does that word, love, mean she loves him like he loves her or is it strictly friendship only? He is so consumed by these thoughts that he more or less forgets his duty of leading the men. His every waking moment is about her and whether she loves him or not. When one of his men, Ted Lavender, is shot and killed, he realizes he has been avoiding his responsibilities as a leader. Besides the material things he carries, the emotional baggage weighs him down as well. He then burns her letters and as quoted from the story, they would get their shit together and maintain it neatly and in good working order. When we avoid responsibilities in our lives, it can lead us to failure. As we awaken to these failures we can then put our lives back on the right track. Finally, taking leadership of our lives will lead us to victories. I am in need of a critical analysis paper on “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’brien. The paper must be 2-3 pages 1000 words. I have started the paper already and will send to you. My three main points are in the last 3 sentences. Can you guarantee that my instuctor would not ever know this paper came from you? Iknow the thesis statement should be the last sentence of the intro but I have 3 sentences. Not sure of what to do.

Meredith Sparks
ENG 161
10-01-2009
Critical Analysis

“The Things They Carried”
by
Tim O’Brien

The story, “The Things They Carried,” is about a platoon of 17 men trudging through the jungles and rice paddies of Vietnam. Besides their guns and ammunition, they are carrying on their persons everything from toilet paper to tranquilizers. The platoon leader, first Lieutenant Jimmy Cross, is also carrying some love letters from Martha, a girl back home in the states. He is in love with her, or so he thinks.
Her letters are casual in nature with only a Love, Martha in closing. Does that word, love, mean she loves him like he loves her or is it strictly friendship only? He is so consumed by these thoughts that he more or less forgets his duty of leading the men. His every waking moment is about her and whether she loves him or not.
When one of his men, Ted Lavender, is shot and killed, he realizes he has been avoiding his responsibilities as a leader. Besides the material things he carries, the emotional baggage weighs him down as well. He then burns her letters and as quoted from the story, they would get their shit together and maintain it neatly and in good working order.
When we avoid responsibilities in our lives, it can lead us to failure. As we awaken to these failures we can then put our lives back on the right track. Finally, taking leadership of our lives will lead us to victories.

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