Capture the Moment in: The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
Moment
(page)
Quotations
“Imagination is a killer.”
Literary
Device
Metaphor
11
Hyperbole
Simile
Sarcasm
16
“They carried the sky.”
“They moved like mules.”
“….sparklers for 4th of July, colored eggs for
Easter….it was the great American war chest.”
“Don’t mention anything about – “ “No,” I said, “I
won’t.”
Dialogue
30
15
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Significance / Connection
Letting your mind wander could lead to your
death or the death of those around you.
The pointless and purposeless of the march
or the “hump”
These soldiers are out in the jungle fighting to
survive – some of the items sent seemed
very trivial and silly.
This shows that there are a lot of battlefield
secrets between these men.