Tim O Brien Rhetorical Analysis

From pages 52 to 54, O’Brien creates a parable that shows the true nature of the fear hidden in us that latches on and doesn’t let go. He exhibits this through the repetition of this fear, the lack of any onlookers to judge, and the rhetorical questions asked. The main idea is that when confronted with a frightful idea such as war, you will feel your truest emotions and they will conflict with your thoughts and even other emotions, and of these fear is strongest.

Nothing can make a person feel more guilty/regret quite like war; American literature has often reflected the different point of views that comes with war. Published in 1990, after his experiences in Vietnam, the author, Tim O’Brien wrote “The Things They Carried,” a reminiscing, culpable collection of short stories that describe the Alpha company and their reality. Later, in 2012, after his tour of duty in Iraq, Chris Kyle published “American Sniper,” a patriotic, regretful memoir showcases pride in protecting others. While Tim O’Brien uses Point of View and Imagery to express how both sides of the war, has good people with lives. Chris Kyle uses synecdoche and metaphor to demonstrate that the enemy is just the enemy.

In the story on one of the very first pages Tim O’Brien was talking about how in your childhood everybody always thinks that they will amount to be a hero and maintain all of those qualities, however, all he felt was shame. Following this he was talking about how he felt as if he was a coward and how he didn’t assume that he had the courage to go against the grain. From all of this I was envisioning that he didn’t have enough guts to go to Canada for the reason that if he did, I don’t feel that he would have regretted his decision. Tim O’Brien would have done not only what he wanted; on the other hand, what he felt was right for him. Then later on in the story when Mr. O’Brien was expressing how horrible his job was at the meat packing plant was and how the pigs were en route to the slaughter I took it as is was of foreshadowing. I saw this as foreshadowing as a result of him being sent to war, it was as if he was the pig, the soldier, going to be slaughtered, at war, as if he had no chance or say in the situation he was about to be forced into.

To add on, O’Brien lacks the knowledge and skill to help others, making him egocentric. It is sensible to state this due to his inability to be selfless and rid his mind of vain thoughts. O’Brien strongly believes that he “was too good for [the] war, he was too smart, too compassionate, too everything” (41). This hyperbole, an exaggeration, exhibits that O’Brien only thinks of himself and does not want to go to war because it does not benefit his future at all. He is unable to understand the nation’s need for his presence in Vietnam due to his uncontrollable anger which blinds him from an opportunity to help those who are hurting and are in need of help from people such as him. Additionally, his anger also resonates from his envious thoughts, which is caused by what he suggests is an unjust government.

In this story used a lot of repetition. He repeats the description this man as the guy lay dead on the ground. He also creates a life for this guy. what he thinks his life was and going to be. He was humanizing him unlike others on his platoon. This repetition shows how his mind was coping with him taking this guy’s life. This is one common symptom of PTSD; when traumatic events replay in his mind. During this moment he had a internal conflict. During this he was creating a life for this guy. He doesn't know this guy. so why did he do this? Did he do this to cope with taking his life? Wouldn't that make him feel more worse about killing him? This is one of the negative ways of coping with something. This would make it harder for him to survive during the war, but this also allowed him to keep his humanity. By humanizing him he made himself vulnerable to harm from anyone in the area. This is bad for Tim O’brien survival in the

Additionally, by using pathos appeal it allows the reader sympathize and familiarize with Tim O’Brien’s emotions. He invokes the audience by asking rhetorical questions which put yourself in his situation. “What would you do? Would you jump? Would you feel pity for yourself? Would you think about your family and your childhood and your dreams and all you're leaving behind? Would it hurt? Would it feel like dying? Would you cry, as I did?” (54) He uses emotional nouns that everybody has an emotional attachment with like “family, childhood and dreams.” By questioning important aspects of life, really makes the reader sympathize with his confusion. O’Brien adds to the pathos appeal by applying anaphora and parallel structure by repeating the words

A key technique that Tim O'Brien used in order to express his attitude towards the war, was the one of repetition. We see a young Tim O’Brien try to justify his reasons for fleeing the USA by crossing the border to Canada and trying to explain his feelings by saying, “What would you do? Would you jump? Would you feel pity for yourself? Would you think about your family and your childhood and your dreams and all you're leaving behind? Would it hurt? Would it feel like dying? Would you cry, as I did?”. We see repetition predominantly used throughout this passage and it gives us a clearer indication of what his attitude towards the war actually was. The use of repetition makes the reader think about how they would have reacted in a similar situation.

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