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Truth and Fiction in Tim O'Brien's "The things they carried"

Name: Truth and Fiction in Tim O'Brien's "The things they carried"
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Author: Larissa Pöltl
ISBN: 978-3-668-29076-1

Term Paper, 2011

13 Pages, Grade: 2,7

Larissa Pöltl (Author)

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1.Introduction

2. Truth and Fiction in Vietnam War Writing
2.1 What is truth?
2.2 Vietnam War Writing

3. Truth and Fiction in The things they carried
3.1 Tim O'Brien's Reasons for Using Fiction
3.2 O'Brien and Vietnam War Writing
3.3 Effects of Using Fiction
3.3.1 Fighting Trauma

4. Conclusion

5. Bibliography

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Title: Truth and Fiction in Tim O'Brien's "The things they carried"
College: University of Mannheim (Anglistisches Seminar)
Course: In Times of Crisis. Representations of War in American Literature and Film from the Civil War to Iraq
Grade: 2,7
Author: Larissa Pöltl (Author)
Year: 2011
Pages: 13
Catalog Number: V339550
ISBN (eBook): 9783668290754
ISBN (Book): 9783668290761
File size: 502 KB
Language: English
Keywords: truth, fiction, brien

Quote paper: Larissa Pöltl (Author), 2011, Truth and Fiction in Tim O'Brien's "The things they carried", Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/339550

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