ENG 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: The Things They Carried, Anthropomorphism
2 Mar 2016
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The things they carried: themes: love, war, death, fear, strength, separation, In the things they carried and the red convertible, both lieutenant jimmy cross and henry experience separation from their loved ones while at war. The distress that comes along with the separation triggers a breaking point for both characters and leads them to re- evaluate these relationships and conclude to move on: definition: Encyclopaedic writing: uses long lists of things to make a point. Tttc: lists things they were carrying to convey the heaviness of what they actually carried. Moby dick uses this lots: martha"s eyes. First description: grey and neutral (fantasizes about touching her knee, keeps her pure and virgin) Martha"s eyes flat eyes , loner, swims alone, march in ocean = she is a shark. The red convertible: same themes essentially, personification = reposed car, alive (cid:1)
