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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"The Things They Carried"”.
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The things they carried: The biological residue of childhood misfortune
<p>There is a well-established relationship between childhood misfortune and adult health, but how these early-life experiences “get under the skin” to later manifest as poor health is less clear. To elucidate this process, this dissertation investigates (1) how childhood conditions influence …
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A True War Story: Reality and Simulation in the American Literature and Film of the Vietnam War
<p>The Vietnam War has become an important symbol and signifier in contemporary American culture and politics. The word "Vietnam" contains many meanings and narratives, including both the real events of the American War in Vietnam and the fictional representations of that war. Because we live in a …
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Reading Through Displacement: Functionality of the Underlying Theme in Tim O'Brien's Fiction
… All involve Vietnam in some way—overtly, for the most part. He and his stories are well known stylistically for several traits including the blurred distinctions between what actually happened and "story truth," something that did not really happen, but is true nonetheless. Within the story, …
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"Ideological Complicity in Vietnam War Narratives From ""the Quiet American"" To ""miss Saigon"""
The 1958 movie adaptation of Graham Greene's 1955 novel critical of U.S. intervention in Vietnam, The Quiet American, reversed the plot and the politics of the original. Chapter 1 demonstrates how both versions of The Quiet American identify a "masculine" position with the United States and a …
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Operation Iraqi Freedom Two: March 2004 to March 2005
… March 2004 to March 2005, designated O.I.F.2, or the second American rotation in Operation Iraqi Freedom. What follows is a series of short stories where I attempt to paint a realistic picture of my experiences as a front-line combat tanker. I make no apologies for my bluntness, for as Tim O'Brien …
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Post Traumatic Story Disorder: The Power of Story Telling and Story Hearing to Heal the Invisible Wounds of War
Beyond the visible physical wounds they suffer, soldiers traumatized by war often experience the debilitating effects of what psychiatrist Jonathan Shay calls moral injury and shrinkage of the social and moral horizon. Shay’s book Achilles in Vietnam argues that soldiers have suffered these moral …
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Post Traumatic Story Disorder: Using the Power of Narrative to Heal the Invisible Wounds of War
… for male soldiers can be an inability to share their stories. This obstacle is exacerbated by the construct of American masculinity in the military and society. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the efficacy of the use of narrative to overcome male soldiers’ inability to share their …
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Post traumatic story disorder: using the power of narrative to heal the invisible wounds of war
… for male soldiers can be an inability to share their stories. This obstacle is exacerbated by the construct of American masculinity in the military and society. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the efficacy of the use of narrative to overcome male soldiers’ inability to share their …