Things They Carried by Things They Submission date: 14-Mar-2020 12:40PM (UTC-0500) Submission ID: 1275525109 File name: Imagery_as_a_source_of_themes.docx (19.37K) Word count: 1239 Character count: 5563 2% SIMILARITY INDEX 0% INTERNET SOURCES 0% PUBLICATIONS 2% STUDENT PAPERS 1 1% 2 1% Exclude quotes On Exclude bibliography On Exclude matches Off Things They Carried ORIGINALITY REPORT PRIMARY SOURCES Submitted to Sacred Heart Prep Student Paper Submitted to John Paul II High School Student Paper Things They Carriedby Things TheyThings They CarriedORIGINALITY REPORTPRIMARY SOURCES This is a fine analysis of the power of this story's well-crafted imagery, Angelica. You start out with a great description of the power of scene in fiction to transport readers to another place, and then you give good attention to several descriptive passages in the story. You do a good job contrasting the imagined scenes with Martha and the scenes of war that LT Cross experiences in the moment. But there's something missing. You need to add a paragraph on the scene where he burns Martha's letters, because that's the story's crisis scene, and it's central to understanding the story's message about the emotional sacrifice of young men in combat, who can't afford the luxury of having a crush on a girl like other guys their age. Running head: IMAGERY AS A REFLECTION OF THEMES IN STORIES 1 IMAGERY AS A REFLECTION OF THEMES 6 Imagery as a Reflection of Themes Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Imagery as a Reflection of Themes There is nothing more elating than seeing what you are reading. This doesn’t mean literally seeing what the words on the book but being so deep immersed by a story in that you are drawn from reality and feel like an additional and unmentioned piece in a narrative or a story. In the short story, The Things They Carry, by Tim O’Brien shows imagery at its best. Two sentences into the narrative and it is a guarantee that the reader will have stepped out of reality and would be marching with Lieutenant Jimmy Cross across Vietnam. Imagery ideally can be used to bring out themes such as love, hope and famously as in the story, burdens. Visual imagery is one of the most used type of imagery in the story. The vivid description of the area in which the troops marched in and the imagination of Lieutenant Cross with Martha give us a rough idea of the difference in the two locations. On one hand the author manages to give us a visual image of Martha and alongside that, the imagination of Lieutenant Cross to with her. Through the photos, we can imagine Martha with the white shorts and visualize her playing volleyball, knee bent and palm outstretched. We create our own vision of her beauty. At the same time we see Cross’s imagination of Martha picking the pebble and we also see how Lieutenant Cross carrying it in his mouth always. Imagery can bring out the theme of Love in this narrative. As the author makes us.