What are the literary devices in The Things They Carried?

Answer 1

"By daylight they took sniper fire, at night they were mortared, but it was not battle, it was just the endless march, village to village, without purpose, nothing won or lost." Chapter 1

"On occasions the war was like a Ping-Pong ball. You could put a fancy spin on it, you could make it dance." Chapter 3

"My conscience told me to run, but some irrational and powerful force was resisting, like a weight pushing me toward the war. What it came down to, stupidly, was a sense of shame." Chapter 4

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Answer 2

"The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien uses several literary devices, including imagery to vividly describe the physical and emotional burdens carried by soldiers. O'Brien also employs irony to highlight the disparity between the soldiers' expectations and realities of war. Additionally, the author uses metafiction to blur the lines between fiction and reality, allowing readers to question the truth in storytelling.

Answer 3

In "The Things They Carried", there are about three literary devices in use. Imagery, allegory, and symbolism are those three devices.