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From my research about Tim O'Brien and The Vietnam War , I realized that the war was a struggle for the soldiers mentally and physically. Both Tim and many of the soldiers suffered from PTSD when returning from the war. O'Brien is married with two kids and living in a small town in Minnesota. He's only visited Vietnam once post-war in 1994 for the New York Times.

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Reading to “the things they carried” feels like a massive description about how life is under those certain circumstances. From sensory details, to how the soldiers felt to basically what they carried. The overall purpose of all this description is to make you imagine as close as possible the situation. So feel sympathy and empathy with the characters of the story.
On this chapter it is often mention what the soldiers carried not only on a physical way but also what feelings and expectations they carried. Overall you feel connected to the story and its characters

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After reading about Tim O'Brien and the Vietnam War, I have learned that the war was a physical and mental struggle. After the war he had to fight the mental war against suicide. After the war, O’Brien had a job reporting at the Washington Post, and later was a part of a 10 episode documentary about the war. He wrote Going After Cacciato after the war as well. I also learned that there was a lot of debate about the war and there were heavy protests against the war and the US involvement, and there were other issues that went along with it like heavy inflation.

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From my research about Tim O'Brien I have learned that Tim O'Brien is from Minnesota, he fought in Vietnam, he is currently married and has 2 kids, and he also wrote Going After Cacciato. From my research about Vietnam I learned that the US entered the war around 1954 and left around 1973, soldier who fought in Vietnam faced negative reactions from fellow Americans, and that JFK, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon where all president during the war.

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From reading two articles about both Tim O'Brien and the Vietnam War, I learned several interesting facts. Tim is a veteran of the war himself, he had a traumatic experience in Vietnam, which is almost inevitable when being in a war atmosphere, but he was also injured at war. This war specifically killed a large number and was a very strenuous and violent war. He overcame this difficult experience and found many successes, including a Purple Heart award, best selling novels and studying to become a political Science major at Mccalester College.

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After reading the two articles, I really enjoyed learning about Tim O’Brien’s views on his own book. One view point that stuck out was Tim did not believe his book on the Vietnam war, was technically a book about war at all. He actually believed his book was was more about life experiences. Another point I thought was interesting, he never intended for highschoolers  to read his book. Tim believed the themes of trauma and truth of the war would be considered unappealing. He believed his book would be read by an older audience.

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What I've learned from this story is that each different soldier carried photographs of loved ones back from home. Also that each soldier would waste away there explosives and other materials, knowing that a supply would be in soon and they could just get new ones.  And what tragic events of a friend who has died can do on a person.

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After reading my two articles I learned that the Vietnam war was despised by pretty much all of the United States soldiers, including Tim O'Brien. I learned that Tim was born in small town Minnesota and had a political masters degree from macalester college. O'Brien was rewarded the Purple Heart upon his return, and attended anti-war protests. A thing that I learned about the war was how agent orange has effected million of soldiers on both sides as well as civilians. It has caused so many skin disorders and birth defects that nobody talks about.

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After reading the two articles that I chose, I learned a lot about the Vietnam War and Tim O'Brien. The Vietnam war was fought between North and South Vietnam, along with the US who supported the south side. The "war" was also not considered a war. There also was never a real winner. Tim O'Brien was a veteran in the war. He published the novel "The Things They Carried" which is about his experience in the "war."

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From reading these two articles I paid most attention to the way the Vietnam war impacted Tim O'Brian , an author and Vietnam veteran from Minnesota. The war traumatized him, damaging him, mentally. When he went back to Vietnam, the memories flooded into his head and brought him to flashbacks of the horrific event. Then when watching the Vietnam documentary he quoted, "It makes me cry. I was unable to stop crying". This just shows how much the war messed with his emotions.

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From the reading I learned that the Vietnam war was a horrific event that scarred the men serving for America. I learned that Tim O'Brian is Minnesotan and he says Vietnam was a terrible nightmare to go through.  Lastly, I learned that he revieved a Purple Heart.

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From reading these articles I learned how horrific and devasting the Vietnam War was and the terrible experiences people had fighting it. Tim O’Brian talks about how he is from Minnesota and he hasn’t been back to Vietnam ever since he worked for the New York Time. What was devastating to me was him saying that he had a girlfriend when he came home from Vietnam but because it was so traumatic over their she had left him.  While he was in Vietnam he was award the Purple Heart. Now he has two children and is a professor for writing at a Univeristy in Texas.

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I learned that when writing a war story, telling the truth isn't always the best choice. War stories aren't moral. Mr. O'Brien claims that when telling stories, the truth sometimes isn't sufficient. He believes that "story-truths" and "happening-truths are better when it comes to telling a story.

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From the articles that I read I learned that Tim O' Brien grew up in Minnesota and that he served in veitnam. When Tim O'Brien served in Vietnam and it would end up being a bad experience, but at the end of the war he would receive a Purple Heart. Tim O' Brien now has two kids and lives in Texas.

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From these articles I learned that Britain was the first to use chemical bombs as a war tactic. Also something that I found surprising was that Agent Orange was named after the color of the stripe surrounding the barrels in which they were shipped in.  I also found out that Tim O'Brien was born in Minnesota and that he didn't intend for his book for high schoolers. I found it shocking that he said most of the book is made up.

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I learned that Tim o'brien is an author from Austin, Minnesota. He is also a veteran of the Vietnam war in 1968. He said Vietnam was a nightmare for him because it was a war that the US didn't win and he can never forget about it. But he went back to Vietnam for New York times

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I learned the pure magnitude to which the Vietnam affected Tim O'Brien, pushing to write about the struggles and human conflicts one goes through before, during, and after the affects of war.

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From these articles I learned about Tim O'Brian and how he is a veteran of the Vietnam war and his experience there. He talked about how pointless the war in Vietnam was. He was awarded with The Purple Heart and he had a terrible experience in Vietnam.

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I learned that Tim O'brian is an author is an author from Minnesota. He wrote about his time in Vietnam. Vietnam was a bad experience. He was awarded a Purple Heart. He has waited 2 award winning books about his time there

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I learned that Tim O'brian was a Vietnam war veteran and he
Thought the war was pointless. He was born in a small town in Minnesota. After the war he wrote a book called "The things we carried"

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Reading these articles I learned that Tim O'brien, a 71 Veteran of the Vietnam war has had many achievements in his life. O'brien was awarded a Purple Heart for his heroic work in Vietnam. Also he has won awards for his well written novels. O'Brien has had some struggles over coming the PTSD of the war but overall has still been able to live a successful life.

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I learned that Tim O'brien was a veteran that served in Vietnam and is from Minnesota. Vietnam was a nightmare for him and he had to relive that nightmare by going back for New York Times. The Vietnam war was a war that the U.S didn't win. The Vietcong soldiers were dressed as regular citizens so that the the US troops didn't know who was an enemy and who wasn't.

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I learned about Tim Brian and his experience in vietnam, he took a trip to back to this firbase with  his wife and took pictures for the place he worked at. He described the Vietnam war being pointless.

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From the articles that I read, I learned that Tim O’Brien is from Minnesota. He was never a fan of the war and says that he hated every minute of it. Besides being an author, Tim O’Brien was a reporter for the Washington Post. What I learned about the Vietnam War was that the soldiers faced lots of criticism on their return home. The last thing I learned is that the Vietnam War divided America.

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I learned that Tim O'Brien was a soldier in the vietnam war. He originates from Minnesota and now is a teacher. He wrote a book after the war called "The things they carried". He was injured in action from a grenade going off.

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Tim O'Brien is from Minnesota is 71 years old, is married, and has 2 kids. He teaches at Texas state university, and was a soldier in the Vietnam war. Tim wrote the fiction novel "The things he carried" which portrayed the lives of himself and his comrades in the conflict.

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I learned about how Tim O Brian

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I learned that Tim O’Brien was from Minnesota and served in the Vietnam war. I learned that he’s been back to Vietnam one time with the New York Times but hasn’t been back besides that. Things I learned about the Vietnam war itself were that a total of 3 million people died including 58,000 Americans. A quote that stood out to me in the article was that “The jungle is where Tim O’Brien will sleep till he’s gone.” That quote shows the long lasting affect the war had and will continue to have on him.

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I learned Time O’Brien lived in Minnesota. And I learned that he served in the Vietnam war. And he thought the war was pointless.

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When I read the two articles I learned more about Tim O'Brien. He's from Minnesota and attended school at Harvard. He wrote a book called "if I die in combat, box me up and ship me home." As for the Vietnam war I learned soldiers who came back, experienced extreme PTSD. The war was very controversial and many believe we went to Vietnam for no reason. the legacy of U.S involvement isn't very good. We lost many many lives and didn't accomplish what we were supposed to.

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I learned that Tim O’Brien lived in Minnesota then served in the vietnam war.  He now teaches writing at Texas State University. The vietnam war is not officially a war because a declaration of war wasn’t present. Combat was difficult for soldiers due to the viet cong, looking like ordinary people and they had no way to distinguish if they were against or for the United States Army.

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I learned that Tim O Brien was a soldier in the Vietnam war. Reading his stories and how they changed his life in a physical way,  not just fighting in a war that was very violent and long but, they impacted him and his fellow members around his as well. The influence of his articles had lots of effects and thoughts on people left behind. His book The Things They Carried is a really good book, and there’s nothing better than a good book with a good Author writing it.

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While reading my two choice articles, I learned that Tim O’Brien was a Minnesota born citizen who went to Macalester to study Political Science and fought in the Vietnam War. I know he wrote “The Things They Carried”.  While in the war he had trauma that effected him.  But also that the United States used a chemical called orange to toxicate Vietnam.

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Reading about how writing stories and articles saved Tim O'Brian's life makes me question why it saved his life. Is it because he wants to live to keep making stories, to satisfy his readers, or because writing is his life purpose? Did he reach the climax of his life, or did he come to a realization? It makes me think about my favorite writer, Stephen King, because I wonder what he sees in his own writing. To me, one of the most satisfying things is writing a good story; there is so much pride and appreciation for use of words and imagination.

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I learned that Tim O’Brien was in the Vietnam war and that he has spent a lot of time thinking about how the war effected him and the people around him. He was born and raised in Minnesota and went to amacalester college where he studied Political Science. He is now 71 years old and has won multiple National Book Awards for two of his books.  I also learned that while he was in the Vietnam war he was awarded the Purple Heart, which is awarded to an injured soldier. The last thing I learned is that he is married and has two children with his wife.

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I learned that Tim O'Brien was a soldier in the Vietnam war. It left lots of effects of thoughts in his life. He was an author and two of his best books where "The things they carried" also "Going after cacciato also learned he was born in a small town in Minnesota. He also worked at the Washington post after serving in the war. Also now he is married and has two children. The last thing I learned is that he was awarded with the Purple Heart.

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I learned that Tim O'Brien was an author who wrote about the Vietnam war, his two famous books are "The Things They Carried" and "Going After Cacciato". He was born and raised in Minnesota and is now 71 years old. I learned that the main causes of the war was from fear and territory disputes, and that the Vietnam War was very controversial because of the propaganda US citizens didn't want their soldiers in the war.

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I learned that Tim O Brien was a soldier in the Vietnam war. It was a very traumatic for him that left lasting effects on him throughout his life. I also learned he was born and raised in Minnesota. Later in his life, he went to various sights around where fought in Vietnam. He has won multiple National Book Awards for 2 of his books that he wrote.

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I learned that Tim O'Brien was born in a small town in Minnesota. He served in the Vietnam war and it was a very traumatizing experience for him. He still managed to go to college at Macalester college where he studied to be a political scientist. He has also won multiple National Book Awards for 2

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I learned that Tim O'Brien was born on October 1, 1946 in Minnesota. He has a collection of short stories that were inspired by his experiences in the Vietnam war. Tim graduated from Harvard university upon completing his tours in Vietnam. One thing I learned about the Vietnam war is that in Vietnam the war was known as the resistance war against America.

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I learned that Tim O'Brien was from this very state. He also is married and has 2 children, today he is 71 years old. One thing I found was that he wrote the book mainly to keep himself alive but also to tell himself that you don't have to be in war to have been in a war. But something I surprising that I found in one of the articles was that most of the characters in the book "The things they carry" are made and O'Brien says that majority of the events are from his imagination  but there are some events that he did experience

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I learned that Tim O'Brien was born in small-town Minnesota, and he studied to be a political scientist at Macalester college. O'Brien wrote most of his soothe his pain from serving in the Vietnam War. I learned that during the Vietnam war, some used Agent Orange and Napalm (2 defoliants to help see guerrillas hiding in the trees). Also, I learned that both sides of Vietnam wants to have a unified Vietnam, but each side on a different side of a unified Vietnam. I also learned that a treaty signed at the Geneva Conference divides Vietnam along the 17th Parallel.

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A shocking fact that I discovered is that I learned that Tim O'Brien is from Minnesota and that he studied political science in Massachusetts colledge. I also learned that he is an author that has received good and bad criticism. Next I also learned that the Vietnam war left many side effects in the jungle and as a result , some experience birth defects, cancer and skin disorders. Last of all the war was caused due to a fear of domino effect. Not wanting the spread of communism ideologies the USA felt the need to step in and intervene.

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I learned that Tim O’Brien is from Minnesota, is married and has two kids. He is now 71 years old and he served in the Vietnam war. He wrote many books and he served for 3 years in the Vietnam war. The Vietnam war caused controversy because fake news was being spread that we were winning when we weren’t and Tim O’Brien shared how it wasn’t a good experience for him.

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From O’Brien I learned that he’s from Minnesota. He went to macalester for college and was studying political science at the time. He wrote many books, 3 were vignettes If I die in combat, box me up, and take me home. He also wrote Northern Lights, The Nuclear Age, & Lake in the Woods

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learned that Tim O’brein served in the Vietnam war and it was a traumatizing experience for him, but he was still able to make a life for himself aster the war, he went to mccalster college and studied to become a college professor which he did later when he became a professor at a university in Texas he also married, had 2 kids, and wrote multiple books after serving in the war. I also learned about absent Orange a chemical used tomkills trees and vegetation but was later linked to health problems for soldiers and people living in Vietnam’s post war.

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I learned that Tim O’Brien has a good marriage with two children. He was in the Vietnam war and was rewarded a Purple Heart. He’s written many books most of his most famous books are “The Things They Carried”, “Going After Cacciato.” The Vietnam war started in 1954 and ended in 1975. The main reason the U.S pulled out of the Vietnam war was because not every one wanted to fight. Many protest started to happen and many of the soldiers were people that didn’t want to be there or know why we were fighting in the war.

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After reading my two articles, I learned that Tim O'Brien grew up in Minnesota. He is also the author of a book called "Going After Cacciato." I learned he worked for The Washington Post after serving in the Vietnam War. I also learned he is now married with two children.

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I learned that Tim O'Brien was from a small town in this very state. He has also made other books including , "Going after Cacciato" and obviously the things they carried. The critics have said these are amazing reading and that they will be read, as long as people read. I also learned that this "conflict" was never settled as a war. To the United States.

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I learned that Tim O'Brien also wrote Northern Lights, Going After Cacciato, The Nuclear Age, and Lake of the Woods in addition to The Things They Carried. He was born in Minnesota, and was drafted into the Vietnam War as a infantryman. The United States used Agent Orange (I believe it is a herbicide) as a toxin on Vietnam. This injured the American soldiers in addition to the Vietnamese people and soil, as they had cancers and skin diseases from being near the toxin for so long.

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I learned that Tim O’Brien was born in a small town named Austin, Minnesota. He received an undergraduate at Malacalester college.

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The two articles I read talked about how O'Brien studied political science at macalester collage here in Minnesota. I also found out that he was an infantryman during the war. He was also awarded the Purple Heart upon his arri

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I learned that Tim O'Brien was raised in a small town in Minnesota. He went to Harvard government and pursued a doctorate. He was drafted into the Vietnam war but hated everything about it. From his experience, he wrote many books about the Vietnam war telling people how sad and pointless it was.

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After reading the articles, I learned that Tim O’Brien is from Minnesota and that he has written many books. I also learned more about the Vietnam war. There were many different opinions from the citizens on the involvement of the United States in the war. I learned more about how scary the combat zone was in Vietnam.

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From the author I learned that he came from a small town in Minnesota. He was once a soldier on the Vietnam war and he said he hated every minute of it from beginning to end. He wished he had deserted to Canada but he never did. The main cause of the Vietnam war was intensified by the ongoing Cold War between the US & soviet. It was a very long and costly war and more than 50,000 soldiers died.

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From reading the articles I learned that Tim obrien is from minnesota.  He was a also an infantrymen in the Vietnam war. He also wrote books about his experiences in the vietnam war. Tim went to Harvard government and pursued a doctorate. I learned more about the Vietnam war and than more than 58,000 soldiers died. The Vietnam war changed he US as a country, and he said it made the US cynical and distrustful.

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If learned about many things about Tim O'Brien and his experiences in the war. How he describes his journey is very sad. He talks about how he lost his friend during battle and how he shouldn't be alive. The Vietnam war si something that he describes as "pointless"

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The "conflict" that was known as the Vietnam war started based on communism, and the fear of it being spread. While this caused the death of 58,000 American soldiers, it wasn't America's place to involve itself. From Tim O'Brien, I learned that he is from Minnesota, and that he was drafted, and remained in Vietnam for 3 years. Overall in The Things they carried artical from 20 years since publication, it's a book that has left a lasting impact on its readers.

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From reading the articles, I learned that the Vietnam war was a very long and violent war. 58,000 people died and the ones who lived are scarred from living through something so hard. I also learned that a man named Tim O'Brien from Minnesota was a soldier in Vietnam who now writes short stories to help him cope with his feelings about the war and