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Critic Roland Barthes states "Literature is the question minus the answer." In Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried", that's something that is evident quite early on. We see throughout the work that war is pain, it is misery, it is brotherhood, and it is gruesome. This leads the reader to the question of how does war change people? People can be malleable, and war gives people a way for even the most gentle of men do the most horrific of things in wartime. 

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Critic Roland Barthes states "Literature is the question minus the answer." In Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried", that's something that is evident quite early on. We see throughout the work that war is pain, it is misery, it is brotherhood, and it is gruesome. This leads the reader to the question of how does war change people? People can be malleable, and war gives people a way for even the most gentle of men do the most horrific of things in wartime. 

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According to Roland Barthes, "Literature is the question minus the answer." When it comes to Tim O'Brien's novel "The Things They Carried", this statement is quite true about writing war stories. In the novel, there are many questions that are left unanswered, and one of those questions is why were the soldiers even fighting in the Vietnam War? Tim O'Brian, expressed this question through many of the characters in his book. Most of them believed that they were in the war because they were too afraid of damaging their pride, but only a few actually questioned why America was in the  war. Through past and present stories, either about the war, prewar memories, or postwar memories, O'Brian portrays what many of the soldiers believed to be the truth for why they were in the Vietnam War.

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Critic Roland Barthes once stated, "Literature is the question minus the answer." Some of the best works of literature pose a question without answer; rather, they let the reader find their own views with some direction from the story. This is a quote sure to hold true in Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried." O'Brien's writing has the horrifying ability to put readers into the war zone and let them feel almost the same emotions. The question of the work would be does the fear and sporadic violence of the war zone hinder morals? Even the sweetest of men can turn into monsters when threatened.

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Roland Barthes once said, "Literature is the question minus the answer." In "The Things They Carried", this statement from Barthes is relevant because it is relatable to a central question from the book. Why were the soldiers fighting in the Vietnam war? The war in Vietnam brought about many unanswered questions. During this time period, men joined the war because they had to. They did not know why they were truly fighting in the war. Tim O'Brien addresses this question all throughout his novel. He informs readers about the harsh circumstances that the soldiers had to face and deal with. His stories portrayed the hardships that they faced. Tim O'Brien shows the reader that society should not hold such a high expectation for men because war wasn't for everyone. War doesn't always have a purpose, but men chose to fight in it anyways.

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Roland Barthes has said, "Literature is the question minus the answer". The central theme of "The Things They Carried" is exactly what he quoted, a question without a clear solution. In "The Things They Carried", it raises the concern of how much war actually changes a human being's physical well-being and state of mind. Does war really change a person completely? Or does it not change an individual at all? In many cases, O'Brien describes the way his friends in the platoon change over the course of a couple of battles or a couple of  years. The theme of the story is that war affects people in various ways.

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In life, sometimes we have questions without answers. Everyone is then left to form their own opinion on these questions. Several of these types of issues are shown in literature. An example of such would be the novel "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien. It poses the question, among many others, of the ethics of killing even if it is in a war. The only answers provided by the story are Tim's thoughts as he sees the body of the man he killed. From this part of the story, the reader can infer from the horrified reaction Tim has that killing in wars is unethical.

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In the story "The Things They Carried" the author, Tim O'Brien, was put into many difficult situations as a soldier in Vietnam war. The most horrifying part of this story is that O'Brien was not the only one that faced these difficult situations and many of them faced these problems and they didn't know why they were fighting, but they fought anyway. This is very similar to what Roland Barthes said about literature. Roland said, "Literature is the question minus the answer" ans this is similar to the novel "The Thing They Carried" because these men fought tooth and nail for an answer that they would never find, to a question that was never asked; why are they abandoning their morals to fight in this war that they never signed up for and is it okay for this to happen to everyday ordinary men?

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We all know war is a traumatic and disturbing occurrence that has negatively affected many; both physically and mentally. 2004 "Critic Roland Barthes" has said, "Literature is the question minus the answer." The novel "The Things They Carried', written by Tim O'Brien, is an intense and smart work that puts all of the hard ships of war into perspective and all of life's questions and answers about war still up for debate. The theme is literally the quote from Critic Roland Barthes; rising questions and concerns without specific answers. Many people wonder, why do veterans come home an entirely new person? Why are they so mentally distraught? The underlying reasons behind these questions are displayed throughout O'Brien's novel through intense diction and specific examples. The happenings in war are traumatic and they physically and emotionally trouble these men for the rest of their lives.

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The Vietnam was was a war where many soldiers and citizens did not understand what they were fighting for. Many soldiers did not want to fight in the war but were forced to by societies standards, or live in shame for the rest of their lives. Many people during the Vietnam war and the novel wondered, why are we fighting this war that we don't believe in? The author goes through the entire novel explaining the different experiences of the men that did not want to fight in the war and how some tried to get out of it. This question can never have an answer because society pressured these young men to go to war, even though the citizens did not support the war but would look down on those who would abstain from fighting in Vietnam.

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2004“Critic Roland Barthes has said, ‘Literature is the question minus the answer.” Choose a novel otplay and,considering Barthes’ observation, write an essay in which you analyze a central questionthe work raises and the extent to which it offers any answers. Explain how the author’s treatment of this question affects your understanding of the work as a whole. “ 

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2004“Critic Roland Barthes has said, ‘Literature is the question minus the answer.” Choose a novel otplay and,considering Barthes’ observation, write an essay in which you analyze a central questionthe work raises and the extent to which it offers any answers. Explain how the author’s treatment of this question affects your understanding of the work as a whole. “ 