The Things They Carried - Essay Assignment

The stories that I will be talking about are 'The Man I Killed' and 'Ambush'. I will prepare to discuss these stories by talking bout the different elements: The setting, the characters, the plot and the theme. The theme that ties to 'The Man I Killed' is guilt and responsibility. The Theme in 'Ambush' is pretty much the same as 'The Man I Killed' but also has the theme of imagination because he imagines that his daughter is an adult and tells her about the story of My Khe. The setting in 'The Man I Killed' is in My Khe following the murder that O'Brien had committed. The setting in 'Ambush' is at O'Brien's house where he is talking to his daughter about the story of My Khe.