'Norman Morrison and The Things They Carried\r'

'War has such a ruby-red nature that it has affected many a(prenominal) individuals in many different ways. The most obvious of these is through the lives of the soldiers who pass it first-hand. However, even those who simply follow its progress and who hit empathy for those in the wake of such mass whacking ar affected by the event. Because of the savageness in struggle and the resulting psychological and emotional effects of this give birth on such state of war-ravaged men, many writers have attempt to tackle the subject. Norman Morrison and The Things They Carried argon twain literary pieces that have reflected the gravity of warfare and its impact on men who have struggled with its violence.\r\nTim O’Brien and Adrian Mitchell wrote pieces that resounded with their views on war. both(prenominal)(prenominal) employed the use of the lives of their characters to get a saddle across to their readers. War is terrible. Its effects echo on in an individual’s demeanor and the images of the terror of war is eternally implanted in the lives of those who die hard it. â€Å"He was a slim, dead, almost dainty unexampled man of ab expose twenty. He lay with superstar leg bent beneath him, his jaw in his throat, his face neither expressive nor inexpressive. One kernel was shut. The other was a star-shaped hole.” (O’Brien, 1998)\r\nThe drive of both pieces is to show the effect of the deaths of those considered to be the â€Å"enemy” on those involved in the war. War is non undiscriminating hate barely indiscriminate killing and both writers condemn these violent acts through their words. O’Brien (1998) shows this understandably through The Man I Killed while Mitchell (1997) does so through the liveliness of a man, Norman Morrison, who fought the war every day in his heart, at home.\r\nThe two works are very comprehensive in sharing with the reader the assure of the war and the experience of life after the w ar. Although the actions of these individual’s are clearly a result of psychological disorders, Tim O’Brien and Adrian Mitchell give their audience a look into the chiefsets of those who are actually experiencing these events. It is not a trip into the mind of disturbed individuals who have lost control of themselves scarce rather it is a clear view into the life of some champion who has experienced darkness and terror and who cannot, for the life of him, resolve it with the comforts and peace that he in one case k new-fashioned. â€Å"All that peace, man, it felt so good it hurt. I want to hurt it back.” (O’Brien, 1998)\r\nNorman Morrison was a solely new aspect of the war that no one was prepared to see. Although the war’s effects on the soldiers were already clear, its effects on those left â€Å"at home” was not. Yes, there were those actively voicing out their concerns approximately the events, denouncing the war and demanding a sto p to the violence, besides how far did it go? How far did their empathy for those involved in the war go? Mitchell (1997) answers this for us, â€Å"He simply fire away his clothes, his passport, his pink-tinted skin, put on a new skin of flame and became Vietnamese.”\r\nThus war became not only about those on foreign shores, not only about those holding the guns and the ammunitions. It became something more palpable. It became about everyone who was part of the countries at war. It became about the victims in the area where the war was happening and about those from the opposite inelegant who felt not only for their own soldiers but also for the â€Å"innocent” victims.\r\nIn conclusion, it can be said that both literary pieces spoke of war. both(prenominal) presented it through the lives of individuals who were involved in the war. This involvement was giving and included all of those who empathized with the events involved in war and those whose lives were dir ectly affected by the violence. The tragic deaths of those in the path of the savage war were the tipping point that set many individuals to the brink.\r\nReferences\r\nO’Brien, T. (1998). The things they carried. New York: Broadway Books\r\nMitchell, A. (1997) Norman Morrison. In Out Loud. London: W.H. Allen Publishers\r\n'