Was tim o brien opposed to all wars or just to Vietnam?
When did Tim O'Brien fight in the Vietnam war?
How did Tim O'Brien feel about the Vietnam War?
What is Tim O Brien's opinion of the Vietnam War?
Why did I need to distance myself from my imagination?
And, for me, at least, I needed to distance myself to allow my imagination to reorganize and to reinterpret the material that had been so close to me that it was hard to separate what would be important for the story and what wouldn't, what the reader would need and the reader would not.
What does it mean when you're so close to material?
When you're so close to material, it would be if you had come out of a bad marriage. You would be so close to it, that you would be paying attention to detail that may not mean a whole lot for the reader.
Who is the author of Looking Back at the Vietnam War?
Looking Back at the Vietnam War with Author, Veteran Tim O’Brien. Thirty five years after the conclusion of the Vietnam War, Tim O'Brien's collection of stories about an American platoon, "The Things They Carried," is being reissued as it celebrates its own 20th anniversary. Jeffrey Brown talks to the author about the experiences ...
Can a bullet kill an enemy?
You can manufacture enemies, as I was telling the class, that a bullet can kill the enemy, but a bullet can also produce an enemy, depending on whom that bullet strikes . If it strikes some little boy, a 3-year-old, you have got a very angry mom and a very angry dad and a bunch of neighbors who are not happy.
Who is Tim O'Brien?
Marking the anniversary, author Tim O'Brien is out talking to students and others, including this recent Webcast conversation shot at a Washington, D.C., high school. O'Brien himself served in Vietnam and has written a memoir of that time, as well as six other novels. Welcome to you. TIM O'BRIEN, author, "The Things They Carried": Thanks ...
Is fiction a way to get at the truth of war?
I saw you talking to the students, and you talked about using fiction as a way to get at the truth of war. Yes. For me, the way to approach a subject such as Vietnam is through storytelling. It's one thing to watch a newscast or read a newspaper or a magazine article, where things are fairly abstract.
Do things we carry say things about us?
Yes. I mean, the things we carry, the objects we carry say things about the sorts of people we are.