The Things They Carried
by Tim O’Brien
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The Things They Carried: Dialect 1 key example

Key Examples in The Things They Carried

Dialect
Explanation and Analysis:

Throughout The Things They Carried, O'Brien uses dialect to capture the voices of the members of Alpha Company. Although they come from different regions and cultural backgrounds, they all generally talk like young American men living in the late 60s and early 70s. O'Brien also includes plenty of military diction, which cements their identity as soldiers. At certain points, the narrator explicitly underlines how important a certain word or phrase is to make the given character come alive.