Sweetheart Of The Song Tra Bong Chapter Analysis

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The chapter “Sweethearts Of The Song Tra Bong” from The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien is one of the most significant chapters in the novel. The chapter will keep the reader wanting to learn more about one of the main characters in the story Mary Anne Bell. The chapter starts off with Mark Fossie, announcing that his girlfriend since grade school is coming down to see him in Vietnam. Throughout the story Mary Anne transforms and converts personalities and as she is first introduced as a friendly innocent lady. O’Brien uses Mary Anne Bell as a symbolism to highlight the change of ignorance about the experiences in war throughout the story. When Mary Anne Bell first is introduced in the chapter, the men that are around Fossie are very

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