Tim O'Brien Interview The Things They Carried Vietnam

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  • čas přidán 21. 04. 2019
  • pbs.org/newshour/show/looking-back-at-the-vietnam-war-with-author-veteran-tim-obrien

Komentáře • 29

  • @isabelwolfer2240
    @isabelwolfer2240 Před 3 lety +48

    "Young people in particular need to understand the complications and ambiguities of these things, and to hear it from somebody who has not only gone to war but devoted a lifetime to suffering from it." So powerful.

  • @jennyfratzke
    @jennyfratzke Před rokem +5

    I love what you said in one of your interviews, “The power of Literature makes you feel less alone.” ❤ Thank you for your story, “The Things They Carried.” 🙏💕

  • @robertplumb9782
    @robertplumb9782 Před 24 dny

    Thank you Tim O ' Brien for Your wisdom , guidance and Literacy genius.

  • @marvinm.messier1120
    @marvinm.messier1120 Před 4 lety +32

    I'm so grateful for this author.

  • @luisholguin8124
    @luisholguin8124 Před 4 lety +60

    who got the answers

  • @paradoxinmotion
    @paradoxinmotion Před 3 lety +3

    also grateful for Tim and this interview x

  • @johnbrowne3950
    @johnbrowne3950 Před 4 lety +34

    You know when they say about a book "I couldn't put it down"? Well, that's exactly what happened when I read The Things They Carried.

    • @brookeleebee
      @brookeleebee Před 3 lety +1

      You should read "Lives of the Dead"

    • @mattburns8839
      @mattburns8839 Před rokem +1

      Yeah, you open that one, and you're not eating, sleeping, pi$$ing, $#!++ing or changing your clothes till you're done. Maybe the most gripping book I've ever read in my life.

  • @lloydboykins1157
    @lloydboykins1157 Před 2 lety +4

    one of the best books I've ever read

  • @manjulanilsson6011
    @manjulanilsson6011 Před 3 lety +10

    They are making a movie adaptation of this book now, with Tom Hardy and Bill Skarsgård

    • @paulbismuth10
      @paulbismuth10 Před 3 lety +3

      The cast is impressive for an indie film. It will be hard to adapt a such revered book and i fear that the director might not be the best fit to do it.

    • @jonharrison9222
      @jonharrison9222 Před rokem +2

      Guess that sank into development hell.

  • @milufernandez9943
    @milufernandez9943 Před 4 lety +6

    Hello! Do you have the page from where you retrieved this video? I´m using it for an investigation and I need to quote it, thanks!

    • @ryanmagee6279
      @ryanmagee6279  Před 4 lety +3

      pbs.org/newshour/show/looking-back-at-the-vietnam-war-with-author-veteran-tim-obrien

    • @milufernandez9943
      @milufernandez9943 Před 4 lety +3

      @@ryanmagee6279 thank you!

  • @keshabkaflay9075
    @keshabkaflay9075 Před 5 lety +14

    An honest man with an honest soul!

    • @grahamhannah2108
      @grahamhannah2108 Před 4 lety +2

      Except his book was fiction.
      He was in Vietnam well behind the lines, and he saw no actual fighting.

    • @Alexanderng1
      @Alexanderng1 Před 3 lety +3

      @@grahamhannah2108 he speaks the truth nonetheless

    • @grahamhannah2108
      @grahamhannah2108 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Alexanderng1 He lied about his tour in Vietnam.
      His book was fiction.

    • @UnderwaterMoose
      @UnderwaterMoose Před 3 lety +4

      @@grahamhannah2108 I mean, of course?
      He mentions that the stories are fiction several times within the book.
      Its kinda the entire point of the book.

    • @jacobinsonmyleft5358
      @jacobinsonmyleft5358 Před 3 lety +2

      @@Alexanderng1 because you agree with his perspective does not mean he speaks truth. The very fact his book is fiction says it is not truth, but a tool he is using to sway you to his way of thinking. I have read his books. He writes well, but I do not agree with many of his opinions which is what all his "truths" amount to.

  • @1murder99
    @1murder99 Před 2 lety +2

    Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

  • @wellesz31
    @wellesz31 Před 2 lety +4

    Book bad :(