Private Irony in The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien: From Nepalese Perspective
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This study attempts to narrate that O`Brien's The Things They Carried offers a counterpoint to refute the allure of war through the use of low-keyed irony associated with the postmodernity. Through memories of the Vietnam War, the author refutes the seductive allure of war to which causes subtle variations as he introduces different characters that struggle with the core issue. He explains a self-aware criticism on the war according to the counterpart. He encourages readers to hate war through the use of postmodern counternarratives, in which he asserts self-conscious cultural criticism. In doing so, he argued that it is able to blur the boundary between fact and fiction. He depicts war as the manifestation of animalism, through the use of private irony. To sum up, this article attempts to introduce the private irony propounding in The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, from Nepalese Perspective.
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This study attempts to narrate that O`Brien's The Things They Carried offers a counterpoint to refute the allure of war through the use of low-keyed irony associated with the postmodernity. Through memories of the Vietnam War, the author refutes the seductive allure of war to which causes subtle variations as he introduces different characters that struggle with the core issue. He explains a self-aware criticism on the war according to the counterpart. He encourages readers to hate war through the use of postmodern counternarratives, in which he asserts self-conscious cultural criticism. In doing so, he argued that it is able to blur the boundary between fact and fiction. He depicts war as the manifestation of animalism, through the use of private irony. To sum up, this article attempts to introduce the private irony propounding in The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, from Nepalese Perspective.
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