Title
Tim O’Brien, Ernest Hemingway, and the Short Story Cycle Tradition
Document Type
Essay
Annotation
Compares The Things They Carried (1990) to In Our Time, opening with a discussion of their partial adherence to the conventions of the short story cycle before moving into an analysis of “Soldier’s Home” and “Speaking of Courage.” Ciocia argues that O’Brien’s Bowker attempts to break through the silence and half truths of maladjusted veterans like Krebs by trying to say what Krebs would not say. Concludes that Bowker’s need to bond with his audience by telling his story contrasts sharply with Krebs’s desire for silence and solitude.
Published in
Tim O’Brien
Date
2015
Pages
82-99
COinS
Citation
Ciocia, Stefania. “Tim O’Brien, Ernest Hemingway, and the Short Story Cycle Tradition.” In Tim O’Brien, edited by Robert C. Evans, 82-99. Ipswich, MA: Salem Press, 2015.