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The Things They Carried (1990) is a collection of linked short stories by American novelist Tim O'Brien, about a platoon of American soldiers fighting on the ground in the Vietnam War. His third book about the war, it is based upon his experiences as a soldier in the 23rd Infantry Division .
Squealer is a fictional character, a pig, in George Orwell's 1945 novel Animal Farm. He serves as second-in-command to Napoleon and is the farm's minister of propaganda . He is described in the book as an effective and very convincing orator and a fat porker.
"Animal Farm!" is the anthem first replacing "Beasts of England" after Squealer manages to convince the other animals that the original anthem is not required. Its purpose is to inspire loyalty to the farm, and also to the new leadership.
A Soldier's Sweetheart is a 1998 television film directed by Thomas Michael Donnelly and starring Kiefer Sutherland, [1] Skeet Ulrich, and Georgina Cates.It is based on a short story by Tim O'Brien, "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong."
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The Things They Carried blurs the lines between fact and fiction as the first-person narrator has the same name as the author (Tim O'Brien). [27] Each vignette explores themes such as loss, displacement, memory, trauma, and the nature of truth. [28] [29] O'Brien's writing style in The Things They Carried is informal, colloquial, and ...