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Stockings

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

STOCKINGS

An excerpt from "The Things They Carried"
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HENRY DOBBINS

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Plot
Henry Dobbins wraps the stockings around his neck
Gives him luck
He never gets hurt
"He got caught in the poem during a fierce little fire light no cover at all, but he just slipped the pantyhose over his nose and breathed deep and let the magic do its work."
His girlfriend broke up with him in a letter but he still wore the stockings for a comforter

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Conflict
Man vr. Himself: he needs the stockings to get through his day even though they broke up. He still likes her and the stockings remind him of her.

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Conflict
Man vr. Himself: he needs the stockings to get through his day even though they broke up. He still likes her and the stockings remind him of her.

Characters
Henry Dobbins- big and strong with stockings around his neck
His girlfriend- young and innocent
Tim O'Brien- narrator

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Theme
The stockings represent the comfort of his girlfriend and home in America. Even though they're broken up the stockings still bring him the comfort he needs to get through the war.

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Golden Line
"Dobbins went quiet for a while, staring down at her letter, then after a time he took out the stockings and tied them around his neck as a comforter. No sweat, he said, The magic doesn't go away."

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