Things They Carried Essay: A Cultural Studies Approach to Enemies

A Cultural Studies Approach to Enemies in The Things They Carried     Two men who fight over a jack jab in Enemies, a chapter in Tim OBriens work, The Things They Carried.  A cultural studies approach to Enemies allows the reader to image much deeper into the meaning of the events that unfold in Enemies.  The fight over the knife could very well reflect the events occurring in society during that time.          In short, Enemies is close two men, Lee Strunk and Dave Jensen, who are battling not only in a war but with each other.  They were viciously fighting about a missing jackknife.  A question that the reader might ask themselves is, why were they fighting over a jackknife? Did it have some peculiar(prenominal) sentimental meaning?  These questions cannot be answered they can only be go forth to wonder.         Vietnam was a very mentally and physically strenuous war to fight.  At any given point any soldier could snap.  That is exactly what happen...