Sources for Reserch Essay

Wesley, Marilyn. "Truth and fiction in Hit >> Tim O'Brien's If I Die in a Combat Zone and The Things They Carried." College Literature. 29.2 (Spring 2002): 1-18. Print.

http://lion.chadwyck.com.proxy.yc.edu/searchFulltext.do?id=R01615238&divLevel=0&queryId=../session/1287808478_25168&trailId=12B3CDF2422&area=abell&forward=critref_ft

Marilyn Wesley discusses war in general and Vietnam in particular in relation to a true factual account verses “a true story.”  She has excerpts from Tim O’Brien carrying out the  themes of truth versus fiction versus accuracy, concepts throughout “The Things They Carried.”  I am hoping to incorporate some of the thoughts she puts forth about O’Brien’s work compared to Hemmingway’s or works of other time periods concerning war.

Getlin, Josh. "Vietnam and WWII: Myths and Memories." Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA). 09 Apr 1995: A1+. SIRS Researcher. Web. 23 Oct 2010.

http://sks.sirs.com.proxy.yc.edu/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SAZ0642-0-7815&artno=0000012698&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=War%2C%20vietnam%20stories&title=Vietnam%20and%20WWII%3A%20Myths%20and%20Memories&res=Y&ren=N&gov=N&lnk=N&ic=N#citation

An article that caught my attention in a SIRS search was “Vietnam and WWII: Myths and Memories.”  It touches on the how war stories are told and how they affect the nation.  Published in 1995, in the Los Angeles Times, it has credibility with interviews from participants of both wars.  I’m most confident because the search was through the library SIRS database, rather than a general web search.