Around the Corner and The Things They Carried

1. The essay "Around the Corner" by Sharon Bryan is a child sharing his mother's past with the audience by using his mother's possesssions to explain some of her memories. It is clear that the child has a great love for his mother and he tells about all the great and positive things that she did for him. The child cared for his mother and her passion of journalism and all of the things she sacrificed for her family. I think that vivid is another word for clear or lively.
2. The author changes because in the beginning of the story she explains the mother's possessions and how they relate to his mother's past. Whereas coming to the end of the story the story changes because the mother was not worried about herself, her memories, or her future because she focused more on her children and what was best for them. The author has probably had an experience that made her feel closer to her mother and relates to this story.
3. The object that stood out most to me in "The Things they Carried" by Tim O'Brien was the land itself--Vietnam. "The place, the soil-- a powdery orange-red dust that covered their boots and fatigues and faces." (pg 14/15) The land itself is significant to me because it is pure evidence that they were soldiers on a mission in Vietnam. As dangerous as the territory was the soldiers continued to march and fight for their lives and the pride of their country. Their march is repetitive throughout the whole story.