The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien
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Author: Tim O'BrienEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-10-13
ISBN: 0618706410
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Mariner Books
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- ISBN13: 9780618706419
- Condition: New
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Book Review: "Things, like a walk in the park." Song lyrics
Summary: 3 Stars
This story brought to mind Truman Capote's nonfiction novel, "In Cold Blood," due to the mixture of fiction and realism. O'Brien's writing is so vivid that the reader feels as if they are standing beside the reader and witnessing the action.
"The Things They Carried," tells of a platoon of soldiers and their experiences in Vietnam.
It gives an interesting insight into the make-up of soldiers on active duty and serves as a comparison to today's army fighting in Afghanistan.
The story tells what various soldiers carry in the field. We learn of the special equipment and that one man carried a sewing kit, another had a New Testament, still another carried Dr. Scholl's foot powder and that Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried the letters from his love, Martha, a college student at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey. In a sad manner, we also discover that Jimmy was madly in love with Martha but that she didn't share his love.
The author also gives the reader a view to what activities the soldiers did when not in the field. We see a soldier named Kiowa teaching a rain dance to Rat Kelly and another soldier adopted a puppy. This made the soldiers seem more real.
The book is made up of linked stories that is more like a journal of Tim O'Brien's Vietnam experience. To me, it felt more like a lesson in history than a novel and what appealed to me was the uniqueness and descriptions of men who are my age, went through in the war.
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