Book report on THe Things THey Carried by Tim Obrein
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien The Things They Carried is a book that has a number of short stories about what happened to the narrator in the Vietnam War. ... The several short stories in this book mostly take place in Vietnam, but some take place before and after Vietnam. Mostly the book is about pain, suffering, emotional problems and physical problems. The book breaks down into twenty-three stories. ... The first story is “The Things They Carry. ... Kiowa did not want to join even though he carried the Bible around with him where ever he went. ... This story gives the book a whole new meaning. ... After reading this book it seems that the author’s thesis is the fact that everyone that was in Vietnam needs to talk about what happened to them there to survive. ... My personally reaction to this book was that I understood where he was coming from. ... It is good to get things out even if u have to fictionalize it.