Tuesday, December 11, 2007

The Things They Carried

The things they carried were of the many.The characters do seem real and believable.I can not relate to their predicaments because i never went to war.The extent of memories is from all the war stories my grandpa use to talk about.It felt like i was there in the war zone fighting with my grandpa.The characters changed by the people they killed and their friends that died fighting with them .The things that triggered the change they had to deal with watching their friends die in front of them.Only one character tells the story.It doesnt color the telling because their was only one speaker.I sympathize the fact that i've never been to war and i feel sorry for the ones that went to war cause it was hard.They couldn't see their families.Yes they are because if i went to war i would do the same stuff they are doing right now.Troubling if you went to war would you act crazy.No their actions are not consistent because war is a consistent thing but death is also consistent.

1 comment:

Mr. Malley said...

John, make sure you stick to one of the questions. What kind of stories did your grandfather used to tell? Feel free to devote a response to the similarities between your grandpa and the characters in the book.