After reading this, i realized how much i would love to go back to reading an actual book instead because various reading assignments is really pointless except for the fact that we see many different styles of writing, but its crammed into a short amount of time. I thought that the weight topic in the things they carried was interesting. I thought that it represented the weight that each man carried for the rest of his life because of the scars from the war. It also showed that no matter how much gear that you carried, the weight of intangable things and feelings always weighed more. Also, I like how the author used Cross as the guys last name. His initials are also JC like Jesus Christ. Jesus also carried, and was crucified on a cross. He gave up himself for his people like Lt. Cross did in the story. He burned the letters and photos and gave up his own personal thoughts to make sure that his soldiers were safe. I thought that was interesting.
--RJ Murray
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I really liked the reading The Things I Carry. It was interesting to see what soldiars carry with them, and it really does tell a lot about that soldiar. I liked the assignment of creating a list of what we carried, although that day I barely had anything on me. Suprisingly, I enjoyed writing the essay but it was hard to describe how important the things I carried were to me. Either way, this was the best assignment we have had in a while.
This was a rather......interesting reading. Since this was set in the Vietnam War era, I was expecting a little more action. However, I did appreciate the depth and emotions involved in the story. I especially loved how a certain number of the items the soldiers carried represented the intangibles. But the only way the soldiers could feel the intangibles was when one of their comrades was killed in action. The essay will be hard, but certainly a feasable assignment.
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