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The Basics
What They Carried
Soldiers
People dying/ end of war
Themes
100
The author of The Things They Carried
Tim O'Brien
100
Letters and a picture of Martha
Jimmy Cross
100
The Lieutenant who blamed the death of one of his men on his daydreaming
Jimmy Cross
100
Sank into the muck of the village latrine; five men had to pull his body out
Kiowa?
100
The intangible items that the men carry with them (name two)
grief, fear, ghosts, love etc
200
The Vietnam War occured during these years
1959-1975
200
New Testament and distrust of the whiteman
Kiowa
200
The soldier who made tasteless jokes and played pranks on the men
Azar
200
Stepped on a land mine while playing with Rat Kiley
Curt Lemon
200
O'Brien's reason for not running away to Canada when he had the chance
pride/cowardice
300
The name of the platoon that Tim O'Brien was in during the war before getting shot
Alpha Company
300
Girlfriend's pantyhose
Henry Dobbins
300
The original medic of the company when O'Brien first gets shot
Rat Kiley
300
Shot through the head in Vietnam - "zapped while zipping" (page 16)
ted Lavender
300
This is how you can keep the dead alive from tim obriens prespective
telling stories?
400
The American Army's enemy (who were they fighting?) in the Vietnam War?
Viet Cong
400
Tranquilizers and dope
Ted Lavender
400
The soldier who blames Kiowa's death on the lieutenant for setting up in a dangerous place
Mitchell Sanders
400
Survived the war, but felt he had no purpose back at home
Norman Bowker
400
Norman Bowker's request to Tim after the war
writing a story about how people are really affected by the war
500
Type of fighting/warfare of the Vietnamese forces
guerrilla
500
Comic books and M&Ms
Rat Kiley
500
Got in a fight over a pocketknife (2 names)
Lee Strunk and Dave Jensen
500
Died of a brain tumor when O'Brien was young
Linda
500
Characteristic of a true war story
no happy endings