Show:
Characters
Events
Characters II
Events II
Themes
100
Narrator
Who is Tim O'Brien?
100
Gave Jimmy Cross a picture when he arrived home
Who is Martha?
100
Religious; dies in field of waste
Who is Kiowa?
100
Place Rat Kiley was sent after war
Where is Japan?
100
Genre of Things They Carried
What is Fiction?
200
Platoon Leader of Alpha Company
Who is Jimmy Cross
200
Character that is afraid of what his family and friends will say if he does not go to war
Reason O'Brien goes to war
200
Cruel and unkind; blows up puppy
Who is Azar?
200
O'Brien's childhood girlfriend
Who is Linda?
200
Makes a true war story
What is the emotional reaction of reader?
300
Quiet personality; Commits suicide
Who is Norman Bowker?
300
Begged for tooth to be pulled out because he wanted to prove he was not scared of the dentist
Who is Curt Lemon?
300
Visits troop from USA; eventually disappears
Who is Mary Ann?
300
Cause of O'Brien's girlfriend's death
What is a Brain Tumor?
300
Definition of "Story Truth"
Wbat is truth in fiction?
400
Soldier shoots self in foot
Who is Rat Kiley?
400
Object carried by Henry Dobbins for good luck
What is his girlfriend's pantyhose?
400
Steps on land mine and is blown up into tree
Who is Curt Lemon?
400
Object O'Brien's childhood girlfriend was teased about
What is her red cap?
400
Definition of "Happening Truth"
What is truth of factual events?
500
Caretaker of Tip Top Lodge
Who is Elroy Berdhal?
500
Ailments that affected O'Brien after he was shot
What are shock and gangrene infection?
500
Scared medic that mistreats O'Brien's gunshot wound
Who is Bobby Jorgenson?
500
Place O'Brien worked at summer before going to war
Where is a slaughterhouse?
500
This story in novel shows war changes people
What happens when Mary Ann visits the troops?