The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien is a collection of short stories that revolve about a group of soldiers in the Vietnam War.  The most interesting thing about the book to me is that Tim O’Brien is a Vietnam War veteran and he puts himself into the book as a character.  He needs to tell his story, he needs to release the memories and yet, he doesn’t quite want to give a factual account of what happened to him and his friends there.  So […]