The Things They Carried is a great book by Tim O’Brien. It gets you up close and personal with the life of a soldier and tells what a war is really like. War is not something most people think about, because they simply don’t want to think about the tragedies that occur in them. The Things They Carried is an engaging book that leaves no detail out, no matter how gorey or sick it is. It also makes you think. O’Brien points out that many war stories are exaggerated or just plain not true, so you should approach them with a little skepticism. Overall, The Things They Carried is a great book that you should definitely try to read. (Keyword Try)

The book goes through the life of a group of soldiers in the Vietbnam War. It takes their point of view and translates it into social justice lessons. It talks about death, loved ones, and other isues that still apply to our lives today. Tim O’Brien did a great job with this book and you should definitely read it.