Has anyone read "The Things They Carried" ? [the unexpurgated thread]
08-05-02 | 06:33 PM
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I don't think it was forgiveness that got the Germans to stop killing people. Those bombs we dropped weren't filled with love. If we had listened to Jesus, Hitler's thirty eight wives would be wearing us all as expensive hats right now. On a rollercoaster made out of Jewish babies. Here's some advice you might want to take from a non-hippie: when it comes to insane murderers, hugs aren't always the best answer (go ahead and experiment with this on your own, kids). Maybe if you come back to life every three days you can afford to think like that (Mr. Jesus!). The rest of us have to be a little smarter.
08-05-02 | 06:53 PM
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"Vietnam was full of strange stories, some improbable, some well beyond that, but the stories that will last forever are those that swirl back and forth across the border between trivial and bedlam." First published in 1979, Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried is an unparalleled Vietnam testament, a classic study of men at war that brilliantly -- and painfully --illuminates the capacity, and the limits, of the human heart and soul. Focusing on the members of a single platoon (one of whom happens to be a 21-year-old grunt named Tim O'Brien) the 22 interconnected stories of this collection catalogue not only the things they carried into battle -- M-16s, grenade launchers, candy, Kool-Aid, and cigarettes -- but more importantly, the things they carried inside, and the nightmares they carried home.
08-05-02 | 07:07 PM
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God - it's been nearly a decade since I read that book.
Wonderful as I recall - nearly as good as "Going After Cacciato."
But as for the details, I don't think I can remember even one.
Wonderful as I recall - nearly as good as "Going After Cacciato."
But as for the details, I don't think I can remember even one.
08-05-02 | 10:09 PM
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Kool-Aid helped the characters overcome adversity. No turnips, though.
08-06-02 | 01:30 AM
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Originally posted by grunter
God - it's been nearly a decade since I read that book.
Wonderful as I recall - nearly as good as "Going After Cacciato."
But as for the details, I don't think I can remember even one.
God - it's been nearly a decade since I read that book.
Wonderful as I recall - nearly as good as "Going After Cacciato."
But as for the details, I don't think I can remember even one.
08-06-02 | 06:38 PM
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Originally posted by jhoon
umm...i said "who READ the things they carried," meaning its something that you read. and then i asked how any character from the NOVEL overcomes adversity. Novel.
umm...i said "who READ the things they carried," meaning its something that you read. and then i asked how any character from the NOVEL overcomes adversity. Novel.
08-07-02 | 12:09 PM
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From: New Jersey, where the state motto should be Leave No Tree Standing
Same answer, I read it in high school over 12 years ago, but don't remember any details. I do remember I liked Going After Cacciato better. And the date in that description is wrong. The Things They Carried was published in 1990. Going After Cacciato was published in the late 70s.
Maybe I'll go back and re-read some Tim O'Brien.
Maybe I'll go back and re-read some Tim O'Brien.
08-13-08 | 09:58 PM
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lol, i just re-read this thing and damn, was i an annoying little prick (jhoon was my first account).
to my defense, i was only 14 at the time and sneaking on the "supercomputer" at my school!
and if anyone wants to know, Darren H was right and I was trying to make an assignment easy. I got a B+ on that report
to my defense, i was only 14 at the time and sneaking on the "supercomputer" at my school!
and if anyone wants to know, Darren H was right and I was trying to make an assignment easy. I got a B+ on that report
08-14-08 | 12:32 AM
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Cheater!
08-16-08 | 05:54 PM
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Well, I'm glad we finally have some closure in this thread.
Wait, maybe not. How did the characters actually overcome adversity?
Wait, maybe not. How did the characters actually overcome adversity?