The Things They Carried

I am really enjoying reading this book as well. Its so well written and entertaining that it makes it hard for me to put down. I think I like the fact that O'Brien talks about his feelings about being drafted into the war and his conflicting feelings about not having the courage to run. I just thought that was an interesting point of view because we normally don't associate dodging the draft with courage. And I also liked how he talked about the feelings a soldier would have about being called to fight in a war that they didn't believe in. The questions he asks about the Vietnam War in the book also remind me a lot of the war we're fighting today. America is pretty much split over it and there are really a lot of questions of what exactly are we fighting for, why did we get in it in the first place, and whatever the reason that we are in this war, is it worth all the lives lost? Although I'm not quite finished, I don't think that it'll take me much longer, and I'm really interested in seeing what other stories O Brien has in there.