Title: A must for us to see the complexities of war
Product review: I teach "The Things They Carried" as part of an American Literature class, and I have found the book to have a profound affect upon younger readers. The unromanticized approached to war, yet the humanity in all the death, proves to be a viewpoint that many authors strive for, but very few are successful in obtaining. I have found the book to look at all areas of pshychological and exestential developments astutely and keenly. O'brien's ability to phrase a situation, pinpoint one episode within that event, and examine smaller elements within that event to be his best talent. War is not glamourized, nor is it idolized. It is examined as the catalyst of man's never ending thought process regarding a major part of his life. He doesn't preach, nor does he tell. The narrator's psyche becomes our guide, and we're left hoping that he will survive despite his thoughts.
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