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= = =__//The Things They Carried //__= = =

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=Author- Tim O'Brien = =Title- __//The Things They Carried//__ = =Setting- Late 1960's, Vietnam, and Massachusetts. = = Brief Summary- The Things They Carried is a collection of storys about a platoon of soldiers during the vietnam war. Although O'Brien narrates in both a third and first person, he claims that the book is a work of fiction; O'Brien portrays himself as a soldier. The story is technically fiction, however it captures the real, brutal nature of war. He tells of the hardships they were tasked with, the horrors they faced, and the friends they lost. They Carried their guns, they carried letters from home, their hopes, their dreams,.....and eachother. =