The Things They Carried Notes
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The Things We Carried: - introduces characters and things they carried -introduces Jimmy?s love, Martha Love: - Martha and how she didn?t really love Jimmy Cross and how she moved on with her life not as Jimmy Cross expected her to, he thought shed wait for him. She tells him at a reunion. -Jimmy tells O?Brien when they meet up after the war had happened Spin: - war experiences (boredom, songs, ignorant killing) On the Rainy River: - O?Brien?s experience when finding out he was drafted for the war - wants to flee for Canada - Elroy?s influence on him and how it led him to put aside his cowardness and go to war Enemies: - Lee Strunk and Dave Jensen get into a fight about a jackknife - Dave breaks Lee?s nose and later Dave feels guilty and afraid Lee might get revenge on him