Honey

Comfort Zone

The book The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brian
Is so
Good, but uncomfortable

But interesting

I usually dislike war books, but what he writes is just so
Challenging?
It shows an ugly truth and finally discusses a theme of Pride over Patriotism
The narrative disregards the readers comfort zone and speaks of a true war story
He writes, "... you can tell a true war story by its absolute and uncompromising allegiance to obscenity and evil,"(100).
Again, I usually just dislike war stories because of how repetitive they seem to be: boys and bullets, a manly man on a mission to show his unyielding allegiance to his country and of course get back to his gal at home.
But his story isn't driven by willingness to serve and protect, but is driven by the fear of not appearing brave

Honestly drafting is horrible- an outdated tradition much like the lottery; it's advertised as an amazing thing, an honor. Something that you have to accept. And this mere boy was trapped. He could've escaped, but he feared being embarrassed.
Embarrassed.
Not the fact that he could be blown to bits far away from home, even though he didn't want that either. although he went to war, he still branded himself as a coward for choosing ego over bravery.

I need to write a report on this and like- there are just so many different themes in the book it's kinda overwhelming??

Reading is great and I love it but at the same time I want to throw something
??