Tim O'Brien, "The Things They Carried"

Photos taken July 8, 2003 by Melinda Roberts
Vietnam Veterans/POWs/MIAs Memorial
Little Saigon, Westminster, Orange County, California

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Due Wednesday, January 13 @ 9:30 a.m.
The Things They Carried (pp. 595-607)


Write a First Response to The Things They Carried. What was your first impression of First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross? of the other soldiers? of the things they carried? Did any of your impressions change? If so, why? how? Which aspect of the work affected you most? Why? What is the significance of the the things they carried? Provide specific textual details and quotations from the story to justify and/or explain your response to The Things They Carried.

First Response Guidelines:

*8.5x11-inch paper

*1-inch margins

*typed, double-spaced, Cambria 12 font

*minimum one (1) page; maximum two (2) pages

Left-hand corner of the paper, single spaced:

FIRST AND LAST NAME

January 13, 2010

Professor Melinda Roberts

Short Story: Wintersession 2010

Centered Title (all caps and bolded):

RESPONSE PAPER: "THE THINGS THEY CARRIED"