The Things They Carried
What view on war has O’Brien maintained since he was in college?
chapter 4 "on the rainy river" the things they carried.
chapter 4 "on the rainy river" the things they carried.
O’Brien had protested the war, but not strongly enough to be considered a pacifist. O’Brien is shamed to remember that he thought he was too good, too smart for the war -- so he considered running away to Canada.