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- Michael Herr. Dispatches. New York: Vintage, 1991.
- Myra McPherson. A Long Time Passing: Vietnam and the Haunted Generation. New York: Anchor, 1993.
- William Appleman Williams, Thomas McCormick, Lloyd Gardner, W. Lafeber. America in Vietnam: A Documentary History. New York: W.W. Norton, 1989.
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The Things They Carried Questions and Answers
The Question and Answer section for The Things They Carried is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Curt Lemon was a soldier who got blown apart while talking to Kiley. Lemon's body parts were blown onto a tree. Jensen and O'Brien have to retrieve Lemon's body parts. Jenson starts singing about a "lemon tree". This is ironic because the gravity...
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This particular story is more about sexual longing than war. Mark Fossie seems to be the main character who wants to import his girlfriend.
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Jimmy always carries letters from Martha. His identity and hopes for the future are part of those letters.
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