Ruby Elliott’s Reviews > The Things They Carried > Status Update

So far i have read that O'brian was talking to his daughter and she asked him if he has ever killed someone. He said no but he wants her to ask again when she is older. I don't like this part! the fact that he wants her to ask when she is older bugs me. i wish this part wasn't in the book.

I have read so far that one of they guys in the war has brought his 17yr old girlfriend to the war. She has changed a lot adapting to the area and they dont like it. He wants to send her home but she wont go. I like this part in the book because it shows what the war will do to a person. I fell like that is why the author put that part in the book

I think the author put this part in the book to show the reality of it. that sometimes your life can be really good and suddenly its all taken away. I really liked this part of the book it shows how real it is.

I have read that O'brien ran away one day when he was working to get away from having to go to war. He ran away to an old farm house and asked the old man for a room. The man didn't question him and gave him a room. later on he decides to go back and go to war.

So far in the book O'brien is starting to talk about a story he hasn't told anyone else before. When he got his draft letter.He had just graduated college when he received it. Just turning 21. This part in the book is essential to show how someone could get drafted and how he did. I am wondering why they are in the war in the fist place it hasn't talked about the actual war that is going on.

In the book so far, o'brien talks about all the men that are in the war and all the different things they carry. i believe this part is in the book so show what things are important to each person and give a background on them. i enjoy it so far but im still confused on what the mission they are on is for.