Our narrator is Tim O'Brien, an 21 year old who was unlucky enough to be drafted into the pointless Vietnam War. He was the average American 21 year old who was trying to get into college and get through a job. He enters the war terrified; so terrified in fact, that he tried to escape to Canada to flee the draft. He meets a man, Elroy Berdahl, who changes his whole outlook. He explains it on page 54, how it felt, "Would you think about your family and your childhood and your dreams and all you're leaving behind? Would it hurt? Would it feel like dying? Would you cry, as I did" (O'Brien)? Inside O'Brien was torn with a decision. Elroy knew what O'Brien was doing near the border and had planned to get him across, but Tim could never bring himself to do it because of the shame he felt and the shame he feels he would bring to his community. Yet he also doesn't want to go to war and die. He wants to be strong and make his own decision, but instead he believes his cowardice made him go to the war. However, I disagree, O'Brien was a great person and I thought of him as a great person throughout the entire book. He was capable of being sensitive and morbidly honest, and the only reason the readers can understand the suffering of war is because of him. His fate of being drafted provided him with the knowledge to realize what each soldier goes through in each war. O'Brien also possessed the strength to grit his teeth and push through the war.
O'Brien also experienced many tragedies in war and life. When he was a boy he lost his friend Linda and developed a coping strategy. Then he experienced the deaths of Ted Lavender, Curt Lemon, and the man he killed. He developed coping methods for the tragedies he witnessed. One is his book writing, he only writes war stories, according to his daughter. He states, " But this too is true: stories can save us. I'm forty three years old, and a writer now, and even still, right here, I keep dreaming Linda alive. And Ted Lavender, too, and Kiowa, and Curt Lemon..."(O'Brien 213). He admits his book writing can't cope with everything. His whole experience he hoped never happened but yet he was part of something that no one else can explain to us. He showed us on page 213-215 when they killed that old man, how some people react to creepy, deathly, incapable things. Tim showed us a world that is repressed by many and not explained at its full capacity. The realistic ways of coping with the dead.
Tim O'Brien, our narrator and author chose himself because it was his story. He tells us a true war story that has none of the heroic "BS" that the other stories possess. O'Brien wanted everyone to catch the morbid reality that was his life. O'Brien says," If at the end of a war story you feel uplifted, or if you feel that some small bit of rectitude has been salvaged from the larger waste, then you have been made the victim of a very old and terrible lie" (65). His perspective is true but in his own way. He may not be exactly precise, there may be some exaggerated truth, but it's truth. That is how the narrator's perspective changes the story. There is more detail and dimension to every morbid reality in the war.
My opinion of the narrator is true to him. He is a special human thrown into hell on Earth. O'Brien's capability of looking at everything and then showing the world through words is terrifyingly beautiful. He was able to tell us about a terrifyingly beautiful thing: war. War is terrifying, destructive, and ecstatic. O'Brien is still a good person because of his ability to tell the world of the atrocities that humans can commit against each other. He realized instead of violently beating his family or being a drunk, he could deal with his trauma through books and writing. He used his experience for good and to help the world be a better place.
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Danny Schultz final blog post
Tim O'Brien is a narrator that really goes in depth with his novels. He writes a lot of war related books that show us the true meaning of what the life of being in "war" is like. The quote "It's safe to say that in a true war story nothing is ever absolutely true" (O'Brien 82). He shows us what it truly means to experience war and how to go through it, the narrator really analyzes his analysis on the book and shows us that no matter what happens no one will truly know what war is like until you have been through it first hand like O'Brien. Tim O'Brien is the type of author that uses very descriptive words to really captivate our minds and show us that we are watching the soldiers firsthand, he draws us in and shows us and when you are reading the book it doesn't sound like you're reading it feel like you're really there watching the soldiers go through the things that they are going through.
At first I really didn't think too much about O'Brien he was a great author in narrator, but once I started really reading it O'Brien shows us that matt at first I really didn't think too much about O'Brien he was a great author in narrator, but once I started really reading it O'Brien shows us that he has experienced these things, and understands what it is like. This book honestly could not be written by anyone else except someone who has gone through war. The book has things that O'Brien personally has seen, and no one else has. Yes, my opinion of him as changed, I really like the way the book is written out, and has O'Brien being the author and the narrator. The book has a unique approach too it and I like that he took such a risk being the author and narrator. I think that's what made the book so special.
I think O'Brien chose himself to be the narrator is, so he could tell the novel the way he envisioned it would always be, I think since he is the narrator in the author the story really changes because he is the one telling us everything that the soldiers have been going through I think Jimmy Cross going through the things that he has went through is part of O'Brien, I think O'Brien has part of Jimmy Cross and him and I think that's why he such a powerful character because he can relate to him firsthand that may not be the case, but in my opinion I think that's what it means to O'Brien. He is the narrator and the author and he can develop the characters more since he is the one telling the story. I think this adds uniqueness and specialty, O'Brien does something different than what most people do and I think war changes people and I think that's why it is s I think this adds uniqueness and specialty, O'Brien does something different than what most people do and I think war changes people and I think that's why he is the one telling it, because it adds so much to the story since he is a veteran writing a war story.
"Once you're alive, you can never be dead"(O'Brien 244). This quote used by O'Brien is so much more than what is on the surface. He is trying to covey to us that since you have lived the life you have lived, nothing can ever kill you, because you made you're mark on the world. When he writes about all of the soldiers, especially Jimmy Cross he is saying no matter what happens to them in battle, they have lived a strong heartfelt life and they are the ones fighting for our country, they lay their own lives out on the battlefield and do not expect anything from anyone. O'Brien is a type of author that does show true meaning in war and life in general. He sends a message saying to never give up because you have made the mark on the world that everyone will remember. I truly like him as an author and after reading this book he showed me so much about what really goes on in war, he shows us that the little things matter to the soldiers and I think that's what really sets me apart from the rest is because he as little detail in this novel. He is an exceptional writer and really captivates you're emotion right off the bat and keeps it until the end!
-Danny
At first I really didn't think too much about O'Brien he was a great author in narrator, but once I started really reading it O'Brien shows us that matt at first I really didn't think too much about O'Brien he was a great author in narrator, but once I started really reading it O'Brien shows us that he has experienced these things, and understands what it is like. This book honestly could not be written by anyone else except someone who has gone through war. The book has things that O'Brien personally has seen, and no one else has. Yes, my opinion of him as changed, I really like the way the book is written out, and has O'Brien being the author and the narrator. The book has a unique approach too it and I like that he took such a risk being the author and narrator. I think that's what made the book so special.
I think O'Brien chose himself to be the narrator is, so he could tell the novel the way he envisioned it would always be, I think since he is the narrator in the author the story really changes because he is the one telling us everything that the soldiers have been going through I think Jimmy Cross going through the things that he has went through is part of O'Brien, I think O'Brien has part of Jimmy Cross and him and I think that's why he such a powerful character because he can relate to him firsthand that may not be the case, but in my opinion I think that's what it means to O'Brien. He is the narrator and the author and he can develop the characters more since he is the one telling the story. I think this adds uniqueness and specialty, O'Brien does something different than what most people do and I think war changes people and I think that's why it is s I think this adds uniqueness and specialty, O'Brien does something different than what most people do and I think war changes people and I think that's why he is the one telling it, because it adds so much to the story since he is a veteran writing a war story.
"Once you're alive, you can never be dead"(O'Brien 244). This quote used by O'Brien is so much more than what is on the surface. He is trying to covey to us that since you have lived the life you have lived, nothing can ever kill you, because you made you're mark on the world. When he writes about all of the soldiers, especially Jimmy Cross he is saying no matter what happens to them in battle, they have lived a strong heartfelt life and they are the ones fighting for our country, they lay their own lives out on the battlefield and do not expect anything from anyone. O'Brien is a type of author that does show true meaning in war and life in general. He sends a message saying to never give up because you have made the mark on the world that everyone will remember. I truly like him as an author and after reading this book he showed me so much about what really goes on in war, he shows us that the little things matter to the soldiers and I think that's what really sets me apart from the rest is because he as little detail in this novel. He is an exceptional writer and really captivates you're emotion right off the bat and keeps it until the end!
-Danny
sydney derrow final blog post
Sydney Derrow
Final Blog Post
My narrator of "The Things They Carried", Tim O’Brien, is an 21 year old man that got drafted in the Vietnam War. He enters the war a scared young man afraid of the shame that dodging the war would bring him and leaves the war a guilt-ridden middle-aged man who tells stories about Vietnam in order to cope with his painful memories. “And sometimes remembering will lead to a story, which makes it forever. That's what stories are for. Stories are for joining the past to the future. Stories are for those late hours in the night when you can't remember how you got from where you were to where you are. Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased, when there is nothing to remember except the story” (O’Brien 36). This quote shows the significance of the stories he tells. It's a way for O'Brien to cope, yet it's for everyone to remember the soldiers that were invloved in the war. Only the soldiers that were actually in the war would know what happened during those times. These stories mean a lot to O'Brien. It's what kep him sane more than half of the book.
Tim was very hesitant when it came down to going to the war. He was contemplating on whether he should go to Vietnam or run off to Canada. “I survived, but it's not a happy ending. I was a coward. I went to the war” (O’Brien 58). Usually, you'd think that cowards run from the war, but O'Brien calls himself out for going in the first place. He let his shame and fear win out over his principles. For O'Brien, the strong thing to do would have been to run away from the war and bear the censure. Instead, he was weak. I think of Tim O’Brien as a strong, independent man that suffices to everything that goes on in his life. He seems to adapt naturally to a lot of stressful situations. My opinion of Tim O’Brien was consistent throughout the story. He seemed like a genuine human being. He had the feelings and reactions as everyone would have in the war, may a little better than usual. He never sugar coated anything throughout the story. Everything he described was gritty and realistic.
The narrator, Tim O'Brien, is the author of the book. He told his side of the story, and gave people the thoughts of what he went through in Vietnam. He basically gave the readers and inside look of the hardships, deaths, and skin crawling memories he saw while serving his country. "He was a slim, dead, almost dainty young man of about twenty. He lay with one leg bent beneath him, his jaw in his throat, his face neither expressive nor inexpressive. One eye was shut. The other was a star-shaped hole" (O'Brien 124). That quote explains some of the gory deaths he's seen. That could easily scar someone for life, especially explaining that dead young man with so much detail. He's seen severeal more deaths, and explaing what he saw just proves to the readers he's been through a lot. Tim’s perspective of the story shows the readers that not everything is what it seems to be. This perspective gives more depth and understanding to the readers.
Along with that, O'Brien keeps the readers involved and wanting to know more about the sufferings these men overcame. “War is hell, but that's not the half of it, because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love. War is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling; war is drudgery. War makes you a man; war makes you dead (O’Brien 76). He says this to explain the good and bad of the war, but the bad definitely outweighs the good. The deaths, terrible weather, mind-boggling situations of them not knowing what to actually do, and constant terror blows my mind. I couldn’t imagine myself going through the things O’Brien and his men did.
Tim was very hesitant when it came down to going to the war. He was contemplating on whether he should go to Vietnam or run off to Canada. “I survived, but it's not a happy ending. I was a coward. I went to the war” (O’Brien 58). Usually, you'd think that cowards run from the war, but O'Brien calls himself out for going in the first place. He let his shame and fear win out over his principles. For O'Brien, the strong thing to do would have been to run away from the war and bear the censure. Instead, he was weak. I think of Tim O’Brien as a strong, independent man that suffices to everything that goes on in his life. He seems to adapt naturally to a lot of stressful situations. My opinion of Tim O’Brien was consistent throughout the story. He seemed like a genuine human being. He had the feelings and reactions as everyone would have in the war, may a little better than usual. He never sugar coated anything throughout the story. Everything he described was gritty and realistic.
The narrator, Tim O'Brien, is the author of the book. He told his side of the story, and gave people the thoughts of what he went through in Vietnam. He basically gave the readers and inside look of the hardships, deaths, and skin crawling memories he saw while serving his country. "He was a slim, dead, almost dainty young man of about twenty. He lay with one leg bent beneath him, his jaw in his throat, his face neither expressive nor inexpressive. One eye was shut. The other was a star-shaped hole" (O'Brien 124). That quote explains some of the gory deaths he's seen. That could easily scar someone for life, especially explaining that dead young man with so much detail. He's seen severeal more deaths, and explaing what he saw just proves to the readers he's been through a lot. Tim’s perspective of the story shows the readers that not everything is what it seems to be. This perspective gives more depth and understanding to the readers.
Along with that, O'Brien keeps the readers involved and wanting to know more about the sufferings these men overcame. “War is hell, but that's not the half of it, because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love. War is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling; war is drudgery. War makes you a man; war makes you dead (O’Brien 76). He says this to explain the good and bad of the war, but the bad definitely outweighs the good. The deaths, terrible weather, mind-boggling situations of them not knowing what to actually do, and constant terror blows my mind. I couldn’t imagine myself going through the things O’Brien and his men did.
Caroline Humphrey Final Blog Post
Caroline Humphrey
The Things They Carried final post
The narrator of The Things They Carried is Tim O'Brien who was a war veteran that began serving when he was just eighteen years old in Vietnam. Some experiences throughout his life completely effected his personality and behaviors. First, when he was a young boy, his best friend, Linda, passed away from cancer, and he began using a coping method to cope with his loss. He would kindle the memory of Linda in his dreams and using this he could keep her with him at all times. O'Brien states, "I'm forty-three years old, and a writer now, and even still, right here, I keep dreaming Linda alive"(213). This interesting form of grieving very much effected the next portion of life that changed him forever.
When O'Brien was drafted for war, he was not exactly keen on the idea of leaving. He was truly scared and nervous, which is expected. He even went as far to consider fleeing the country to Canada to avoid having to go. This is when the idea of Linda is extremely prevalent. I believe that having to cope withWthe loss of her made a huge impact on his life and pained him forever, and so, he did not want to go to war and be around death all the time. He eventually went to Vietnam despite his fears, and those experiences changed the man O'Brien was forever, just like Linda's death did. He continued the same coping method during the war when he keeps his friends like Kiowa alive by writing about them and dreaming about them. My opinion on Tim O'Brien did change a lot throughout the book. When it initially started, I was anxious to learn about his story and motives. Then, when he almost fled the war, I believed he was a tiny bit cowardly. After that incident, my opinion about Tim O'Brien remained constant: this man is truly heroic. While I know O'Brien claims that after a war story you should not have a sense of optimism, I came out of this feeling truly blessed and inspired. This man had a tough beginning of life, and despite that, he still went over to a war to defend our country. Now, he tells the story of his friends and keeps their memories alive, so that they never die. This is so incredibly inspiring. Tim O'Brien is brave, strong, and someone who changes the world with the stories that he tells.
The author of this story is also the narrator. O'Brien chose himself to be the narrator because these are his stories to tell, and he knows that only he can tell them and keep their full integrity. This method is extremely effective. If it would have been some made up author who wasn't actually in the war, the overall intensity and realness would not have been as obvious throughout the novel. The way he tells the story is cryptically sensitive. He uses a perfect blend of harshness, but we can still see a softer side coming through in his writing. The fact that he was there and experiencing it all changes everything. Writing about a time in your life that was not happy or your best time is extremely difficult, but I am glad O'Brien bared the responsibility and had the strength to write about this time to keep his memories alive.
When O'Brien talks about the things soldiers carried in the first part of the book, he states, "They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die" (20). This quote really helped me developed my opinion on Tim O'Brien. This man knew that he could most definitely die while in the war and went into it with emotional baggage that he already had to carry on his back. He still went into the war knowing that he could come out carrying so much more, and he did. Yes, O'Brien was scared to go to the war and even considered fleeing, but he did not leave. This just makes me have so much respect for him. He carries so much emotional baggage, and we can see the way this effects him in his writing. I have a very high opinion on this man. He took his struggles and hardships and turned it into a phenomenal piece of literature that has forever changed my heart and the way that I view war. He sought out to make this a "real war story," and he succeeded. Everyone struggles, but it takes a certain type of person to take that pain and create a story.
The Things They Carried final post
The narrator of The Things They Carried is Tim O'Brien who was a war veteran that began serving when he was just eighteen years old in Vietnam. Some experiences throughout his life completely effected his personality and behaviors. First, when he was a young boy, his best friend, Linda, passed away from cancer, and he began using a coping method to cope with his loss. He would kindle the memory of Linda in his dreams and using this he could keep her with him at all times. O'Brien states, "I'm forty-three years old, and a writer now, and even still, right here, I keep dreaming Linda alive"(213). This interesting form of grieving very much effected the next portion of life that changed him forever.
When O'Brien was drafted for war, he was not exactly keen on the idea of leaving. He was truly scared and nervous, which is expected. He even went as far to consider fleeing the country to Canada to avoid having to go. This is when the idea of Linda is extremely prevalent. I believe that having to cope withWthe loss of her made a huge impact on his life and pained him forever, and so, he did not want to go to war and be around death all the time. He eventually went to Vietnam despite his fears, and those experiences changed the man O'Brien was forever, just like Linda's death did. He continued the same coping method during the war when he keeps his friends like Kiowa alive by writing about them and dreaming about them. My opinion on Tim O'Brien did change a lot throughout the book. When it initially started, I was anxious to learn about his story and motives. Then, when he almost fled the war, I believed he was a tiny bit cowardly. After that incident, my opinion about Tim O'Brien remained constant: this man is truly heroic. While I know O'Brien claims that after a war story you should not have a sense of optimism, I came out of this feeling truly blessed and inspired. This man had a tough beginning of life, and despite that, he still went over to a war to defend our country. Now, he tells the story of his friends and keeps their memories alive, so that they never die. This is so incredibly inspiring. Tim O'Brien is brave, strong, and someone who changes the world with the stories that he tells.
The author of this story is also the narrator. O'Brien chose himself to be the narrator because these are his stories to tell, and he knows that only he can tell them and keep their full integrity. This method is extremely effective. If it would have been some made up author who wasn't actually in the war, the overall intensity and realness would not have been as obvious throughout the novel. The way he tells the story is cryptically sensitive. He uses a perfect blend of harshness, but we can still see a softer side coming through in his writing. The fact that he was there and experiencing it all changes everything. Writing about a time in your life that was not happy or your best time is extremely difficult, but I am glad O'Brien bared the responsibility and had the strength to write about this time to keep his memories alive.
When O'Brien talks about the things soldiers carried in the first part of the book, he states, "They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die" (20). This quote really helped me developed my opinion on Tim O'Brien. This man knew that he could most definitely die while in the war and went into it with emotional baggage that he already had to carry on his back. He still went into the war knowing that he could come out carrying so much more, and he did. Yes, O'Brien was scared to go to the war and even considered fleeing, but he did not leave. This just makes me have so much respect for him. He carries so much emotional baggage, and we can see the way this effects him in his writing. I have a very high opinion on this man. He took his struggles and hardships and turned it into a phenomenal piece of literature that has forever changed my heart and the way that I view war. He sought out to make this a "real war story," and he succeeded. Everyone struggles, but it takes a certain type of person to take that pain and create a story.
Ethan Cantrell - Final Post
Questions one and two are integrated, on account of the narrator being the author.
Our narrator is Tim O'Brien, who is also the author. Tim O'Brien served in the Vietnam War, in Alpha Company, alongside many of the characters who feature heavily in the novel. O'Brien is different from how I would have imagined him to be, prior to reading "The Things They Carried". In the book, it was shown that he was actually against the war, and had no desire to join it at all, shown in the quote "I was drafted to fight a war I hated. I was twenty-one years old. Young, yes, and politically naive, but even so the American war in Vietnam seemed to me wrong. Certain blood being shed for uncertain reasons" (O'Brien 38). I appreciate Tim O'Brien's perspective on this, as I feel that had the narrator been some war-hawk super-patriot I would've been unable to identify with him. I also approve of how O'Brien characterized himself in the story. He did not make himself out to be a hero, not even slightly. In fact, he often showed how he was not even remarkable in the slightest, or was unable to cope with some events, such as killing another person.
I am glad that O'Brien wrote the story from his perspective rather than making up a character, as having a firsthand account (even if it was modified at times to better fit the story-truth) provides a very powerful perspective that I doubt would have been the same had it been completely fictional. This is a point I cannot stress enough, Tim O'Brien's writing is powerful. His writing is infused with this kind of profound sadness that I can't really describe in words, it's something you can only understand if you've read it. I believe that his writing is this way because of his philosophy of what counts as a true war story. He explains this rather simply here: "A true war story, if truly told, makes the stomach believe" (O'Brien 74). On that, O'Brien has succeeded greatly, for "The Things They Carried" has become one of my favorite books.
Our narrator is Tim O'Brien, who is also the author. Tim O'Brien served in the Vietnam War, in Alpha Company, alongside many of the characters who feature heavily in the novel. O'Brien is different from how I would have imagined him to be, prior to reading "The Things They Carried". In the book, it was shown that he was actually against the war, and had no desire to join it at all, shown in the quote "I was drafted to fight a war I hated. I was twenty-one years old. Young, yes, and politically naive, but even so the American war in Vietnam seemed to me wrong. Certain blood being shed for uncertain reasons" (O'Brien 38). I appreciate Tim O'Brien's perspective on this, as I feel that had the narrator been some war-hawk super-patriot I would've been unable to identify with him. I also approve of how O'Brien characterized himself in the story. He did not make himself out to be a hero, not even slightly. In fact, he often showed how he was not even remarkable in the slightest, or was unable to cope with some events, such as killing another person.
I am glad that O'Brien wrote the story from his perspective rather than making up a character, as having a firsthand account (even if it was modified at times to better fit the story-truth) provides a very powerful perspective that I doubt would have been the same had it been completely fictional. This is a point I cannot stress enough, Tim O'Brien's writing is powerful. His writing is infused with this kind of profound sadness that I can't really describe in words, it's something you can only understand if you've read it. I believe that his writing is this way because of his philosophy of what counts as a true war story. He explains this rather simply here: "A true war story, if truly told, makes the stomach believe" (O'Brien 74). On that, O'Brien has succeeded greatly, for "The Things They Carried" has become one of my favorite books.
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Brice Lucas- Final Post 2
In The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien is both the author and the narrator. He chose himself to be the narrator over creating a fictional character or telling the story from another person in the war's point of view because he has unique, inside, first person information that no one else has. He can use the fact that it was him in the war and he is the narrator to give himself credibility and ensure readers that the stories he tells throughout the book are accurate and true. O'Brien gives credible sources throughout the story: "As soldiers, the ARVNs were useless; the Ruff-and-Puffs were outright dangerous. And yet even with decent troops the place was clearly indefensible" (O'Brien 87). O'Brien gives so much detail in his opinions that the reader knows that they are true.
By choosing to use his own voice, O'Brien makes the stories he tells interesting and compelling. He does an excellent job of making the reader feel the emotions he went through while explaining in vivid detail the experiences he faced while in Vietnam. I think O'Brien's use of himself as a narrator was a good choice. Because he was engulfed in the story, he poured his emotions on to the pages. I respect that he published an entire book about his personal experiences in the most traumatic, life threatening time of his life. He gave his own thoughts on the events that transpired which allowed the reader to understand how he really felt during this time, and why he did the things he did to deal with the horrible situations he went through during the war.
Brice Lucas- Final Post 1
The narrator of The Things They Carried is Tim O'Brien. O'Brien is a veteran of the Vietnam War, who shares his traumatic and compelling experiences of his one year in Vietnam. The reader learns a great deal about O'Brien. He speaks about many good and bad aspects of his tour of duty. There is, of course, more bad than good. His awful experiences portray how terrible the Vietnam War really was. O'Brien focuses on himself and his company, relaying very little of his own life's back story prior to the War. He gave us hints into what his life was like when he was young, but never gave us specific details about his daily life before his service.
At the beginning of the story, he is a scared, timid, fragile man who has no idea where he is or why he is there. He becomes more comfortable in his surroundings throughout the story, as comfortable as one can be in war. He develops a mean streak as a consequence of the devastating situations he encounters, including being shot twice and having to watch many of his friends die. However, living through such tragedy actually allows him to keep moving through the obstacles he faces by making him seek revenge.
In the beginning of the story, O'Brien told about how he almost went to Canada to dodge being drafted. O'Brien commented on his feelings as he was driving north toward the border: "A giddy feeling, in a way, except there was a dreamy edge of impossibility to it- like running dead-end maze-no way out-it couldn't come to a conclusion and yet I was doing it anyway because it was all I could think of to do it" (O'Brien 44). That lead me to think negatively about him and that he was somewhat cowardly. However, as the story develops, and O'Brien details the horrors of war and how he deals with them, I started to understand why he would want to dodge the draft in the first place, and began to respect him for the decisions he made throughout the book. He becomes a compelling character who I root for and want to succeed and get home safely.
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