The things they carried

The things they carried Character list First Lieutenant Jimmy Crossin love with a girl named Martha. Blames himself on the death of Ted Lavender because his mind was on Martha and not his team. He also felt guilty about the death of Kiowa because he decided that they spend the night there and not higher up. He is going to write a letter to the dad of Kiowa.MarthaThe girl where Jimmy is in love with. Gave Jimmy cross a picture of her at the reunion because he burned the others in the war.Henry DobbinsStrong, big and kind men. Wore his girlfriends pantyhose. Loves people and munks.Dave JensenPracticed field hygiene. Had a fistfight with Lee and broke his nose. Felt bad and broke his own nose. Felt relieved that he didn’t had to kill Lee. Sang lemon tree while getting the pieces of curt lemon off the tree.Lee Strunkwas in the tunnels while they blew it down. Had a fistfight with Dave Jensen who broke his nose. Stand on a rigged mortar round and lost his leg till the knee. Not much later he died in Chu Lai.Ted LavenderAdopted a dog which was later killed by Azar. Was shot in the head when he came back from peeing.Mitchell SandersThought that the death of Kiowa is Jimmy Cross’s fault. Told Tim about how Rat got hurt. Carried dead bodies down a mountain together with Tim Norman BowkerDad only cared about medals. Wrote a destructive letter to Tim where he wrote everything which is stated in speaking of courage. He has a lot of trouble with dealing with what happened in the war. He had no one who would listen to him. He eventually hang himself. Normans friend max drowned in a lake.Norman could have saved kiowa but he couldn’t handle the smell so he had to let go of kiowa’s shoe.He was in love with Sally but she married someone else when he was gone.Rat (bob) KileyThe medic of the group. Very smart and takes risks to help others. Rat was goofing around with Lemon just before lemon was blown in a tree. After that out of sadness he hurted and killed a baby buffalo. He also wrote a letter to the sister of curt lemon but she never answered. However rat’s mind went crazy in the night life that he saw pictures of organs and dead bodies in his head. Eventually he shot his own foot and he was send to Japan.KiowaReligious kid who doesn’t swear. He is very kind to others and likes to help people out. He died because he drowned in the shit field. Norman bowker tried to save him but he couldn’t. kiowa was digged out the shit field which means that his mates cared a lot about him.Tim O’Brien Main character of the book (and wrote it). Met 1 / 2

Jimmy Cross after the war. Has a daughter, Kathleen.He had run away from home because he was scared of the war. He stayed at Elroy’s place for 6 days where he felt guilty and eventually went to war. Tim was best buddies with Rat Kiley. Tim peeled of curt lemons body of the tree. Tim killed a 20 year old men out of the fog with a grenade because he was scared. Tim also had a letter from Norman Bowker which hit hum (speaking of courage). In total Tim was shot twice. One with rat Kiley on his side. The other with Jorgenson who took 10 minutes to come to him. Tim almost died due to shock and is but had rotten away. He was send to a saver place where he took revenge on Jorgenson which azar took too far.Timmy (younger tim) was in love with Linda. He went to bed earlier when she had passed away because they met again in his dreams AzarNaughty young boy in war. Loves teasing and goofing around. Is quite mean tho. Took the revenge of Tim too far KathleenDaughter of Tim. Very curious and smart kid Elroy BerdahlThe men where Tim stayed for 6 days at tip top lodge (close to the border of Canada). A really kind old men Curt LemonThe best friend of Rat Kiley. He died while he was goofing around with rat and stepped on a rigged 105 round. He was torn into a tree. Tim and Dave Jensen peel off all the pieces of his body from a tree.Eddie DiamondHead of the medical detachment Marry Anne BellGirlfriend of Mark Fossie. Very curious about the war and the medical detachment. Felt in love with Vietnam. Eventually grew away from Fossie, lived with the greenies and alone in the forest. Gone crazy Mark FossieYoung medic. Flew in his girlfriend. His girlfriend completely changed and he lost her.MaxFriend of Norman Bowker who drowned in the lake Sally KramerCrush of Norman Bowker who married someone else while he was in war.Bobby Jorgenson The new medic after Rat Kiley. He was really scared in the first fight and forgot his skills. Almost let Tim die due to that. He got stronger and more connected to the group overtime LindaCrush of Timmy. Died due to a brain tumor at 9

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