The Things We Carried

           For my second summer reading book I read "The Things They Carried." This book was a series of short stories written in first person from a primary witness of the Vietnam War. This book first takes place in the United States where the first short story talks about what the draft was like and the tests that were given to the solders like hearing tests, reaction tests, and even stamina. They also measured height and weight.  Then the next part of the book was about being flown in the "hot zone" which meant the war zone in Vietnam. He talked about how the people that you bunked with would become your best friends and the only people that  would have your back but a lot of this man's friends died.

         

            After that part of the book, there was another part called "Charlie" which meant enemy. This chapter was about how after basic training they were put strait on the front lines walking 8 to 10 miles a day in the swamps and rice patties of Vietnam. It talked about how it always rained there and they would make camps in the rice patties. There would always have to be a couple of people on the look out because they never knew where the enemy would be coming from. This was my favorite book with the exception of All The Light We Cannot See.