Second six chapters

From the second six chapters my favorite chapter was "how to tell a true war story". In this chapter O'Brien tells us that there are specific characteristics on how to tell a true war story including:- "You can tell a true war story if it embarrasses you"
"A true war story cannot be believed", "You can tell a true war story by the way it never seems to end", "A war story, if truly told, makes the stomach believe","You can tell a true war story by the questions you ask", and "a true war story is never about war". Those characteristics start to define "The Things They Carried".  This chapter helps the reader to understand the story.

The first six chapters

After reading the first six chapters, we get some information about O'Brien's (the character) life before, after, and during the war. The storyline is not in chronological order which makes it a little more interesting. My favorite chapters from the first six are enemies and friends. I decided to answer one of the questions that Mr,Coltrane put on moodle about these two chapters.

"Why did Dave Jensen break his own nose?"
     - this happens in the fifth chapter "enemies". Dave Jensen had gotten in a fight with Lee Strunk about a missing pocket knife and Jensen ended up breaking Strunk's nose. After Strunk had gotten his nosed fixed up and all, Jensen became paranoid that Strunk would wanna seek revenge; after about a week of being reparanoid Jensen broke is own nose. I think that he broke his own nose because he wanted to Strunk that they are even now, they both have broken noses and Jensen just wanted to get over his paranoia. War was already tough enough and having enemies on the same side as you would have caused a lot of mental damage. What I found funny was when Strunk says that he stole the pocket knife and that revealed that Jensen was paranoid for nothing, because Strunk wasn't going to seek revenge because he kind of deserved getting his nose broken. 

The Things they Carried

Just finished the first chapter of "The Things They Carried".  Tim O' Brien starts out the book by introducing Luetinent Cross talkmg about his "love". Throughout the chapter different things that the soliders carry are being introduced. Cross carries letters and photographs of his "love".  Cross keeps saying that he loves Martha more than his men, he is constantly day dreaming about her and can't keep his focus. One of his men, Tom Lavender, got shot and died instantly. Cross felt a great guilt when Lavendar died, he blamed himself for Lavenders death. If he wasn't daydreaming and thinking about Martha maybe Lavender would not have died. Cross deals with his guilt by burning the photograph and letters from Martha.

The End

A couple of things happen towards the end. We find out that Ofglen commits suicide. Serena Joy finds out that Offred secretly meets the commander. I hate the ending! Absolutely hate it with a burning fire. There is no ending! We just have to make up our own ending! What?! No just no. Offred gets taken away but by who?  That's is left completely unknown. There is mentioning of it being mayday.. But is it mayday? Is it? The book just leaves you hanging in midair! In all honesty I enjoyed the book, it's well written and it captured your attention, it's just the ending that really irritates me,