The book I’m reading, The Things They Carried, is a good book as I’m nearing the end. The author continues to talk about the friends that he lost while he was a soldier and what it was like for him to get wounded. He gets injured and is sent back to a safe environment. While he is there, his old platoon comes back to where Tim is to enjoy some time away from the brush. This point in the book is significant in many ways. While his old platoon is in the rear, Tim wants to get back at the rookie medic for making Tim suffer while he got shot in the hind quarters. The rookie medic, Jorgenson, tries to apologize to Tim but he refuses and still wants to get him back. When Tim goes to ask his old platoon for help in getting Jorgenson back they refuse. They say that Jorgenson was a new guy back then but now he is one of them. This angers Tim so he gets the help of Azar who is a “fun loving” kid who is always up for a trick. This made me feel sorry for Tim because his old platoon had moved on and he was no longer part of it. He felt abandoned and the author really makes you feel it.
Stephen Bradley
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