The Things They Carried uses a number of fairly self-contained short stories to create a multi-faceted picture of the narrator and his experiences in Vietnam. The bulk of the stories take place in Vietnam during the war, and a summary of the actual events is very brief. After college, the narrator is drafted unexpectedly and almost flees to Canada. He decides not to escape and goes to fight in Vietnam, where he experiences the pain and tragedy of war. The narrator kills an enemy soldier while on ambush, and he witnesses the death of several of his friends. He is also shot in the butt, and spends the last part of his tour of duty convalescing. Ye
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