This week in class we read "The Handsomest Drowned Man in The World" and and excerpt for Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried". Both of these stories were good in their own ways, although one was better than the other in my opinion. For starters I found them both interesting and captivating, and they were also very different from last weeks Hemingway reading, which I believe is very good because it keeps us fresh on our styles of writing.
First, we read "The Handsomest Drowned Man in The World" which was very interesting. Basically, it was about a man who washed ashore dead in a village, and although he had never met them he forever altered to outlook of the villagers and the way they lived. What i took from this was that sometimes in life even the things you don't even realize you did will have the greatest effect on some people. However, other than that I found it very difficult to figure out.
Following that we read "The Things They Carried" and this was all about the Vietnam War and the certain things that people take with them and cherish most while they are at war. and from this i gathered that sometimes, especially in the most dire situations, it will be the little things that you have to enjoy that will keep you sane. Something that I have found very helpful to me sometimes at school here when things get frustrating.
I liked how you talked about how its sometimes the little things that speak the most because I to have found that this keeps me going at maritime, I think this is also true in not only the game of maritime but the game of life.
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