Victoria Lanter - The Things They Carried.

The things they carried is a book where we see the literal things carried by the soldiers in war, and the metaphorical things they carried through such hard times. The book was extremely easy to comprehend at most parts and then totally at the opposite end of the spectrum with other parts that left me completely confused. I think this had to do with the separation of each soldiers stories. This book was set up into multiples short stories of each soldiers 'baggage', and how he dealt with it. As i read, i realized that the things that were easier to read for me, were the stories that i related most with. They were easier to understand and follow along with. But even the stories i couldn't comprehend, i appreciated. I believe this book was amazing because of how many things in it could really apply to the real soldiers and the things that they, carried.