The Things They Carried Response
Address each of these prompts in paragraphed responses with parenthetical citations.
1. Select a particular aspect or a single small passage of the novel that puzzles you. Specifically identify and describe that aspect or quote that small passage in its entirety. Then discuss your puzzlement.
2. Quote what you believe to be the most significant passage in the novel. (Include the page number of the quotation.) Explain why that passage is most significant in terms of a theme of the novel.