Chapter one describes a day in the life of Tim O’Brien. He is talking to a man named Barney when Captain Johansen gave the order to move on and check one more ville for that day. They came across Vietnamese that they nicknamed Charlie. After this place was secured as good as it could be they bedded down and tried to sleep. They slept in holes in the ground called foxholes.The next day they ate C rations and got ready to move on.

Chapter two tells about Tim O’Brien growing up. It tells about his parents and about the town that he grew up in. He talks about the things he did in school and how he was trying to decide if God was real or not. He graduated high school and went away to college.

Chapter three tells how Tim O’Brien was drafted into the war in 1968. He had a hard time trying to decide if he would go or he would run away to Canada. He did not want to die. He finally made up his mind to go to w

Chapter five tells how Tim O’Brien made a friend named Erik and how they got through the first months of army life together at Fort Lewis. He did not like this training. It tells of the things that he kept his mind on just to get through it. Erik liked poetry. All the soldiers at Fort Lewis were homesick for their families. Their drill sergeant was a man named Blyton. Everyone thought he was evil. When basic training was done Erik got to go to transportation school. Tim O’Brien had to go to infantry training to be a foot soldier.

Chapter twenty three tells about Tim O’Brien leaving Vietnam and how he still felt about the war. He went back home to Minnesota.

Chapter nineteen tells about a letter sent to Tim O’Brien from his friend Erik. He was not in a combat zone.

ar even though he thought the war was wrong.

Chapter twenty tells how Tim O’Brien was sent into the back lines of the war away from the fighting. It was a lot easier there. He got to go to Australia for a break. He met two different girls named Sally and Frances. It also told about how Tim O’Brien spent Thanksgiving and Christmas in the rear ranks of the Vietnam War doing paper work.

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