Whenever someone asks me “what’s your favorite book?”, The Things They Carried is my answer. I read it in high school for my AP Language class. It was my absolute favorite.
It stuck with me so well that the following year, on the AP Literature exam, I wrote the open-choice literary argument essay using it (essay question 3). It was not on the list of suggested titles. In fact, I had not read any of the titles on the suggested list, so I was sweating a bit. But I could remember TTTC so vividly, so I chose that as my title. It must have been a pretty great essay - I scored a 5.
I don’t typically go for war stories, either. But this one just captures you. I’m so happy to see this thread and read others’ experiences with this text.
Whenever someone asks me “what’s your favorite book?”, The Things They Carried is my answer. I read it in high school for my AP Language class. It was my absolute favorite.
It stuck with me so well that the following year, on the AP Literature exam, I wrote the open-choice literary argument essay using it (essay question 3). It was not on the list of suggested titles. In fact, I had not read any of the titles on the suggested list, so I was sweating a bit. But I could remember TTTC so vividly, so I chose that as my title. It must have been a pretty great essay - I scored a 5.
I don’t typically go for war stories, either. But this one just captures you. I’m so happy to see this thread and read others’ experiences with this text.