My opinion of the book

This book was by far my favorite of the two we read. Mostly I think it was because it was written in a way that we can relate. This is especially the case with the war that is being fought right now and how it is effecting our families and the youngmen and women who go off and fight and suffer for us now. THis book had quite a few timeless and universal themes in it that we can also relate to. Some of these themes include guilt, suffering, recovering from loss and hard memories, and learning to except the past and move on. I also found these stories to be interest especially since it is often unclear what really goes on when a war is being fought. The other book, The Sun Also Rises, also had many timeless and universal themes; however, relating personally to that book was a far stretch for most of us. The time era was drasticly different and the themes were harder to understand and apply to our own lives. This is why I liked the Things They Carried better.