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        The Things They Carried


        setting

        Vietnam

        time

        1960s

        language

        English

        region

        North America

        year published

        1990

        page count

        256

        difficulty

        Advanced

        main characters

        Tim O'Brien, various

        Rip's impressions

        Reserved for Guest Editor

        first line

        First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried letters from a girl named Martha, a junior at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey.

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)