Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” and Louise Erdrich’s “The Red Convertible” are retrospective accounts of the Vietnam War’s disastrous effects on a young generation’s dreams, as experienced by Lieutenant Jimmy Cross and his platoon (including Kiowa, a native American), and as told by Lyman Lamartine about his older brother and ex-Marine Henry Junior. Compare and contrast what these young men carry and how they try to cope with their burden

1. Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” and Louise Erdrich’s “The Red Convertible” are retrospective accounts of the Vietnam War’s […]