"The Big Read" Website for 'The Things They Carried'
(1) Click this link to read an introduction to the novel created by the National Endowment for the Arts. After reading the introduction, (2) then click the left-side tab "About the author," and read both the biographical information and the interview with Tim O'Brien. Which specific information provided on these two pages do you find interesting and important to your understanding of the novel and your appreciation for what Tim O'Brien has done in it? Why?
Click http://www.neabigread.org/books/thethingstheycarried/readers-guide/ link to open resource.