Final Thoughts

This interesting as well as final unit of English 1A covering Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried" changed my thoughts on war. Before this unit in class I considered war a necessity that was on the large front patriotic, but always justified. With Vietnam being the subject matter, I learned again that some small research can change one's mind.

Vietnam I always knew was a defeat, but now I know that it was the beginning of a public discussion on mental defect, as well as physical, being things soldiers sustain during fighting. I still believe war a necessary but primal thing that we humans have to resort to when other venues have been exhausted.

This English class has taught me in a good atmosphere how to articulate my thought better and enjoy debate more than ever before.

Thank you.