Spin- The Things They Carried
“Spin” explores the idea of controlling reality and memory through story. Write a blog entry explaining how this is explored in this chapter. Be sure to explain concepts using detail and commentary.
The chapter “Spin” in The Things They Carried is about perception, point of view, and how it its changed person to person. The narrator is telling HIS story of the war, and it is all his own. The narrator says “on occasions the war was like a Ping-Pong ball. You could put a fancy spin on it, you could make it dance.” This is a spin, and ironically in turn uses the chapter title. You could even put a spin on this spin. He describes someone he met that greatly influenced him and affected him, but this could be completely different to someone else. He tells his story and relives some tales with one of his friends. Some things they would choose to forget, and others you can’t help but to always remeber.
Filed by tittle at March 31st, 2008 under AP English, The Things They Carried
