Compare-Tim Obrien

Robert R. Harris and Jan Matney each wrote a review on The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien, including each of their opinions and views on what the book is about, or trying to teach us. In the review called, “Too Embarrassed Not to Kill” written by Robert R. Harris, he focuses more on a few points of the same subject. On the other hand, in Jan Matney’s review called, “The Myth-Shattering Courage of Tim O’Brien” he includes a series of different points spread around the book.

Harris starts off by writing about the gore and the horror of fighting described in the book. He believes that a book...