The Rainy River
On the Rainy River was a story that was inside of Tim O’Brien’s novel, The Things They Carried. White reading On the Rainy River, I felt as if it was a true and honest writing of how the young boy felt and all that had been happening. The boy was 21 years old who was working in a meat packing plant. When he came home one day he had a letter for him that was telling him that he was chosen to be drafted in to fight in a war. He didn’t have a choice and it wasn’t what he wanted to do. He took a long few weeks to think about his options and what he could do, but he chose to run off to Canada where they couldn’t make him go fight in the war. He left one evening after work and didn’t tell anyone. On his way to Canada, he stopped at this lodge near the border of Canada, where he met an older man. The older man that he met helped him make up his mind on what is the right decision to do. This was such a heart-
felt story and while reading it, it made you feel like you were actually there.
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