Question that needs to be answered : 

At one point in her essay, Lorrie N. Smith suggests, in passing, that The Things

They Carried is “fundamentally an initiation narrative” not unlike those featured

in this anthology’s “Initiation Stories” album. Write an essay exploring how the

the story works in these terms, perhaps by comparing this story to at least one other.

Who is initiated? into what? In making your case, be sure to consider the different

arguments the critical excerpts in this chapter make, especially about how the story

as a whole encourages us to understand and feel about Jimmy Cross’s thoughts and

actions at the story’s end.

• Works Cited page
  • includes everything quoted / paraphrased /referenced
  • everything on the WC page should have a corresponding quote / reference / paraphrase in-text with a parenthetical citation

Off limits: no googling allowed; all references should be from the textbooks or from a scholarly article from Galileo; do not use “homework helper” websites.