Dec 26, 2009

The Things They Carried | Characters

Norman Bowker
The member of the platoon who is described as "gentle," Bowker carries a diary with him. The other unusual thing that he carries is a thumb from the body of a dead Viet Cong boy.

Ted Lavender
Because he is scared Lavender always carries tranquilizers and ‘‘six or seven ounces of premium dope, which for him was a necessity.’’ He is shot and killed while the platoon waits for Lee Strunk to emerge from the tunnels.

Jimmy Cross
Lieutenant Cross is the main character of the story and the one whose inner thoughts the...