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ELA 11 Mods 14-15 The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien

In the story we finished today, Spin, O’Brien ends with the following paragraph:

Forty-three years old, and the war occured half a lifetime ago, and yet the remembering makes it now.  And sometimes remembering will lead to a story, which makes it forever.  That’s what stories are for.  Stories are for joininig the past to the future.  Stories are for those late hours in the night when you can’t remember how you got from where you were to where you are.  Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased, when there is nothing to remember except the story.

Your assignment for tomorrow is to tell me what you think O’Brien is saying in your own words.  Please respond using the comment feature below.

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