There are many people in Tim O’Brien’s "The Things They Carried," so students may find it challenging to remember “who’s who.” When I taught this book in “Introduction to College Reading” in my university’s pre-college summer program, students jotted notes in this 16-box grid as they read. This helped them identify and distinguish 16 key people in the book. They kept the grid in their book and added details as they progressed through the book.
The blank grid is on page 1. Page 2 contains th