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 * Subject**: Pages 1-26, Chapter 1, 4/29/11


 * Summary**: We were introduced to the chararcters in __The Things They Carried__. Then the equipment they were carrying was described. Jimmy Cross also always thinks about Martha and how much he loves and hates her.

Commencing (page 25) - To start or begin Ambiguities (page 16- Doubtful or uncertain of meaning or intention Oppressive (page 4)- Burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical.
 * Vocabulary**:

Jimmy Cross is going to get his act together and become more of a leader in his squad.
 * Prediction:**

Do the things that they carry symbolize their character's personality?
 * Analysis:**