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In “The Things They Carried,” should Tim have gone to war?
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Selected thesis
Tim made the right decision to go to war.
Pros
Cons
Pro claim 1
There were strong social expectations for Tim to go to war.
Pro claim 2
Tim had a patriotic duty to go to war.
Con claim 1
War does mental and physical damage to soldiers.
Con claim 2
Dodging the draft would have been more in line with Tim's conscience.
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