unlike many esteemed American authors, wrote about a generation that abandoned the ideas of those preceding them, a generation that is closely examined in the two novels. July, July follows a group of middle-aged men and women who graduated from college in the year 1969 and are celebrating their thirtieth reunion. It switches between stories of the reunion itself and stories of each of their pasts. In this way, July, July closely examines the generation represented. The Things They Carried follows a young…
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