Bam! It hits you like a brick. You never now when it is going to happen, you have no clue who, where, how, and why. Until right then, everything in your life seemed so easy. Losing a friend for the first time is one of the worst things that can and does happen to a high school senior. I am Hugo Con...

"The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien In the short story, "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien, First Lieutenant Jimmy cross, a platoon leader in the Vietnam War, is caught up in a dream where he believes that Martha, a college student, is in love with him. He...