The religious Kiowa attempts to stop the narrator of this collection from obsessing over the possible love of mathematics of a boy a butterfly lands on in "The Man I Killed.
One character in this work makes up for fainting by insisting that a dentist remove a perfectly good tooth. Another character in this work wears his girlfriend's pantyhose around his neck for luck. The religious Kiowa attempts to stop the narrator of this collection from obsessing over the possible love of mathematics of a boy a butterfly lands on in "The Man I Killed." In this collection's title story, Jimmy Cross blames himself for the death of a man who was shot while Cross, the commanding officer, could think only of his unrequited love. For 10 points, name this Tim O'Brien short story collection set during the Vietnam War whose title objects include morphine, M&Ms, and fear.
One character in this work makes up for fainting by insisting that a dentist remove a perfectly good tooth.
The Things They Carried