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Going After Cacciato

Long Form
Jordon Hemingway
Period 6

Going After Cacciato (Fiction)
By Tim O'Brien

Author: Born October 1st, 1946, O'Brien grew up in Minnesota. He graduated with a BA in political science in 1968 from Macalester College. Although against the war in Vietnam, O'Brien signed up anyway and was assigned to 3rd Platoon, A co., 5th Battalion, 46th Infantry. His time spent in Vietnam gave him all the experiences necessary to write Going After Cacciato. After the war, O'Brien started schooling at Harvard, which he soon quit for an internship at the Washington Post. Reporting gave way to writing books of fiction, of which his experiences in war greatly influenced.

Form, Structure, Plot: The novel is organized into 46 chapters over 301 pages. Although the exact chronology of the novel isn't clear, it is split into three distinct "sections," switching back-and-forth between the three at will. One section, every chapter of which ending with "… On the Road to Paris" are all......


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Approximate Word Count: 500
Approximate Pages: 2 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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