The Things They Carried Exercise in Collective Autobiography
Take about ten minutes to complete this exercise.
1.
List up to ten physical items MIT students typically have in their backpacks or their rooms. Then add up to
five psychological “things” or weights they also carry.
2.
Using a style like that of O’Brien, write a paragraph, commenting on these “things”, both physical and
psychological.
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21W.022.03 Writing and Experience: Reading and Writing Autobiography
Spring 2014
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