In the novel Going After Cacciato, Tim O'Brien first starts by telling you a brief update on what is going on at the platoon and then introduces the main idea of the story line. The first chapter is clearly setting up the rest of the novel to elaborate on. In this scene Tim O'Brien tells about Cacciato and his encounter with Paul Berlin and then fast forwards to Cacciato running away and Berlin trying to remember exactly where Cacciato said he always wanted to go.
Lt. Corson tells the platoon about the mission; going after Cacciato and they disagree. All the soldiers think that Cacciato is dumb because he is always grinning, whistling, and chewing gum therefore; they do not want to go look for him. However; Lt. Corson decides that the soliders will pursue the mission and bring Cacciato back.
Berlin then remembers how Cacciato would spend hours day looking at maps, and asking questions about mountains, planning out this trip. Berlin can not remember all the places that Cacciato says that he would go through but he could remember a few. The squad then sets out to catch Cacciato.
Cacciato is then sighted many times throughout the first chapter but he is never caught. Cacciato even sets out smoke bombs; which makes the troops very upset, to see if anyone was behind him. The end of the chapter leaves you wanting to know more. It tells you at Berlin is instructed to fire a green flare and then the squad moves in to capture Cacciato. The structure of this novel sets up the a major theme and then makes it where you have to read the rest to know what happends.
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