Tim O'Brien graduated from college in May 1968, and a month later he received his draft . Deferments for graduate school had just , so his scholarship to meant nothing. He had to choose: go to the war, or say no. He could go to , ask for objector status, or leave for another , probably Canada.
All summer, he with the question, but he never really made a : he just let take over. Canada was only a few hours from his home in Minnesota, but he loved his country and he was afraid of being thought of as a . Yet his told him the war was wrong: there was no , families were divided and there were in the streets.
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