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The Things They Carried
Tim O’Brien served in Vietnam and was awarded the Purple Heart for being wounded in action. ... In The Things They Carried, these soldiers had to carry physical, emotional, and psychological burdens with them all the time.
In Tim O’Briens’s, The Things They Carried , soldiers carried mainly necessities. Each soldier carried different items depending on what their specific job was. As an RTO, Mitchell Sanders carried a battery with weighted 27 pounds with the battery. Rat Kiley who was a medic carried Morphine, and plasma, and surgical tape, and other items which may have been needed incase a soldier was wounded. Besides the necessities, soldiers also carried some personal items. ... It was their way to get out of the war for a few moments and remember the things they loved. Another soldier who carried personal items, but to him was a necessity, was Ted Lavender. ...
Although the physical burdens were heavy, the emotional burdens the soldiers carried were the heaviest.
Approximate Word count = 791
Approximate Pages = 3.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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