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In this story, “the Things They Carried”, the author, Tim O’Brien talks about a seemingly endless list of things that soldiers in Vietnam carried during the war, both the things that they had to have, and the more intimate things they carried by choice. ... He doesn’t really talk about combat, but instead talks about the more mundane things that happen to them. ... Often, they carried each other, the wounded or the weak. ...
Another quote which goes hand-in-hand with that one is, “They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die. ... They carried shameful memories. They carried the common secret of cowardice barely restrained, the instinct to run or freeze or hide, and in many respects this was the heaviest burden of all, for it could never be put down, it required perfect balance and perfect posture. ... Its part of the things they carried.
Approximate Word count = 1041
Approximate Pages = 4.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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