Importance of Weight in "The Things They Carried"

The author of The Things They Carried, Tim, O'Brien, went into great detail about the equipment the soliders had to carry. Some soldiers carried more weight than others, depending on the field specialty each soldier was in. In spite of all the weight from the equipment each soldier carried they also had another burden weighing him down. This burden was the fact that they were in war and they missed home. Being in Vietnam war himself,...