The Things they Carried

The Things They Carried

Although what the soldiers carried during the Vietnam War was overbearing the emotional burdens left permanent scars.

Awkward to handle, soldiers hump around mine detectors through desolate jungles. Other soldiers carry around the standard weapons and ammunition. One Lieutenant reaches into his pocket for the reliance that his love letters from a girl back home are still safe with him. Although what the soldiers carried during the Vietnam War was overbearing, Tim O’Brien describes how the emotional burdens left permanent scars in The Things They Carried.

The author retold the story told to him by Rat Kiley, from when he was stationed in a small medical clinic in the mount...