TJ

To every American dream there is a paradox. To the American dream of peace on all earth, there is hate. To the American dream in “The Things They Carried”, there is a paradox of war and cruelty. This is especially illustrated in the cruelty of civilians. For one to be proud of their nationality as an American, they would have to like what they do. In the book the narrator vividly describes a scene where the soldiers “mowed” down thirty civilians with a twenty millimeter machine gun. I do not care how much hate one w...