"The things they caried" by Tim O'Brien.

ENG203 November 14, 2002 The Things They Carried         Tim O'Brien's fiction The Things They Carried creates a nostalgic feeling to the reader. He loads the writing with intricate details of the descriptions of the things these soldiers carried and for the various purposes. However, I'm given the impression that The author merely used the fact that these men were soldiers at the brink of death to magnify the common emotions of almost every individual. The story is …showed first 75 words of 450 total…

…showed last 75 words of 450 total…are no more than that; if necessary they can be discarded. Emotional burdens, on the other hand, must be endured. Tim O'Brien did spend a lot of time on the detail of the things these men carried but this is just a tool used to point to the bigger picture. Which is Along with the physical things we carry emotional burdens for every category or life despite what the purposes may be. Reference: O'Brien, Tim