The things they carried. "The Things they carried-, the renowned author, Tim O'Brien, uses several literary devices to show the spiritual burden on the soldiers in the Vietnam War, by contrasting this burden with the actual physical load they have ... from second hand sources. In Tim O'Brien's the Things They Carried, it becomes very apparent that the Vietnam Conflict has proved to be one that many of the participants have not Been able move away from, while getting on with their lives. Obrien Shows that the conflict takes on a parasitic form that eats ... and is Sheltered on or in a differen...

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