1. Critical Analysis of The Things They Carried
In reality, the things every man carried into the war were a representation of the role of man in a society and the influence of war on such roles. ... Firstly, O'Brien shows a man's role to love a woman, and how war interrupted this intimate relationship between a man and a woman. Lieutenant Cross is a symbol of a man's role to love a woman in the society. ... O'Brien also indicates the man's role in medicine and hygiene as well. ... The Narrator through Kiowa also portrays man's role in religion (O'Brien 3). ...
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