1. Physical and Emotional Weight - The Things They Carried
She wrote to him and told him of a story where she was on the New Jersey shoreline with a friend, she monitored the waves and how they were "separate but together" meaning that they will come together again and again for eternity (O'Brien 234). ... The objects they carried were true and false, imaginary and existing, and uncertain and certain. ... " O' Brien goes on to mention a childhood memory of his nine year old friend named Linda, who was bullied, and O' Brien had no confidence to stand up to her bully and her torment right then and there. ...
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- Approx Pages: 6
- Grade Level: High School