Heraclitus once said, “No man can step into the same river twice,” which expresses that nothing ever stays the same. In Tim O’Brien’s book The Things They Carried, he gives the audience a recollection of war stories, some of which he’d heard from others and some he’d witnessed himself. Through his stories, the audience is introduced to many different characters and observe their transformation as they accustom themselves to the field. One character in particular, Bob Kiley, is a 19 year medic whom everyone calls Rat and starts off slightly immature yet eager but eventually becomes paranoid and obsessed under the weight of his role and the conditions he has to endure. But unlike some other characters, Rat doesn’t undergo a single event that
