In The Things They Carried "They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die. Grief, terror, love, longing" (pg.20) throughout the war. The soldiers were scared to lose each other because that was all they had throughout the entire war. That is an effect war can do to the soldiers, they will be terrified to lose each other, and they would have dreams of their men dying right before their eyes. O’Brien experienced many things when he went to war, he saw many things and did things that no one should do. He had problems sleeping at night because he would dream things that occurred in the
In The Things They Carried "They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die. Grief, terror, love, longing" (pg.20) throughout the war. The soldiers were scared to lose each other because that was all they had throughout the entire war. That is an effect war can do to the soldiers, they will be terrified to lose each other, and they would have dreams of their men dying right before their eyes. O’Brien experienced many things when he went to war, he saw many things and did things that no one should do. He had problems sleeping at night because he would dream things that occurred in the