“I think there’s a tremendous split between people who’ve been through a war and people who haven’t” once said by Antonia Fraser, relates to The Things They Carried. Going to war has a huge impact on people’s lives. Some leave with physical changes; and some with mental changes such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In The Things They Carried, many of the characters, such as Mary Anne Bell, Rat Kiley, and Norman Bowker, left the war with a great deal of change.
Mark Fossie, a young medic in Vietnam, decided to have his seventeen year old girlfriend, Mary Anne Bell, flown over to the war zone.When Mary Anne Bell arrived to Vietnam, she was very bubbly and wore a “sexy pink sweater and culottes”. Although, shortly after arriving she began
Mark Fossie, a young medic in Vietnam, decided to have his seventeen year old girlfriend, Mary Anne Bell, flown over to the war zone.When Mary Anne Bell arrived to Vietnam, she was very bubbly and wore a “sexy pink sweater and culottes”. Although, shortly after arriving she began