Rat Kiley carried comic books, which kept him entertained during the war. Ted Lavender comforted himself with an orphan puppy, but also drugs. Lavender’s pain killers only attempted to comfort his experience in Vietnam. Seeing innocent people and friends die in the war changed every soldier’s life, but something needed to comfort them. Comfort is a way people can become brave as it encourages survival. For example, O’Brien mentioned, “Lee Strunk carried a slingshot; a weapon of last resort, he called it” (7). Soldiers needed something to be comforted by to realize that they have a chance surviving a deadly war. Without something from home, how could a person be comfortable with their surroundings? Soldiers were able to stay comfortable with their belongings brought from home. Characters in The Things They Carried had the will to live, which proves they were courageous during the Vietnam
Rat Kiley carried comic books, which kept him entertained during the war. Ted Lavender comforted himself with an orphan puppy, but also drugs. Lavender’s pain killers only attempted to comfort his experience in Vietnam. Seeing innocent people and friends die in the war changed every soldier’s life, but something needed to comfort them. Comfort is a way people can become brave as it encourages survival. For example, O’Brien mentioned, “Lee Strunk carried a slingshot; a weapon of last resort, he called it” (7). Soldiers needed something to be comforted by to realize that they have a chance surviving a deadly war. Without something from home, how could a person be comfortable with their surroundings? Soldiers were able to stay comfortable with their belongings brought from home. Characters in The Things They Carried had the will to live, which proves they were courageous during the Vietnam