In the story "The Things They Carried," Tim O'Brien describes the items that each of the soldiers had carried during their march in the Vietnam. The intangible items that the soldiers had carried with them depend upon the individual soldier. For example memories and fear, these intangible items such as these is the prime focus of the story. O’Brien emphasizes the weight of all the tangible items each soldiers carries, physically. He describes intangible items weighting as much on each of the man, but these items weren’t so easily cast away. When Tim O’Brien describes the tangible items that each man carried, O’Brien description is straight forward and the writing tone has no feeling. For example, Jimmy Cross carried a compass, maps, code books,
