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Physical burdens are no more than that; if necessary they can be discarded. Emotional burdens, on the other hand, must be endured. O'Brien, speaking of cowardice in particular, says, "in many respects this was the heaviest burden of all, for it could never be put down...
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Physical burdens are no more than that; if necessary they can be discarded. Emotional burdens, on the other hand, must be endured. O'Brien, speaking of cowardice in particular, says, "in many respects this was the heaviest burden of all, for it could never be put down...
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The Things They Carried Before the O’Brien had entered the Vietnam War, he had attempted to avoid the war. When he had discovered that he would be drafted, he left for Canada where he would be able to avoid the draft safely...	2 / 512
The Things They Carried I strongly agree with this critic. The book was very descriptive and it made you feel like you were there. When you read you feel the emotions go through you as if you were a soldier with him...	2 / 394
The Things they Carried The "things" part of the title represents not only the physical things that the soldiers carried but also the emotions and superstitions. The longing for love and companionship is expressed in the character Henry Dobbins...	3 / 646
The Things They Carried Most of the soldiers did not know what the overall purpose was of fighting the Vietnamese (Tessein). The young men "carried the soldier's greatest fear, which was the fear of blushing...	3 / 771
The Things They Carried: Courage Or Cowardice Most of the soldiers did not know what the overall purpose was of fighting the Vietnamese (Tessein). The young men "carried the soldier's greatest fear, which was the fear of blushing...	3 / 774
The Things they Carried Throughout the story, the author goes into great detail about the heavy physical loads that the soldiers had to carry with them. Even the way O’Brien describes the many loads seems to grab your attention on the extreme conditions these men had to go through just to survive another day...	4 / 876
The things they carried A look into Tim O'Brien's emotional anti-war message The Vietnam War was a war of great ambiguity. Flowered up with the illusive ideas of heroism and triumph, millions of America's innocent youth were drafted to fight a war in Vietnam...	4 / 948