The Things They Carried: Possessions Of Character
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"The Things They Carried," by Tim O'Brien, contains many references to
"possessions of character." Many things Lt. Cross carries were carried by all,
including: military equipment, stationery, photographs, diseases, food, the land
of Vietnam itself, their lives, and even more. O'Brien highligh ....
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carries the responsibility for the lives of his men. He is dreaming when
Lavender is shot, and so he blames himself for it. Lavender's death was
something which "He would have to carry like a stone in his stomach for the rest
of the war." He does not always pay attention to what is most important, his
men. Lt. Jimmy Cross burns all of Martha's letters at the end of the story,
trying to forget her, to erase the memory. Still, he carries her in his mind
along with the haunting memory that ....
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