Figurative Language In The Things They Carried

People carry all kinds of things on the daily basis. From little things like car keys to a traumatic memory from the past. The soldiers who fought in the vietnam war had to go through many incredibly horrifying experiences and it was those exact events that make “The Things They carried” by Tim O'Brien such a marvellous vivid book. Tim O’Brien uses imagery, figurative language and repetition to get a ridiculous emotional connection with the reader. He uses story-telling to clear his conscious about war furthermore the constant struggle of the soldiers forgotten by society. “But the thing about remembering is that you don't forget.”

Sadly no one realizes a person's significance until they die. Only remembering how they lived instead of acknowledging their existence; which
War is often thought about as something that hardens a soldier. It makes a person stronger emotionally because they are taught to not show emotion. Mainly dealing with the soldiers learning to be less human and turning into killing machines. Finding the reason why you are at war may be one of the hardest things to do. Are you fighting for a country you love and that loves you? Or will you find yourself one day writing a apology letter to your parents because you feel ashamed of fleeing from war because you believed you were too good like Tim O’brien?

The Iraq and Vietnam wars are two very particular and different wars. One was in a jungle and the other in a desert, one with more advanced technology the other with no women in the front line but would you ever consider looking at the war through the eyes of a African American or Latino? Not only an american