the things they carried

The Things They Carried Burdens can be physical, mental or emotional and in war it was usually all three. The men in this story carried a lot of burdens. The burden that Lt. Cross carried was of love and responsibility. The burden the author carried was that he was against the war and the struggle within himself of trying not to be afraid. The burdens of all the men in the war was staying alive, …

…the war, being frightened and the things they carried for necessity. The burdens they carried were enough to make anyone wish for the simple life they had lived in their country. The physical things they can discard but the emotional and mental things these soldiers carried will always be in their minds. The men stayed and fought because they believe that what they were doing was the right thing and that was defending their homeland.