The Things They Carried

Metaphor

"I was part of the night I was the land itself everything everywhere the fireflies and Paddies, the Moon the midnight........"

what is the author trying to achieve from this metaphor

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The author is describing his feeling of oneness with the landscape.... it order to survive, he had to become a part of it.... to have complete awareness.

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The Things They Carried

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