The Things They Carried

The Things They Carried

"It was a simple pebble, an ounce at most. Smooth to the touch, it was a milky white color with flecks of orange and violet, oval-shaped, like a miniature egg." page 7

what is the purpose of the author's use of this element? how does this element help the author convince his audience of his over arching idea?

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On the day that Lavender died, Jimmy received a good luck charm from Martha. It was a pebble found just when the sea touched the shore on a New Jersey beech. The pebbles represent the dichotomy of being separate yet together. That was his life: everything was separated from him but somehow together. The war, Martha, his friends, life, death...all were a confluence of random moments coming to form, like the pebble, his life.

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