The Things They Carried hyperbole Why did the author used this hyperbole from the things they carried the spent six trillion dollars on firepower"(72)? Asked by Daniel D #676537 on 8/16/2017 3:50 AM Last updated by Aslan on 8/16/2017 4:05 AM
O'Brien is saying that the "brass" or high ranking colonels spend so much money on firepower yet they don't have a clue what really goes on in the battlefield.