The Things They Carried

What does metaphoric unity mean?

In "Notes" O'Brien says "a metaphoric unity is broken" what does that mean? 

Please tell me everything about metaphoric unity. I have a socratic seminar!! 

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I have provided a link below that provides an excellent definition of metaphoric unity. I will look further to see if I can find exactly how this was applied to "The Things They Carried."

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http://books.google.com/books?id=51yfPpsFv0QC&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dq=metaphoric+unity&source=bl&ots=ULJDlySAs7&sig=fRMsL9ALahtNM45CafQSU5El-Oo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=u8lWVIWTLoj5yASkigE&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=metaphoric%20unity&f=false