What were some symbols in the first chapter of the book "The Things They Carried" and what do they symbolize?
Please answer this is quite important to my essay!
The soldiers in Vietnam carry different loads. O’Brien lists the things the soldiers carry - both physical and emotional, all have symbolism. The basic military goods and personal items: provisions, ammunition, and special ponchos that they may be wrapped in if they die-all of these represent the tools of war. Most men "hump" or carried items of emotional symbolism. One wears his girlfriend’s stockings around his neck, another carries a bible, another carries a slingshot, another comic books, another condoms. Cross carries letters from a gray-eyed English literature student named Martha. He is in love with her, but he is obsessed with whether or not she is a virgin.
What does that mean though?
