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Than Khe, and he went down under an exceptional burden, more than
20 pounds of ammunition, plus the flack jacket and helmet and rations
and water and toilet paper and tranquilizers and all the rest plus the
unweight fear. He was dead weight (OBrien 305). This narration of
the soldiers actions perfectly sums up how the soldiers went about the
war.
The ending of the short piece reflects how American Citizens felt
at home and also emulated the feelings of the troops. Carry on, then
they would saddle up and form into a column and move out towards
the villages west of Than Khe (OBrien 316). Right before this, Jimmy
Cross realized that his obligation was not to love but to lead. He had to
forget about Martha in New Jersey and focus his efforts to the army. He
doesnt follow what he necessarily believes in, or wants, but finishes
the business that he started. The American citizens were very anti war
for a long time. There was a point that citizens werent even mad, but
wanted the army to do whatever it took for the soldiers to get pulled
and spend as little money as possible. This morbid emotional
standpoint is seen through the run on sentences and bleak narration
tone of the end of The Things They Carried.
The Vietnam War was never supposed to be long battle, just a quick
overwhelming operation carried out by the US. The only goal was to
halt the fast-spread of communism through Vietnam. This idea was
celebrated at home, but many of Americas youths disagreed with the
action of sending troops where we dont belong as the war carried
out. Protests were at many college campuses, such as university of
Washington and Yale University, making the campuses very hostile
with extremist opinions on both sides. The most known college protest
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