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... In lines15-28, the author warns the reader that the flashbacks of war will forever haunt the mind, and some things, like this, one can not tell to the underestimating mind. ... In The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien, the author described every aspect of what he felt the war was. ... By writing out his experience of war, he could let the things that have been bothering him for years off his chest. ... For instance, in “Regret to Inform,” a documentary of the Vietnam War widows, one veteran who endured the physical wounds of war couldn’t handle the psychological wounds of war. ... In addition to him, in the novel, The Things They Carried, a Vietnam War soldier, Norman Bowker, was a normal guy before the war started. ... However, when he went to Vietnam, he experienced things he would never forget. ... Bowker couldn’t handle his times in Vietnam. ... The psychological effects from the Vietnam War will continue to haunt the mind until there is no mind to haunt.
Approximate Word count = 1848
Approximate Pages = 7.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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