💼Physical objects represent survival and burdens in war.
🌿The land of Vietnam is a character, symbolizing home and tomb.
❌The man the narrator killed symbolizes the futility of war and needless loss of life.
💦The Rainy River symbolizes the narrator's moral dilemma.
🐃The baby water buffalo symbolizes the innocence lost in war.
What do the physical objects carried by the soldiers represent?
—The physical objects represent survival and burdens in war.
What does the land of Vietnam symbolize in the story?
—The land of Vietnam is a character that symbolizes both home and tomb.
What does the man the narrator killed symbolize?
—The man the narrator killed symbolizes the futility of war and needless loss of life.
What does the Rainy River symbolize?
—The Rainy River symbolizes the narrator's moral dilemma.
What does the baby water buffalo symbolize?
—The baby water buffalo symbolizes the innocence lost in war.
00:01[Music]
00:09'The Things They Carried' focuses on the objects carried by soldiers in war.
00:21The men carry physical objects that represent survival and intangibles like emotions and memories.
00:43The land of Vietnam is a character that symbolizes both home and tomb.
01:17The man the narrator killed symbolizes the futility of war and needless loss of life.
01:38The Rainy River symbolizes the narrator's moral dilemma.
02:06The baby water buffalo symbolizes the innocence lost in war.
02:42[End]
