The Things They Carried | Social Concerns
"The Things They Carried" is set in wartime Vietnam, yet the main thrust of the story is that of an inner, moral void that occurs within each soldier and is reflective of an American misperception of war and morality. The classic myth of war and the American soldier creates a grand struggle of morality amid personal spiritual growth. War, while brutal, is made less so by the brave soldier who undergoes a metamorphosis triggered by the morality of the cause. Yet in "The Things They Carried", the myth of war is replaced by the reality of a pointless endeavor in which the American soldier...
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