the conflict toward conformity and inward questioning of tim obrien in the novel the things they car The things they carried by tim o'brien is a book about love, courage and hope in the novel, the narrator describes the things all the men of the company carry (hence the title) each of these things are more in the physical sense- mosquito repellent, marijuana, pocket knives and chewing gum, all of which can be used to defend and forget.
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