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     Throughout the first section, “The Things They Carried”, they describe many things they “hump” around.  These things that can be sorted by either tangible or intangible.  The intangible things the soldier carried were grief, the grief of losing a loved one or being away from home.  Love, the love of those whom they missed back in America.  Terror, the terror of being in a foreign land being shot at by people who want to kill you.  Longing, the longing to go home or to get the heck out of Viet Nam.  Lastly, blame, the blame you think you deserve because you had a soldier or friend die and you should have been there.   The tangible things included the guns and claymores in which they used to defend themselves.  They kept the letters of family members or loved ones.  The radios they used to call in help or to be pulled out of an area, the voice of the battlefield.  Lastly, the meal kits, these fueled the troops to be able to fight and preserve America.

    If asked, “What do I hump?”, well first I would look at you funny, then I would say that the intangible things that I would carry are my faith, that I believe in one holy Apolistic Catholic Church.  My ego, that can get me into trouble but can also help me sometimes.  My mercurialness, that allows me to get out of things.  The tangible things would be many stationary things, like pens and pencils, to write down my genius ideas.  My wallet, to establish America’s nobility.  Lastly, I carry a rosary, this is tangible yet it represents something so very abstract that some doubt it.  So with this rosary I kill two birds with one stone.

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