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I previously thought that the story would be more metaphorical about the things they carried but it turned out to be more literal, talking about what they carried into war and the significance of it.

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I would assume that the repetition represents how significant the war and events that unfolded in front of the writer's face, leading to the writer continuously recalling the same thing over and over again.

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The story was repetitive but it was easy to immerse yourself into the story. It showed how the lieutenant marched around in his own daydream before he snapped into reality.

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The story heavily reflect what it would be like to be in a war, especially something as big as the Vietnam war, and the repetitive nature of the story helps add to that element.

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I think that it's a good story except the repetitive lines, it was a bit boring in some bits but I think it's just showing how Lieutenant went from being naive to mature?

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Its an interesting story because its very different. The writer keeps on mentioning the guns and everything the soldiers carried  over again which is gets kind of boring.

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I liked how the story started off with telling the reader what each different men carried because it showed their personalities in a way, however, it got a bit repetitive so it was a bit annoying. I also like the long explanation of how many equipment they need, because it helped me empathise with the soldiers as it emphasised how dangerous their situation was.

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I'ts pretty repetitive, for example description or the mentioning of Martha, or the items the soldiers carried.

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The story is about what the soldiers are carrying emotionally in the war like they're carrying their hope for seeing their loved ones again but can't because they died, hence they used past tense of "carry".

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The story is about what the soldiers are carrying emotionally in the war like they're carrying their hope for seeing their loved ones again but can't because they died, hence they used past tense of "carry".

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the story will be about the trauma the soldiers carried after the war. It also might show the struggles they faced after the war in their own society, in terms of acceptance and such.

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The title of the war novel, "The things they carried" could be an insight to the lives of those who were in war, their burdens emotionally and physically caused by the war.

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I think that the title "the things they carried" could be referring to the guilt or the trauma the soldiers carried coming back from Vietnam.

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Mental Health issues that the war caused to the writer. I think the writer will tell us how his whole life changed drastically after the war. how it affected his relationships and his image in society. I think he will talk about how he started looking at things differently after the war and how he coped with trauma.

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I think that this story would be about the emotional and mental toll this war had on them, the 'things they carried' could mean the emotional baggage they brought home with them.

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initial thoughts: predicted main conflict

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initial thoughts: predicted main conflict

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I think that one of the main conflicts of this novel will be the death of a close character to the author. I think it will talk about how the author dealt with the experience he had of him dying and the grief. - if this book is a story with a
'happy ending', it will probably show although the death was painful, it made them all better people.

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The story may be about the burden that the American soldiers had with them during the war or after?

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The story may be about the burden that the American soldiers had with them during the war or after?

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the story will be about the trauma the soldiers carried after the war. It also might show the struggles they faced after the war in their own society, in terms of acceptance and such.

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The troubles the American soldiers bring back from Vietnam?