The Things They Carried Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried is not a novel about the Vietnam War. ... The violent nature that the soldiers acquired during their tour in Vietnam is one of O'Brien's themes in his novel. ... Another major change in behavior is the men killed other men; it is not normal for these civilized men to walk through a jungle and kill other men. ...

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