“Hump”ing
In the first part of The Things They Carried it talks about how they carry both tangible and intangible things. It said “the things they carried were largely determined by necesity.” It also said “what they carried varied by mission.” They carried the things that they needed to survive, wether it be guns, ammunition, kool-aid, coke, or tranquilizers. They also carried sentiments, such as “love” letters, or a pebble. Anything to remind them of a good place, a good feeling. This was especially important due to the fact that they were so far from home, and rarely got to see their loved ones. With these good feelings they also carried sadness, and grief for when people die. This is an intangible, and so is terror and longing. They reffered to it as “emotional baggage”. Back to tangible things, these were grenades, guns, pocket knives, some food rations.
Now onto the things I would carry. Intangibles, that would be a lot of love, sadness, and fear. I don’t think anywhere in there would be any anger. I would carry some doughnuts for food maybe, and some kool-aid too. I would probably carry any letters someone gave me, as memoribelia. Water is a big necessity.
Filed by tittle at March 27th, 2008 under Uncategorized
