"The Things They Carried" Response #1

My thoughts and belief about war are that it should only occur in extreme situations. Such as WW1 and WW2. If someone invades you or is trying to take over the world just for the power, they should be stopped. Thus we go to war. War for beliefs such as religion or politics is just plain stupid. Let other countries govern the way they want to. If they are killing their people then yes we need to intervene. But only until the killing stops. Then we can mind our own business, and they can mind theirs. Yes the USA should go to war only in the situations I mentioned above. Some things I know about the Vietnam war is that it was a cause of the Cold War. We were trying to stop the spread of communism, but I don't know why. I guess the USA likes to make sure that the world knows that we are top dog. I also know that we lost the war and a bunch of soldiers lives for no reason. After we pulled out of the war, the north and south united.

The Things They Carried Prompt #2

The other "things" that the soldiers are carrying are intangible feelings and emotions that burden them during the war. Such as Jimmy Cross's feelings and love for Martha. It got Ted Lavender killed.
One character that we have read and I have learned about is Lieutenant Jimmy Cross. He is creepishly in love with a girl named Martha. He is the platoon leader of the bunch of soldiers we have been reading about. He has been rejected by Martha in the past but he still is hoping that she will fall for him. I predict that controversy over his love for Martha and his men will cause problems in the platoon.
All of these pieces are the same because they all talk about the Vietnam War and each share information on the war and things that happened during it. Each of the pieces have their own special connection to the war and together there is a bunch of helpful facts and information.