Motifs In The Things They Carried By Tim O Brien

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Choose one of the motifs from The Things They Carried and explain its significance In his 1990 novel, The Things They Carried Tim O'Brien uses various motifs,Some of the motifs used are the haze, the jungle, the muck, and the darkness of night. Throughout the stories, the narrator repeatedly describes the vapors and haze that settled over the landscape. For instance, the narrator describes the 'wet and swirly and tangled up' haze that obscures the jungle. The vapors spook the soldiers, making them feel tense, as if something or someone is haunting them. As it's said at one point in the story, when there is haze, 'you can't see jack, you can't find your own pecker to piss with.' In one scene, the narrator wades through fog and thinks about