Surrealism is the mix of fantasy and fact. In “The Things They Carried”, there are many situations in which fantasy and fact are shown. For example, in the chapter “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong”, Mark Fossie brings his girlfriend into Vietnam due to the fact he misses her. “She wanted to get a feel for how people lived, what the smells and customs were. It did not impress her that the VC owned the place.”(92) Mary Anne acted as if visiting Vietnam was for a vacation. She did not care for “things like ambushes and snipers and the stopping power of an AK-47.”(92) Since she was innocent and new to the entire war situation, she thought of it very lightly. Although, throughout her entire stay, her old innocence, disappeared. “Her body seemed foreign somehow - too stiff in places, too firm where the softness used to be. The bubbliness was gone. The nervous giggling, too. When she laughed now… was rare.”(95) She changed entirely and completely. “To tell you the truth, I’ve never been happier in my whole life. Never.”(95) Mary Anne came to Vietnam with “ … a bubbly personality, a happy smile.”(91) The entire war area changed who she is and how she acts, especially with Mark.