"They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die. Grief, terror, love, longing--
these were intangibles, but the intangibles had their own mass and specific gravity, they
had tangible weight. They carried shameful memories. They carried the common secret of
cowardice.... Men killed, and died, because they were embarrassed not to." Page 21
The above is just a section from Pg. 21. Tim O'Brien uses a broad variation of tone, throughout his book "The Things They carried." I chose this particular page to demonstrate O' Brien's tone, because it represents the factual position that is at state, and that is fear. With just a few sentences O' Brien clearly explains, that although you may have all these men that carrying a variety of things it still doesn't replace the feeling of fear, being brought upon by the war.
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