Things to carry with you:
Throughout "The Things they Carried", the characters are always carrying some type of negative stress with them and it shows how that, with time, causes them to decline. By remembering before going to college to remember it is a place for adventure and a time to go a little crazy and truly find yourself- not a time to dwell on the past on regrets, or having a negative attitude towards everything. Ultimately, removing the stress from your life is what leads to a happy, positive life where you are passionate about going places and interested in trying new things opposed to dreading hanging out with people.
- Close friendships you have built throughout high school
- A positive outlook on situation
- Desire to make new friends
- Passion to explore and go on adventures
- Courage to stand up for yourself
- Confidence that you have everything you need to succeed
- Stress from family and school
- Feeling that everything is going wrong
- Lingering regret that you made the wrong decision
- Negative attitude towards unfamiliar things
- Idea that you are 'too cool' to call friends/family
Throughout "The Things they Carried", the characters are always carrying some type of negative stress with them and it shows how that, with time, causes them to decline. By remembering before going to college to remember it is a place for adventure and a time to go a little crazy and truly find yourself- not a time to dwell on the past on regrets, or having a negative attitude towards everything. Ultimately, removing the stress from your life is what leads to a happy, positive life where you are passionate about going places and interested in trying new things opposed to dreading hanging out with people.
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