The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried( Chapter One)
Why is it significant that Martha never mentions the war in her letters? What does she represent?
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Martha represents all that is not Vietnam. Her letters bring the illusion of a world without the Vietnam war. It is a surreal world but it brings comfort Jimmy Cross.
