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Ch. 1: The Things They Carried

#57: Nov. - Dec. 2008 (Fiction)
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Saffron wrote:
imnosalinger wrote:
I felt Lt. Jimmy Cross' burning of the letters and pictures represented the death of his innocence. He felt guilty for Lavender's death. Felt he was responsible. His innocence was destroyed.

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I was thinking along the same lines when I read this chapter. I also think the women in the book are use symbolically.
I disagree; i think the burning of the photos symbolically represent that Cross is leaving behind his childhood and is becoming a man.
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I disagree; i think the burning of the photos symbolically represent that Cross is leaving behind his childhood and is becoming a man.
Becoming a man is about accepting responsibility, accepting reality, a loss of the innocence of childhood. Maybe you're not really disagreeing at all.
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