The Things They Carried

First of all I think this was a great book, great writing.
I thought it was interesting how O'Brien mentioned language throughout the book and how language can change reality. For example, how the soldiers made jokes about Kiowa dying in muddy shit and how the soldiers joked about Lavender being shot while he was going to the bathroom. Then, how their language effected their actions; finding a dead man beside a chicken coop and wanting to talk to him...act like he wasn't dead, so they set him up and sat around him...toasting to him.
There are many theories about how language shapes reality and this book, I think is a great example.
Also, since the soldiers language changed (joking about death) which changed their reality about death it made them unable to communicate when they were back at their homes. They could only communicate with other soldiers and they felt as if no one understood them.
This book was really great and I would definitely recommend it!