Honors English Language ArtsTim O'Brien uses the elements of Symbolism, Theme and Style of the author in his book The Things They Carried.In The Things They Carried, symbolism is an element of the book. The whole book revolves around these symbols. The symbols presented in this book are the things that each person carried with them. At the beginning of the book, the narrator, Lieutenant Jimmy Cross, tells readers what each person carries with them and how each item is important in some way. For the narrator, the important things he carried were Martha's letters. Martha is his love. He also brings his photos. Lieutenant Cross cared deeply about these items. He rereads the letters every night and looks at his photos every night. The author uses it well, placing the symbols in the title of the book. “First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried letters from a girl named Martha, a student at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey…he kept them folded in the plastic at the bottom of his backpack. In the late afternoon, after a day's march, he dug his trench and washed his hands...