Marthas Presence, and Absence A Critical Analysis of the Role of Women in The Things They Carried Albeit female characters assume a little job in The Things They Carried, it is a noteworthy one. Ladies, for example, Martha influence the men of the Alpha Company by giving them passionate ties that grapple these warriors to reality as they clear their paths through the awful condition of war. The fighters all romanticize these ladies and utilize their essence (in letters, photos, and even their creative mind) as a solace and wellspring of comfort that grounds them to mankind as an update that a world exists outside the abominations of Vietnam.Within the book The Things They Carried, the accounts of the male officers and their dealings with the Vietnam War regularly dig into the narratives of the ladies and how they influenced the troopers during the war, for example, with Lieutenant Cross and Martha. While the men managed the detestations of Vietnam, the ladies were directly next to them from a profound perspective or strict sense.
