“The things they carried” 1.) When Mark and Rat enter the Beret hootchthey see and hear strange things. Review the paragraph that describes the room with the candles burning. This scene is similar to the one the narrator of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness stumbles upon in the African Jungle. There he sees Kurtz, a Caucasian trader, being worshiped by nativeswho bring him the finest ivory they can find as were an offering to a godRead the paragraph you have found the and then read the rest of that sectionuntil the next time Rat during storyWhat are the Rat Implies in that passage?

2.) Near the end of the story, Rat attributes Mary Anne's change to her desire to understand herself and how that desire became an obsession . What does he imply can happen to a person who studies himself Intensely ?