7. The Things They Carried: How to Tell a True War Story~Poor Baby Buffalo

I found the story of the poor baby buffalo to be quite disturbing. This story greatly emphasizes the war. It doesn't matter if your completely innocent or just a child, war destroys all. On the other side, the soldier that killed the poor buffalo demonstrates the emotions that eat at a soldier's soul. Although the buffalo may have been completely sweet and innocent, no one is safe in a war zone. Its an ugly thing. War destroys innocence. The baby buffalo was simply at the wrong place at the wrong time just as many soldiers end up being or stepping in the wrong place at the wrong time.