Dialect

-a way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain social group or of inhabitants of a geographical area.
The characters in " The Things They Carried" are American soldiers. Many of them are young and naive. They often cuss profusely and because this is the Vietnam war they use terms related to that time era. This allows the reader to see how society was during this time and how the men behaved over seas in Vietnam. This adds more to details and scenery to the story and allows the reader to be more involve in the characters time era and thought process.I also thought it was interesting to see what was different from back then to how it is now. We definitely say things differently now, often more crude. Also I think the men were more respectful in a few cases like when Anne came and stayed in the camp with the men and when they camped out in a church and they felt it was sinful. I don't know if things like that would happen now a days.