Word: heavier
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...gear that he and his platoon carried are precisely itemized: a 26-lb. radio, an 8.2-lb. fully loaded M-16, a 20-lb. pack of necessities, including canteens of water. There are heavier burdens. The chapter "On the Rainy River" finds the narrator considering a dodge from the draft. It is set mainly at a fishing camp in Minnesota where young Tim can practically cast a line across to Canada. The scenery and tone suggest early Hemingway; the difference is that O'Brien's uncertain youth must still go to war before he can join a lost generation...
NOTE is a noble endeavor. The concept is excellent, and the group's members have the energy and creativity to make it work. Their goals are as large as the subject matter they aim to address. They assume then a heavy burden which is made heavier when they feel obliged to buck dramatic conventions and traditional media. In its extremity of experimentation, the production fails at times to bridge the distance between the audience and the drama, though it does raise awareness and stimulate some campus discussion about AIDS...