<span>I believe the correct answer is that he wants to
melt into her bones.</span>
In is a collection of linked short stories “The
Things They Carried” by American novelist Tim O'Brien, the metaphor he uses to
describe his love for Linda when he was nine years old is that he wants to melt
into her bones, which means that he wants to be with her all his life and he
hopes that they will reunite again.
