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    The Nature of Things

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    The Nature of Things Michelle Davis ACI1248F Introduction to Literature 1/17/2013 Using nature to symbolize feelings or thoughts in a poem or short story gives the reader an idea of what the author is describing‚ but it also gives them a picture to imagine as they read. The Oak by Tennyson might symbolize strength and wisdom and uses simile style to describe an object. The Road not Taken by Frost might symbolize the way certain choices affect our lives and uses a persona

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    the things they carried

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    Cassandra Reed S. Matthews Comp II 3 March 2014 The Things They Carried The Things They Carried by Tim O’ Brien is a collection of twenty-two short stories about the mental and physical endeavors that the American soldiers in the Vietnam War that comes together in one short novel. In this collection O’ Brien often blurs the lines between fiction and reality in order to push the reader to sympathize with the soldiers as they carry guilt‚ shame‚ cowardice‚ malice‚ and confusion. Many of the

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    THE THINGS THEY CARRIED UNIT TEST NAME_________________________ Part I. Matching (some may not be used) WHO AM I? (2 pts.) 1. ______ I was the young girl who came over to see her boyfriend and eventually fell in love with Vietnam and become one with the land. 2. ______ I offered Tim 200.00 dollars and the opportunity to escape to Canada when we went fishing in my boat. 3. ______ I played Volleyball at Mount Sebastian and wrote letters to Jimmy.

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    and in the modern appropriation 10 Things I Hate About You. How does each composer’s use of this story reflect the time in which each was composed" The Taming of the Shrew was written in the Elizabethan Era in England at a time when men were considered to be superior to women. The patriarchal society of this time is reflected to a large extent in the text and various implications of traditional values can be noted. The modern appropriation‚ Ten Things I Hate About You‚ goes along the same

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    Making the Most Out of Time The one person whom I will always consider my best friend is my mother. She raised me to be the young and confident woman that I am today. Without her guidance I feel as if I would’ve turned out to be a completely different person. But on March 25th‚ 2007‚ I lost my best friend‚ mentor and role model to ovarian cancer. I was in deep distraught for years after I lost my mother. It especially hurt when I would remember all of the jovial moments that we shared together

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    The Things They Carried

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    Moffitt 4/16/2013 The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien continuously uses repetition of talking about the items the soldiers carry mentally and physically to show the burdens of war. Each item O’Brien talks about tells a little about each character and what fears they try to escape from. An example would be “Dave Jensen carried three pairs of socks and a can of Dr.Scholl’s foot powder as a precaution for trench foot.” (O’Brien pg.1) Jensen carried these things so you could be very clean and

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    21st Century audience. Since film has the ability to reach a mass audience a more modernized version of Shakespeare’s play was created -“10 things I hate about you”‚ directed by Gil Junger. Although different in its appropriation‚ by comparing‚ -‘The Taming of the Shrew’ and ‘10 Things I hate about you’ it is evident that the modern appropriation ’10 things I hate about you’ is successful in shaping the understanding of a modern day audience‚ so that they can further understand and appreciate the

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    The Internet of Things

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    The internet of things Dave Evans‚ “Chief Futurist” at Cisco‚ is confident that the internet of things will change everything. In a report published under Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group‚ Evans explains that as more sensors are added to the Internet‚ almost anything can be connected to the Internet‚ revolutionizing the state of the Internet. All that it is asking for is giving up privacy and information‚ in exchange for unlimited knowledge and a creation of a “global brain.” What is

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    The Things they Carried

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    Intro: “They carried all they could bear‚ and then some‚ including a silent awe for the terrible power of the things they carried.” In The Things They Carried‚ O’Brien suggests that the soldiers do not just carry physical items but also emotional loads which burden them more so than anything the war conjures factually. The three soldiers that carry this theme the most throughout the story are Jimmy Cross‚ Norman Bowker‚ and the story version of Tim O’Brien. 1.       Jimmy Cross‚ as the leader of

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    the era of the Vietnam War‚ it was definitely most advanced in technology. Yet it was almost impossible for the soldiers to overcome the war because there were no war limitations.  The combats were more horrendous and petrifying in the Vietnam War. The soldiers also worried about the weather‚ land‚ viruses and more important their selves. The many physical and physiological factors of war multiplies the burdens of stress on the soldiers. In The Things They Carried‚ the soldiers had a duty of fighting

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