The book that I have recently read was “The things they carried”. The book was written by Tim O’Brien who was once a US soldier. The book is about the Vietnam War which was started around 1955. Tim himself was a soldier fighting in the war who had survived. He writes the story fictionally but the names of the characters are of real people. The book is a series of short stories and the situation in the story reflects horror of the war. There are three areas of conflicts that occur in the stories
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War affects people in many ways. The war affects people not only physical but also mentally. Stress has a very big effect on people whose in the war. Not just any kind of stress but post traumatic stress disorder is a very common type. PTSD became diagnosis with influence from social movement including veteran‚ feminist and holocaust survivors .Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition triggered by experiencing a terrifying event. People who has PTSD experienced many life
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Tim Burton is a unique director who likes twisting people’s’ thoughts. He loves turning childhood stories into something dark but delightful. Tim’s mind only works in a way that the makes his movies creepy. Tim Burton’s uses lighting‚ shots and framing‚ and characterization to prove that the mood creates a sense of a make belief reality. To begin‚ Burton uses lighting to create a strange but fantastical mood. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory‚ grey filters‚ an example of low key lighting‚ were
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In chapter eleven of Tim Kellers book‚ Every Good Endeavor‚ he begins to talk about how we as christians need to have a compass for our work. Most businesses try to do the right and fair thing. But why is this? most people are not believers so what would cause them to go out of their way to be fair and honest? Tim Keller says in his book that " It is good for business. It enhances your reputation. And in the long term it creates a more favorable business environment.” All of this is true. Which is
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1. How did Tim feel about the Vietnam War while he was at college? He opposed it. He began to hate it. Do his actions and language support the idea that he “hated” the Vietnam war? No‚ he was too scared of what people thought to speak up or act like he hated it. 2. What were Tim’s options once he received his draft notice? To go or leave the country. Who did he hold responsible for his situation? Other people who didn’t have to worry about being drafted. Who did he think should go to war instead
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Tim Burton is known for his work as a director and producer of several popular movie’s including Edward Scissorhands‚ the Nightmare Before Christmas‚ and Alice and Wonderland (2010). His style is often described as dark and gothic‚ but also with a hint of comedy. Tim burton achieves this mood by using music‚ long shots‚ and lighting to give a scene and setting a dark or mysterious feeling. Music‚ specifically non-diegetic music‚ is used in Edward Scissorhands mostly to give scenes a more mysterious
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Christian Mueller Professor Marek ENC1102 Sec 81 25 September 2013 Burdens of War Tim Obrien’s “The Things They Carried” To understand literature‚ especially the more abstract and intricate stuff‚ you must comprehend beyond the literal text. To really see the point an author is hinting at you must be able to read the covert messages masked within the overt ones. Not only must you take the authors background into consideration but also the time period that the piece takes place in. You must
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understand. That makes it hard for veterans to talk about their experiences to an extent that someone will understand what they went through. So‚ in order for Tim O’Brien to get his readers to comprehend his experiences‚ he writes it in a form of fiction so that he can alter his stories to an extent that his readers can really feel what he felt. Tim O’Brien
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than the truth.” In his stories‚ Tim plays with the truth. He has been doing this since he was a young boy‚ wishing his girlfriend back to life. He realizes that if you try hard enough and are creative enough‚ you can bring the dead back to life in stories. It doesn’t matter whether the stories are exactly true--you can change the name‚ or location‚ or even parts of what happens--the feeling of truth will still be there. This is perhaps the essence of what Tim calls "story-truth"--not facts‚ but
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everything; we think and say and do‚ all the decisions and the choices we make. For example human fear many things like fear of flying‚ heights‚ death and etc.. In his book the things they carried Tim O’Brien writes but the theme of fear because the soldiers in the Vietnam War were afraid of making the right decisions. Tim O’Brien and his platoon carry the fear of death and the fear of shame.fear is show in this is characters of Jimmy Cross‚ Norman Barker‚ and Time himself. Jimmy Cross shows weakness
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