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    In the novel “The Things They Carried” written by Tim O’Brien‚ he discusses the weapons and equipment’s that each American soldier carried during the Vietnam War. The things that the soldiers carried with them are both tangible and intangible. What these items are depends upon each of the soldiers. They carried the basic necessities in order for survival and the bare minimum to make life as livable as possible. However‚ they also carried with them fear and memories. It is the intangible items like

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    The order of things We all know about love‚ and we all want to be loved‚ and guess what? Everybody can fall in love. Even people with a wife and children can suddenly fall in love with another woman or vice versa. This is the order of things‚ but it may seem like a truism that everybody at every age can abruptly in the middle of the hardships of the everyday feel the hair-raising feeling of being in love. Love is happiness. When it happens to a settled person it causes him or her lot of ethical

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    "The things they carried" In "the things they carried" Tim O’Brien defines a fine line between fiction and non-fiction in the form of story telling and the memories he has accumulated from his participation in the Vietnam war the way they "seemed" rather than "what happened" because that’s how you tell "a true war story" and that’s how the book effectively engages the reader throughout the whole book because nothing is ordinary‚ not even the way the book is put together‚ you just can’t anticipate

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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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    Nick Grainger Eng 112 March 16‚ 2004 The Things They Carried Tim O’Brien was an infantryman in during Vietnam War. He used those experiences to write many short stories including The Things They Carried. The story portrays how‚ "the things they carried" were weightless in comparison to their feelings of love and loss‚ fear and shame‚ and the torturous memories of death. "They all carried emotional baggage of men who might die. Grief‚ terror‚ love‚ longing- these were intangibles‚ but the intangibles

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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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    Thesis Statement: In “The Things They Carried”‚ Lieutenant Jimmy Cross is torn between being a good leader and his love for Martha‚ thus making him a truly dynamic character. I. No matter how hard Lieutenant Cross tries to be a good leader‚ he cannot stop himself from fantasizing about Martha. a. The hardest thing that the Lieutenant carries is his emotional attachment to Martha. b. Throughout the entire story‚ Lieutenant Jimmy Cross is struggling to stop thinking about Martha

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    Novelis to its wholly owned subsidiary AV Aluminum Inc. The day after Hindalco announced the acquisition its stock fell by 13% resulting in a US$600 million drop in market capitalisation. Shareholders criticised the deal but K.M. Birla responded that he had offered a fair price for the company and stated‚ "When you are acquiring a world leader you will have to pay a premium." JSW Steel had acquired 41 per cent stake in debt-ridden Ispat Industries from Pramod and Vinod Mittal‚in December 2010 for

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    Love: Motivation or Distraction? Love is something that everyone desires‚ but when the thought of love takes over your thought process; it can be very dangerous. First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross knows the feeling of love and its dangerous effects. Lieutenant Cross is currently at war in Vietnam and he is repeatedly visited by the thought of his lover Martha. Martha is a student at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey‚ and this is where the lieutenant fell in love. He took her to a movie and during

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    In the poem Love Calls Us to the Things of This World Richard Wilbur defamiliarizes laundry by turning the clothes into angels. This idea of laundry being angels is first introduced by the lines “Outside the open window the morning air is all awash with angels. Some are in bed-sheets‚ some are in blouses‚ some are in smocks: but truly there they are.” Additionally‚ this idea is later backed up by the line “Now they are rising together in calm swells of halcyon feeling‚ filling whatever they wear

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