Both Tim O’Brien’s "The Things They Carried" and T. Coraghessan Boyle’s "Greasy Lake" display characters’ similar reactions to violence‚ but in different settings and circumstances. In "The Things They Carried‚" Fist Lieutenant Jimmy Cross is a soldier in the Vietnam War who finds solace and escape in fantasies of a young woman from home. One of Cross’s soldiers dies due to his daydreaming and forces him to abandon these fantasies. In "Greasy Lake‚" the main character finds enjoyment in picking
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Kellsey Fenley 10-28-09 Holly Jenkins. English 4- 101 Poison Apples and Glass Slippers Over time‚ Walt Disney films have captured the hearts of millions of people. In particular‚ women‚ ranging from toddlers to grandmothers‚ love and admire the captivating tales of the Disney Princesses. Cinderella and Snow White are two magnificent tales of princesses and the trials and tribulations each young lady is put through. Though these stories differ in some ways‚ such as conflict and plot‚ one can
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AP English Language 21 September 2010 O’Brien’s Diction The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien is a historical fiction novel that presents a variety of anecdotes and dialogues exposing the reality and impact of the Vietnam War. The stories of several characters let the readers understand the wide impact of the war. O’Brien presents all these stories by the use of dialogue‚ and he does this successfully by maneuvering his diction. By the use of slang‚ soldier jargon‚ and vulgar language the author
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“The Things They Carried” Thesis Statement: In “The Things They Carried‚” the soldier uses physical objects to calm their secret fears. This symbolizes emotions‚ spiritual burdens within the objects that symbolize times‚ places‚ and also what they feared. Another thing we are not aware of is when the author mentions dust which is a constant reminder to the soldiers that they are not safe. In this short story the narrator wanted to express the loneliness the soldiers felt and distressed because
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life like props such as animal blood guts limbs. It keeps the viewer’s believing that what they see is real. The creativeness was amazing there are so many different scary creatures monsters ideas that these directors came up with. The movie “The Thing” I mean how can you even come up with something so weird and out of the ordinary. I respect the creativeness of the older horror generation very much hopefully one day I can make a movie on the same scale. Today’s Horror Movies don’t have the same
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Outline Literature Summary: “The Things They Carried”‚ published in 1990 tells a true story of Tim O’Brian‚ author and main character‚ who is drafted for the Vietnam war. He tells about the different items that him and his fellow soldiers carried with them to help cope with the traumatic environment that they were placed in. Thesis Statement: The Things They Carried is a perfect example that shows that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an issue as old as war‚ only recently have we discovered
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Sobel is exclaiming to Feld that he did not work for Feld for the money but for Miriam. They both had to work and do whatever they had to do to get their girl. Noah and Sobel were also both strong-willed. Noah from The Notebook states “The scariest thing about distance is that you don’t know whether they’ll miss you or forget you” (Nicholas Sparks). Even though Allie left Noah he still loved her while she was gone. He always thought about her and dreamed of forever being with her. In The First Seven
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mountain‚ and an amusement park. All three places offer a variety of fun activities. The beach offers activities that the mountain or amusement park cannot offer and vice versa. All three places are totally different. The purpose of this essay is to contrast the climate‚ types of activities and locations of beaches‚ mountains‚ and amusement parks. First of all‚ the three aspects I’m going to discuss about the mountains are climate‚ types of activities and location. Climate is always important in order
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The character Don Anselmo‚ from “The Gentlemen of Rio en Medio‚” is a lot alike the character Mrs. Higgins‚ from “All the Years of Her Life.” But first let’s look at their differences. Don Anselmo is the male leader of his very traditional village. He takes his time because he has a lot of it. Don is an old‚ poor yet dignified character. He agrees to sell his farm‚ though a surveyor discovers he has twice the land he thought he had‚ for the original price. When the buyers complain of children in
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the “full college experience”; however‚ many commuters have said that they think that they are living college to the fullest as well. Each college student has their own opinions on which type of style they prefer. Both types of college experiences compare and differ in multiple ways. Commuting‚ and living on campus can be similar yet so different at the same time‚ and truly depends on what type of person you are and what fits your life. Commuting is where a college student does not live on campus;
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