Dialectical Journals of The Things They Carried Idea/Stylistic aspect | Quotation | Response | Truth | “Among the men in Alpha Company‚ Rat had a reputation for exaggeration and overstatement‚ a compulsion to rev up the facts…it was normal procedure to discount sixty or seventy percent of anything he had to say.” | The narrator‚ in making a seemingly offhanded comment about Rat’s tendency to lie‚ reveals another major point of the novel: the truth of a particular story is differing from person
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Marco De la Flor Prof. William Marquart English 1301 Comparison and Contrast Essay Assignment April 13‚ 2011 Comparing and Contrasting Cellular Phones As a consumer‚ when in the market for a new cell phone and cell phone plan‚ the first important item to compare and contrast are the benefits and advantages of the major cell phone providers such as AT&T and T- Mobile. In order to find a plan to fit budget needs and coverage requirements it made sense to look at all of the major cell phone
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The Things They Carried: Chapter 1 Significant Quote: “In the accompanying letter‚ Martha wrote that she had found the pebble on the Jersey shoreline‚ precisely where the land touched the water at high tide‚ where things came together but also separated.” (8) Speaker: Tim O’Brien Audience: The reader Significance: This symbolizes Martha and Jimmy’s feelings for each other. They are separated by the war‚ but together in their minds. Questions: 1. What prompted the separate-but-together thought
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is The Things They Carried which was written by Tim O’Brien. The book is a bunch of connected short stories of a platoon of soldiers in the Vietnam War. The work is a piece of fiction that uses real names and includes the author himself as the protagonist. By doing this‚ the author meshes and blurs the non fiction in with the fiction‚ which makes the book feel like a war memoir. Overall‚ the book was interesting insight on the Vietnam War and a very good book to read. Reading The Things They Carried
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fraud‚ you reach your destination‚ but are unable to return” (Ghanaian proverb). What are the assumptions underlying this quote? How possible is it to undo the bad we do? This proverb describes one of the significant themes in The Things They Carried. It describes the mental and emotional burden the soldiers are forced to carry throughout their lives as a result of the atrocities they committed during the Vietnamese War. This proverb is assuming that the soldiers had in fact committed crimes
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The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien will be used to explain violence in literature.Violence can show many different things in literature‚ for example‚ how cruel people can be. It can be towards a friend‚ an enemy or even oneself. Not all violence is intentional‚ one may not have a choice when harming one’s life. In the novel The Things They Carried‚ there are many examples of violence that contribute to the reader’s’ emotions. Violence in literature can involve many things such
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Jimmy Ji Mrs. Coleman ESL 33 Compare and Contrast Essay 27 Oct. 2010 Pursuit of Dream In this competitive world‚ it almost seems indispensable for people to at least pursue one thing to survive. Does it mean that people all have to strive to accomplish something? Or does pursuing actually bring any enhancements or happiness to people’s lives? The answer might be very debatable because pursuing something might not be always ended with a great triumph or satisfaction
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The historic fiction book “The things they Carried” is a marvelous book that melds a bunch of short stories together to create a unique flowing narrative. The many characters throughout the book give life to the harsh land of Vietnam‚ adding color to the palette of brown‚ fatigue green‚ and constant rain/blue. Characters like Kiowa‚ who brought compassion to Alpha Company‚ Rat Kiley‚ who brought sanity to Alpha Company before he went mad himself‚ Mitchell Sanders‚ who brought a form of moral code
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Compare and Contrast Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong were both explorers who captivated the world with their amazing explorations. Their paths shared many traits‚ though their discoveries were very different. While Armstrong was the first man on the moon on July 20‚ 1969‚ Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue about four hundred years earlier to find the “new world”. While both Columbus and Armstrong had amazing explorations‚ Columbus made a discovery that would start mankind on
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While you could lump both bands into the rock/metal genre‚ they do have their differences. Till Lindemann of Rammstein and James Maynard Keenan of Tool have some similar qualities‚ however there are quite a few things that set them apart. Language‚ genre‚ and lyrical content are all things that should be taken into account when looking at these singers. Till Lindemann of the world famous band Rammstein‚ has a deep bass voice. Nearly all that he sings is in the German language‚ with a few songs in
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