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    Graphic Organizer    Directions:  Use the following FILL­IN­THE­BLANK graphic organizer to answer the following  question:    In Tim O’Brien’s “Speaking of Courage‚” is Nowman Bowker a coward?      Norman Bowker is not a coward man. He is a man with dignity and and strong heart. I wanted to prove to his dad how strong he could be and that he is capable of anything. Norman may seem to be like any other man. Even when he was folded in with the war‚ he was part of the waste‚ he would not give up or

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    casualties were deaths or wounded. The wounds could have been something simple as a missing limb to as extreme as shell shocked. When soldiers were shell shocked they would often have no interest or a bad feeling about something they did while at war. In the short story‚ “A Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway‚ Krebs is a former college student and discharged soldier who is suffering from shell shock. Before the war‚ Krebs was going to college to become a minister. He enlisted in the Marines and was

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    Compare & Contrast Essay The poem‚ “To a Daughter Leaving Home”‚ by Linda Pastan‚ depicts the scene of a mother teaching her little girl to ride a bike at the age of eight and watching her master it. Yvor Winter’s “At the San Francisco Airport" is about a father reminiscing about the memory of his daughter growing up and leaving him at the airport. Both these poems speak of the much dreaded time in a parent’s life where their daughter’s grow up and leave their homes. Although the poems appear

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    Lone Survivor and Ghost Soldiers are two stories that acknowledge two remarkable first hand accounts on surviving in combat when the enemy is greater than you are. Lone Survivor is a story of four men going up into the rocky rough terrain mountains of Afghanistan severely outnumbered and were not expecting to get into a huge gun fight but as their operation went haywire they fought for every ounce of life but only one US navy SEAL made it out alive. Now with Ghost Soldiers the theme is similar in

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    points in the books. They also get hurt just with different injuries. The final similarity is that they both witness a friend die in the book. These similarities show how much alike these books are. The two books “Soldiers Heart” and “Red Badge of Courage” are very similar but have a few things that are not the same‚ although the author could have gotten ideas from the other book. There are still many differences in the book‚ but they clearly have more similarities. There are similarities

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    Soldiers Home Essay

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    Soldier’s Home: Harold’s simple life When looking at the title Soldiers Home by Ernest Hemingway‚ you can tell that the story will be about Harold coming back home after many dramatic events in world war I. He moves back to his parents’ house while trying to figure out what to do with the rest of his life. When he came back home from war‚ his war experiences changed his intentions of life. Even though Harold Krebs faced many dramatic events throughout his life his perspective of the future changed

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    Whitney Peters October 13‚ 2014 Comp 101 Compare & Contrast Essay The Bronx Bomber’s: Then and Now The game of baseball itself had not changed much since it first started. The pitcher throws the ball‚ batter hits the ball‚ and fielder catches the ball. However‚ the New York Yankees baseball organization has. They are and still known for their deep pockets‚ legendary athletes‚ and being in the spot light. Without those qualities former players would not recognize what the team has become today. Some

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    The veterans in “Speaking of Courage” and “Soldier’s Home” undergo emotional trauma left to them by their war experiences. Reintegrating themselves back into society is a trial both Krebs and Norman Bowker face.But truly‚ it is the attitude that each man demonstrates that sets them apart. Their emotions influence the way they experience both the civilian world and civilian life. Authors Tim O’Brien and Ernest Hemingway’s style usage help readers understand the character’s personalities and difficulties

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    about $2‚000 a year on entertainment. Many people can conclude that watching a movie in a cinema is very memorable and interesting. Although a cinema doesn’t compare to the privileges you have at home. Then again your home cannot provide you with a huge screen and a big volume. Being at a cinema has its benefits but watching a movie at home easier and inexpensive. In a cinema you get to watch the movie on a huge screen with a comfort volume surround sound system. The graphics are way better than

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    Compare and Contrast of “Soldiers Home” and “How to Tell a True War Story” Hemingway’s “Soldier’s Home” and O’Brien’s “How to Tell a True War Story” are two similar yet contrasting stories. The Protagonists in both stories are soldiers of war but they fought in different wars. In Hemingway’s “Soldier’s Home” Harold‚ was a soldier returning from the First World War in Germany. In O’Brien’s “How to Tell a True War Story” Bob (Rat) Kiley was a soldier in Vietnam during the Vietnamese War. Both

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