We Were Liars is a gory‚ suspenseful‚ sophisticated novel written by E. Lockhart. Cadence Sinclair is living a scandalous lie‚ yet she doesn’t realize it. Cadence is dealing with memory loss‚ and can’t put the pieces together until the end of the book. As the conclusion of the book‚ Cadence in the long run uncovers the factuality of what happened in summer 15. Spoiler Alert! Cadence killed her friends:Mirren and Johnny as well as her lover‚ Gat. As if that wasn’t enough‚ two dogs‚ Fatima and Prince
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O’Brien’s The Things They Carried In Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried‚ the narrator tells the story of a platoon of men serving in the military during the Vietnam War. The narrator of this story follows the men‚ led by Lieutenant Jimmy Cross through the treacherous‚ unknown terrain of Vietnam. As most of us know from stories told by Vietnam veterans‚ including my Uncle Ed who was a Navy Seal during that war‚ the conditions were horrific; US involvement was highly protested‚ and soldiers lucky enough
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4. Look closely at the full page illustration following the text‚“But we were hungry and thirsty.” Discuss who and what is represented in this image and the mood or atmosphere created by the illustration. How does the placement of this image prepare the reader for what’s to follow on the next page ? What other horrors and challenges were they confronted with? How would you describe the reactions of the refugees to the threats against a child’s life? What does this tell the reader about the courage
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different‚ yet are at the root of each other. If you say‚ "I want to be loved‚" it ’s the same thing as saying "I ’m afraid I won ’t be loved." Bronte’s Wuthering Heights and Ford Madox Ford’s The Good Soldier manage to show how similar desire and fear truly are. Wuthering Heights is saturated with desire and fear and the two play off of one another in a way that makes them so homogeneous. Similarly‚ The Good Soldier draws on the desires of many of the characters and in turn the fears‚ which encapsulate
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question "were the British soldiers ’Lions led by Donkeys?’" has been an ongoing debate since the end of the war. A war which is dominated by images of bloody battles such as the Somme and Passchendaele - futile frontal attacks against the machine guns. There is a lot of evidence to suggest that the troops were ’lions led by donkeys’. The definition that the soldiers were ’lions’ in the war has never been questioned - due to the horrific reports of their lives in the war. The soldiers were just young
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paranoid nature‚ illuminated through repetition‚ allowed for his fear take hold of his good judgement. This fatal flaw fused with conjunctions ultimately sparked his deterioration as mind games of war compounded by the crushing weight of the things he carried were too much for Lavender’s feeble frame. In the end‚ like most battles with war‚ war won and no amount a dope or paranoia could have prevented Ted’s death for war is unpredictable and preparation is useless when combatting the unknown. The beauty
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In the short story “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien writes about a group of platoon of American soldiers in the Vietnam War and the variety of personal items the soldiers carries with them besides their equipment. The story talks about how each of them carries a significant item that helps them to hide their fears and bring them comfort. The main protagonist is Lieutenant Jimmy Cross who has an inner struggle between his civilian life and his current life of leading a group of platoon to
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that may take years or decades to occur‚ but when it hits‚ it hits hard. In the seconds where the realisation first occurs‚ one can see what a person’s true character is. It is even easier to tell in the world of literature. In Joyce Carol Oates’ We Were The Mulvaneys‚ she depicts who Judd Mulvaney is through the use of literary techniques such as point of view and syntax. The syntax of the passage in which Judd begins to comprehend death a little bit more shows how this is indeed just a kid with
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Khattab At some point in each person’s life‚ they will feel guilt. Guilt is a valuable emotion‚ as it helps to maintain ties to the people around you. In the novel‚ “The Things They Carried‚” by Tim O’Brien‚ every soldier felt guilt when a unit member got killed or something tragic happened. This guilt felt by the soldiers was exemplified by Dave Jensen and Lieutenant Jimmy Cross. Decisions that both individuals made created the feeling of guilt‚ which resulted in a change of emotion in them
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Intro “We were dancing-” Dove recounts her past in a simple statement; however‚ this interrupted thought is more than it seems to be. It introduces the audience to the action and setting of the poem.. The first aspect that makes the statement important is the use of the plural noun “we”. “We” indicates that Dove wasn’t alone; she was with some type of partner‚ probably a dancing partner. It also bring the audience into question. Is the audience her dance partner? Or are we merely peering into the
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