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    repay a debt and have their basic needs met. Many people today find themselves in need of basic necessities for life‚ and enter the trade to have these needs met. Additionally‚ because of these contributing factors‚ the entry into the industry is full of coercion‚ manipulation and even violent force. Those profiting from the sex industry are violating‚ and even destroying‚ any sense of dignity their victims have. Those “who are victimized through sexual abuse often begin to develop deeply held

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    In the first chapter of The Things They Carried‚ “The Thing They Carried”‚ Tim O’Brien uses the motif of intangible weights the men carry and how they have the strength to alter one’s performance and emotional state at war. The intangible weight of Martha’s love is like a barbell Jimmy Cross can never seem to let go of. Continuously carrying extra weight‚ Cross expresses how he "love[d] Martha more than his men" (6)‚ which results in the death of one of his men soldiers Ted Lavender. Cross’s love

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    I think patient dehumanization happens because it is hard for the doctor or nurses to see someone suffering. Perhaps it is lack of compassion from patient from patient‚ but I believe that since doctors deal with pain all the time they don’t want to immerse themselves in others pain. I know from personal experience that unless I am feeling the pain for myself it is hard to be sympathetic. My sister has migraines and headaches all the time and all I can say is I am sorry; however‚ when I have a headache

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    little do most Americans know that soldiers during the Vietnam War were corrupted by the conditions of the war and left with no choice but to use hard drugs such as heroin in order to cope with their pain. Looking through Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried the troops in his novel were guilty of using hard drugs in order to cope with the war. The Vietnam war was a highly disputed war in the United States many Americans were against the fact that we were participating in this war in the first place

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    and social currents going on in the larger world around them” (Literary Terms‚ 910). Instead of observing at what lies solely on the surface‚ enveloping action is meant to examine the plot at a new and deeper level. In the short story‚ The Things They Carried‚ the plot and setting might seem easy to figure out. Instead of just looking at the setting‚ by using enveloping action the reader is able to establish

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    object because it was too much to bear? Tim O’brien’s novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ is about men in the middle of the Vietnam War just trying to survive. These men‚ like all soldiers‚ carried many things ranging from the physical items of war to the emotional and mental weight that comes along with the horrors of war. “They carried all they could bear‚ and then some‚ including a silent awe for the terrible power of the things they carried.”(O’brien‚7) I believe in this novel‚ O’brien gives many great

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    Dehumanization and Destruction of War War is an event that brings about destruction‚ no matter which side a person is on. Also‚ war causes change‚ whether its physically or mentally. Through the use of several literary devices and a realistic writing style‚ Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front and Wiesel’s Night demonstrate that the horrible situations caused by war lead to the loss of humanity. Similes used in All Quiet on the Western Front show how the themes of dehumanization and destruction

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    talking about dehumanization once said‚ “You are no longer human. There is no feeling anymore‚ because to feel any emotion‚ would also be to beckon the overwhelming blackness around you‚ my mind has locked this down. I do not feel anymore”. Once you stop being human you no longer have the ability to think. You have lost contact with all outside that you start to act like what they made you which is a animal. In the book Night‚ by Elie Wiesel‚ he is discussing the topic of dehumanization. The time is

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    slavery has on both slaves and slave owners: dehumanization. Several examples of totalitarianism exist throughout history‚ one of the most notable being the period of time Adolf Hitler ruled Germany. In Hannah Arendt’s Total Domination‚ where she describes totalitarianism‚ what makes it possible and the effects is has used examples of concentration camps and three different totalitarian regimes‚ we see that one of ramifications of total domination is dehumanization. Dehumanizing someone means to take

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    Heavy Baggage the Soldiers Endure in Tim O’Brien‚ The Things They Carried Often times‚ when we are asked‚ “What is a burden?” we often say that it is something that is difficult to bear‚ something that often leads to a great deal of anxiety and stress‚ and something that acts as the foundation of difficulty and trouble one may face. In the literary excerpt‚ “The Things They Carried‚” written by Tim O’Brien‚ the author illustrates the significance of burdens‚ and how the consequential emotional

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