than the truth.” In his stories‚ Tim plays with the truth. He has been doing this since he was a young boy‚ wishing his girlfriend back to life. He realizes that if you try hard enough and are creative enough‚ you can bring the dead back to life in stories. It doesn’t matter whether the stories are exactly true--you can change the name‚ or location‚ or even parts of what happens--the feeling of truth will still be there. This is perhaps the essence of what Tim calls "story-truth"--not facts‚ but
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everything; we think and say and do‚ all the decisions and the choices we make. For example human fear many things like fear of flying‚ heights‚ death and etc.. In his book the things they carried Tim O’Brien writes but the theme of fear because the soldiers in the Vietnam War were afraid of making the right decisions. Tim O’Brien and his platoon carry the fear of death and the fear of shame.fear is show in this is characters of Jimmy Cross‚ Norman Barker‚ and Time himself. Jimmy Cross shows weakness
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Tim Cook’s letter to the Apple Community is a wonderful example of an effective business message. Prior to reading the letter‚ I was skeptical of Apple’s views and how they justified not paying the tax. After studying the message I have a better understanding of Apple’s perspective. I now believe that Apple is correct. The tax that they are expected to pay is not justified. Tim Cook’s professionalism and competence are what led to my support of Apple. Cook begins his message by providing a brief
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Perhaps a slightly less readily recognizable theme in Burton’s work than some of his visual styles and story patterns‚ the 1950s horror films is nevertheless a prime source of material for all of his work. The monster movie is especially relevant in discussing Burton’s themes and recurring preoccupations. That which is perceived as monstrous is never associated with evil in Burton’s films; his "monsters" are always misunderstood creatures looking for forms of love and acceptance. Even the repulsive
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The Things They Carried Tim O’Brien First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried letters from a girl named Martha‚ a junior at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey. They were not love letters‚ but Lieutenant Cross was hoping‚ so he kept them folded in plastic at the bottom of his rucksack. In the late afternoon‚ after a day’s march‚ he would dig his foxhole‚ wash his hands under a canteen‚ unwrap the letters‚ hold them with the tips of his fingers‚ and spend the last hour of light pretending
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Tim Burton is a guy whose style is dark. Burton has different styles such as creepy‚ mysterious‚ and creative. His dark style is best conveyed through his use of Low Key Lighting‚ High Key Lighting‚ and Eyelevel Angel. The techniques have a different effect. For example‚ high key lighting effect is creating a looking scene. Low key lighting effect is making a suspense or making it look suspicious. Eyelevel Angel effect is nature or neutral. Burton uses these techniques to describe his style. He uses
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women who use this to motivate themselves as they are miles away from their families‚ fighting for the freedom this flag symbolizes. There are many symbols to represent the american soldiers: the Purple Heart‚ camouflage‚ and artillery are only a few. Tim O達rien痴 The Things They Carried is a story about the soldier痴 humanity‚ and about how beneath the guns of war there is always the man - he shows us
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just one. From one moment to the other we stop having feelings towards the people we thought were going to be our everything. This semester I had the opportunity to read a book about love‚ happiness‚ murder and also a possible psycho is was writing by Tim O’Brien called “In the Lake of the Woods”. The story begins with the protagonists John and Kathy Wade; both of them are talking about happiness without knowing what happiness really means. “They wanted happiness without knowing what it was‚ or where
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The Weight of War “The Things They Carried‚” by Tim Obrien In the short story “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien‚ the experience of the Vietnam War is described through the eyes of American soldiers. The things the soldiers carry are both literal and figurative. While they all carry heavy physical loads‚ they also carry heavy emotional loads‚ composed of grief‚ fear‚ love and longing. Each man’s physical burden underscores his emotional burden. The purpose of this story is to bring
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ran and the car fell in the water with Adam and Barbara inside of it. They later walked into their house not knowing what had happened. They were dead and couldn’t leave their house and the person who could help them was Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice‚ a Tim Burton film is full of suspenseful music‚ dark colors and lighting to create the dark‚ creepy mood of the entire film.
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