The things they carried‚by Tim O’brien "Oh man‚ you fuckin’ trashed the fucker. You scrambled his sorry self‚ look at that‚ you did‚ you laid him out like fuckin’ Shredded Wheat." I chose to start off my essay with this particular exert from the book because I think that it very much represents the story in itself. Azar said this‚ after Tim (supposedly) killed a Vietnamese soldier with a hand grenade. It shows that in times of war‚ how callous men can become. However‚ callousness varies‚
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“War is hell‚ but that’s not the half of it‚ because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love. War is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling; war is drudgery. War makes you a man; war makes you dead.” (80) This passage is very significant to the reality of the soldiers in the Vietnam War and brings to life the setting of the entire novel. The soldiers were primarily teenagers and young men in their early twenties
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Is White Collar Crime an Inside Job? Simply put‚ the point that Charles Ferguson is trying to get across in his documentary‚ The Inside Job is that economics is exactly that‚ it’s an inside job; with many elite employees involved. Economics is a profession‚ and at the end of the day‚ it all comes down to power‚ and the money being brought home by those at the top. Throughout the documentary Ferguson does an excellent job revealing the not so behind the scenes action‚ that many just don’t pick up
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Thesis Statement: In “The Things They Carried”‚ Lieutenant Jimmy Cross is torn between being a good leader and his love for Martha‚ thus making him a truly dynamic character. I. No matter how hard Lieutenant Cross tries to be a good leader‚ he cannot stop himself from fantasizing about Martha. a. The hardest thing that the Lieutenant carries is his emotional attachment to Martha. b. Throughout the entire story‚ Lieutenant Jimmy Cross is struggling to stop thinking about Martha
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The Things They Carried Tim O’Brien writes a collection of short stories that form the novel The Things They Carried. This novel is very affective in exploring the social issue of war. Throughout the novel the reader experiences the horror stories of war. The awfulness of these tales causes the reader to inquire whether war is really worth the sacrifices that soldiers are forced to make. By using narration‚ symbols‚ and imagery‚ O’Brien focuses on the meaning and purpose of war in this short but
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White privilege Having a benefit because of your skin color is not a good thing. Some people think that because they are white they should have privilege that others don’t. That seems pretty dumb to me being a white men. White privilege is defined as an advantage that white people enjoyed or have over others non-white persons. It could be a transparent preference for whiteness. In my opinion we should all be treated equally as human beings because God made each of us different so that the world
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Leonard Cheah 814725425 “Material Allies” In the short story The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien‚ First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross leads a band of his men through the hills and swamps of Vietnam while dealing with the psychological agony of both his love for Martha and the safety of his men. In wartime however‚ it is known that your fellow man is anything from safe. Much of the men have camaraderie‚ but know that at any moment the person sitting next to them could be killed. This is where the
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Habits play a much larger role in our everyday lives than we realize. A lot of the things we do every day are governed by habits are just done automatically. A habit can be as simple as checking your watch repeatedly or for someone of my generation‚ checking your cellphone repeatedly for calls or messages. The fact that a these habits because automatic can make them really hard to break but there are other factors that can play a role in what makes a habit hard to break. Our brains are designed
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times as just a white girl by people who don’t really know me too well. I’ve been told that I “don’t really act like a mexican girl”‚”I don’t sound spanish”‚” or “you’re pale for a latina.” I am aware that yes‚ I am pale‚ I don’t speak spanish‚ and that I’m quiet or shy. I’m made aware of this whenever I visit my mom or my dad’s families. One one side‚ i’m too white. On the other side‚ too dark. I’ll be the black sheep in a house full of blonde-blue eyed christians‚ or the white sheep in a house
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stanza? 3. What do “parents grudge‚ and you” in stanza 2? What are the “living walls of jet”? What three things will the woman kill by crushing the flea? 4. Why and how does the woman “triumph” in the third stanza? What is the speaker’s response? How logical is his concluding argument? 5. What action‚ if any‚ would you infer follows the conclusion of the poem? Hills Like White Elephants 1. The main topic of discussion between the man and the girl is never named. What is “the awfully
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