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    Curt Lemon‚ Kiowa‚ Norman Bowker—every one of O’Brien’s fallen comrades is able to live on through his stories; their lives are "saved." Linda‚ O’Brien’s deceased childhood sweetheart‚ explains in "The Lives of the Dead" that being dead is like being a library book and waiting

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    one thousand years ago to the Norman invasion of England by William the Conqueror. William the Conqueror was born in 1028 in Normandy‚ France. He became the duke of Normandy at only seven years old and died in 1087 also in Normandy‚ France. William the Conqueror assembled a fleet in 1066 to invade England‚ this was all because King Edward had promised the throne to William after William had visited France in 1051 but when Edward died after reigning for 23 years‚ Harold Godwinson became King. William

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    William was able to beat King Harold Godwinson. There are many reasons why William won the Battle of Hasting for example good reason for won in Battle is Harold Godwinson’s army was tired. The English army had already fought the Battle of Stamford Bridge that day. They had to race down to the small village of Hastings and that’s why they are louse. Williams’s army was rested. Many reasons for Williams’s victory are also to do with chance and also the choices that King Harold made. PROBLEM ENGLISH PEOPLE

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    Tim O’ Brien: he is one of the main characters in the story and what he does is that he collects stories from individuals that had went to fight in the Vietnam War. He is a pacifist meaning he is against war and overall violence. He cares for his family and country more than himself. He was also part of the Vietnam War as a soldier in the Alpha Company and after the war‚ he decided to collect stories that would help him deal with his pain and the deaths of his companions. Also‚ he was the narrator

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    desensitization‚ insanity‚ and the loss of friends. One of the major and most common effects of the war was depression. It can lead to many things. Most of the time it leads to an unhappy lifestyle. For example‚ in the book the Things They Carried‚ Norman Bowker was very depressed after the war. He drove around all day on the 4th of July‚ just looking to tell his story. All he wanted was someone to listen to what he had to say and listen to his stories. He couldn’t believe that no one was even able

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    The Battle of Hastings The Battle of Hastings took place in the year of AD 1066 after a dispute over the progression to the English throne. The Battle of Hastings was so significant because it was the battle that changed history. It had a huge impact on the people and their culture‚ the country‚ and the way they were looked upon by the world. It was the hardest for the Saxon people to swallow it‚ and they were stripped of rights and privileges. The Saxons organized many rebellions they

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    Rent. (Douglas‚ David. Page 15). William wanted to attack England and was able to because of several factors. Normandy was filled with wealth; there were many monasteries and Vikings with other enemies who were attacking them to take money. The Normans were at constant warefare with the Vikings and within themselves to gain territory. Normandy was becoming stronger and gaining a lot of territory. Due to the fact that Normandy was becoming very wealthy‚ when William took power‚ it was easy for him

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    Angel Caisapanta Professor Wells English 1102 14 February‚ 2011 “The Things They Carried” In the short story “The Things They Carried‚” written by Tim O’Brien‚ there is a lot of symbolism in each specific object that was mentioned. According to Dictionary.com‚ a symbolism is the practice of representing things by symbols‚ or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character. A symbol is something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something

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    to ensure his great defeat over Harold and the English army. His assurance was solidified with help received from other countries including Germany‚ and Italy. In exchange for their services‚ William promised them shares of land and wealth of England. William also arranged the building of hundreds of ships to take his large army to England. The ships were delayed as a result of weather complications‚ but once the weather settled‚ William led his army towards Harold ’s English army. This marked the

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    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 to living a simpler life‚ avoiding

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