Why did the Vietnam War really start? Why was the United States fighting? Did it have something to do with the Domino Theory? All of these were questions Tim O’Brien had in “On the Rainy River.” O’Brien was an average young adult who had a job and a family and who did not really care about the Vietnam War that was going on. On day‚ O’Brien received a draft notice and all his thoughts on the war changed‚ but not in a good way. He hated the war so much that he went up to the northern tip of Minnesota
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The book The Things They Carried‚ written by Tim O’Brien is about the account of himself and his fellow soldiers who served with him at the Vietnam war. The book starts with O’Brien describing everyone around him and just like the title reads listing out everything they carried‚ standard military issued equipment and few small personal belongings they got from the people close to them. Later in the story he talks about the life they have after the war and how the war affected everyone differently
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Men were drafted into war without a choice and some had even chosen to move in order to avoid this draft. One man who attempted to leave was the author‚ Tim O’Brien‚ once he saw his draft letter he soon became paranoid and thought of ways to leave the United states‚ “I was too good for this war. Too smart‚ too compassionate‚ too everything. It couldn’t happen… I was no soldier. I hated Boy Scouts. I hated camping out. I hated dirt and tents and mosquitoes. The sight of blood made me queasy.” (O’Brien
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Ghost Soldiers 2. My opinion doesn’t really change. Ghost soldiers pretty much tells the story of how O’Brien wanted revenge on Jorgenson due to Jorgenson being to scared to treat or even help O’Brien out in any way. Although I don’t agree with what he did‚ i do feel as if he had to have some way to release those emotions that he had kept inside after being taken out of the group. There are certainly worse things that he could have done to Jorgenson though. 3. The ending of the story is very
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Was it Love‚ or Obsession? I wanted to begin with an interesting question what is love? Love is an intense feeling with a deep affecting to someone you really care about. However‚ why do we tend to be falling in love with different kinds of people and not 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
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Text Talk for “On the Rainy River” Theme/Thesis for the text talk: Tim O’Brien has spent his life and his career as a writer finding redemption for the “cowardice” he mentions in “On the Rainy River”. He wants the reader to believe that having the courage to say “no” to injustice is the only way to make that injustice end. Objective: When the text talk has concluded‚ the students will be able to understand that Tim O’Brien regrets his ultimate decision to go to war‚ and that it is the responsibility
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Microeconomics (from Greek prefix mikro- meaning "small" and economics) is a branch of economics that studies the behavior of individuals and small impacting players in making decisions on the allocation of limited resources (see scarcity).[1] Typically‚ it applies to markets where goods or services are bought and sold. Microeconomics examines how these decisions and behaviors affect the supply and demand for goods and services‚ which determines prices‚ and how prices‚ in turn‚ determine the quantity
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EC 3101: Microeconomic Analysis II A/P Indranil A/P Indranil Chakraborty All relevant details on EC3101 are in the syllabus The morning office hours on Tuesday will start from the third week of lectures t tf th thi d k fl t Important Highlights Important Highlights • Text book: Intermediate Microeconomics: A modern h approach by Hal R. Varian (8th edition) One midterm and one final exam Please do not email material‚ lecture or exam related questions. Post your questions precisely on IVLE Forum or ask
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In the book “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien all of the people carry something. Some of the things they carry are things they need to survive. Most of them carry things that remind them of home or things they left behind. Every single person carries one thing in common‚ “they all carry respect for the power of the things they carry.” The men carry things they need like mosquito repellent and marijuana‚ pocket knives and chewing gum. They carried friendship and hate. An example of
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What would you do? Are you more likely to follow your own ideals or the ideals of the society? These questions are the hardest kinds of questions to answer truthfully because it is impossible to predict how one is going to act in situations that test their courage and moral compass. Although people claim that they will always do what they feel is right‚ this is simply untrue. People will always follow societal norms because they are the backbone of society and what people feel most comfortable doing
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