The Things I’d Carry In the novel The Things They Carried‚ by Tim O’Brien‚ soldiers would do just about anything to stay sane and alive during the Vietnam War. Some men would have carried things with them during the war. These same men would carry things to remind them of home‚ others would carry an item to help them feel better during their hardships. What these men carried was something to hold onto‚ moreover not an item but of a memory or a dream. Soldiers would do just about anything to stay
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“The Things I Carry” Tim O’Brien states in his book‚ “They shared the weight of memory. They took up what others could no longer bear. Often‚ they carried each other‚ the wounded or weak.” When we think or discuss the weight we carry we oftentimes think of physical objects. However‚ sometimes the heaviest and most burdening objects are our memories. The Things I Carry by Tim O’brien discusses the weight the soldiers who fought in Vietnam and the emotional damage they all faced. Just like these soldiers
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Three changes. That’s all I have for the new year. These three changes I won’t want to make‚ but will make. One I will work harder in school to get the best grades I can. Two I will work on my attitudes towards my peers teachers and family members. Three I will focus on one thing at a time. My first and most essential out of the three changes I’ve chosen is to work relentlessly in school to get the best grade I can. Why would you do that you may ask‚ well I want to be able to get into my college
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If I could have dinner with five people dead or alive I’d want to have dinner with J.K. Rowling‚ Daniel Radcliffe‚ Marie Antoinette‚ Oprah‚ and God. My reason for these choices are that these individuals each have a story that had some sort of impact in the world whether it be creation or imagination. Regardless of how much time goes by they will still be remembered as a part of what made the generations the way they were. The first person I’d want to have dinner with would be J.K. Rowling this
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Epilogue: If I Could Live My Life Over Again I Would… There are some things that I would change if I could change myself. I would change myself to be less of an introvert and talk to people more. I would also change my personality so that I am a little more thankful for the things that I do every day that a lot of other people can’t. I want to change myself so that I would give more to the people that may not have the stuff that I do and that need it more than me. I would also change to be more appreciative
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Coming to the end of my middle school career‚ I have noticed myself beginning to change. Some are noticeable‚ others are very subtle. The more noticeable changes are the changes that occurred physically. Since 6th grade I have gained around 50 pounds. I have grown about 8 inches. And I have lost the chubbiness that used to surround my face and stomach. Another noticeable change that isn’t all that physical‚ is my care about the way I smell. I get really self conscious if I smell bad. I wear cologne‚ deodorant
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result? I try to visualize the world where everyone has no hope about the future‚ and because of that‚ they misuse the present. I imagine life full of failures‚ living without thinking about any success‚ any goals and dreams‚ and of course this is the origin of misery for the whole lifetime! I believe that optimism makes my future bright since it makes me have dreams and set goals for my future. It builds confidence in me‚ calm me to do things properly because I really know what I want‚ hence my dreams
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The things I carry are the guns I will never fire. I’ll never receive training from extremely attractive girl instructors on operating AK47s‚ M4s‚ and M16s. I’ll never drive a tank to rescue hostage soldiers from the battleground or ever lead a special mission in the Gaza strip. I’ll never be able to pilot a plane‚ and I’ll never experience the abominable disgust from eating frozen‚ stale corn three times a day. The things I carry are inevitably overwhelming questions. Almost every day I receive
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I carry so many things‚ so many insignificant things‚ things that you would never think could hold so much meaning. Chapstick. No‚ I do not carry it for fear of coming across Prince Charming and diving into his arms for the fairy-tale kiss. But I do fear chapped lips; it is more of a phobia (chapped-obia?). I was eight years old in the Alps of France over winter break when no one informed me that chapstick would be a good little soldier in my pocket to defend my lips from the enemy: the cold
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THE DAY I DECIDED TO CHANGE MY LIFE The day I decided to change my life was the day I called upon the Lord. I was ready to take my precious life‚ in my room stretched against the wall with a knife in my hands ready to slit my wrist. I was crying intensely‚ and as I was trying to a Voice reminded me that I had 3 Boys who needed me ‚ I started to cry and Called on Jesus to please help me. There is a point in life where we all decided to change many can find the way out. Others
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