They Carried” Lieutenant Jimmy cross serves as a metaphor for the Vietnam War‚ particularly the war’s lack of a definite structure. The dominant trait of Jimmy Cross is that he is lacks a definite purpose and he fails in his role as the leader of the Alpha Company who should offer clear instructions to his troops on what to do. The author Tim O’Brien used Jimmy cross to show how situations that people are placed in lead to external and internal conflict. The war made Jimmy doubt himself and the internal
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that everything they carry are either very meaningful to themselves or a necessity.Everyone carries something. Jimmy cross carries his photos of Martha‚ The men carry can openers‚ Knives‚ Kool-Aid‚ and water‚ but almost everyone humps (carries) photos of girls‚ of family‚ and of friends.Although the men carry these things they also carry things based on superstition. Jimmy Cross carries photos of martha‚he also carries her letters that she sent him.Jimmy loves martha and hopes martha
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War Time Changes: The Transformation of Jimmy Cross Many authors tend to use character transformations to further an idea in a story. Tim O’Brien’s story “The Things They Carried” has an open ending‚ which he uses to signal a new beginning with the transformation of Jimmy Cross. The transformation greatly ties in with one of the major themes of the story‚ that war changes people. Tim O’Brien provides his audience with a very descriptive image of both the physical and mental "things" the characters
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Significance of Sarah‚ Jimmy and Doalty Doalty‚ Sarah and Jimmy Jack Cassie have three main roles in Translations. Firstly‚ they represent those Irish people who will be left behind during the development of the country by the English. Secondly‚ they all contribute to the concluding scene and its outcome. And thirdly‚ they all in some way represent Ireland as a whole. Unlike Maire and Owen‚ none of these three characters has any desire to leave Baile Beag. When Jimmy Jack sets out on
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tabs‚ helmets and canteens of water. (269). While the reasoning for O ’brien ’s “The Things They Carried” is to speak about the physical objects each soldier carried with them‚ the internal things they carried were much more meaningful. Lieutenant Jimmy Cross is the protagonist of the story. Cross carries many things while he is away at war but he mostly carries Martha. Cross is responsible for being a leader to all the soldiers who he is with. His character seems to be unsure about the orders he
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George Orwell and Jimmy Cross Character Comparison In the two short stories‚ Shooting an Elephant and the Things They Carried there are certain similarities and differences that George Orwell and Jimmy Cross hold. Each character in the short stories has there own different situation they are in‚ but they both are in a foreign land and they both have to take orders and do what there country is asking of them. However‚ even though each situation is different they both deal with some of the same
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and was the 39th president of the United States from the years of 1977 through out 1981‚ Jimmy Carter was born on October 1‚ 1924‚ in Plains Georgia. His father‚ James Earl Carter‚ was a peanut farmer and businessman who owned his own area of land as well as a warehouse and store; and his mother Lillian Gordy‚ was a registered nurse‚ where back in 1920s Ms. Gordy counsel black women on health care issues. Jimmy Carter in his early life studied Engineering at Georgia Southwestern Junior College before
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he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize a little while later in 2002 for his judicious and advocacy when he made the now successful foundation called the Carter Center which helps and reliefs human suffering and human rights as well. (Hochman‚ 2012) Jimmy Carter’s father‚ James Earl Carter Sr.‚ was a straight-forward peanut farmer who owned his own land as well as a warehouse and store. His mother‚ Bessie Lillian Gordy‚ was a RN who in the 1920s had broke the racial barriers when she tended to African-American
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Sir Jimmy Savile: Icon in life‚ sexual predator in death Child abuse and pedophilia is absolutely rife‚ not just in Britain but all over the world and most people have no idea the kind of scale we are looking at. Perhaps equally as shocking‚ the people being exposed as ring-leaders in the abuse cases are often high profile celebrities and well known public figures. The information that becomes public over the coming weeks and months could shatter not just the BBC‚ but the whole country from top
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In the poem‚ “I am offering this poem” the author Jimmy Santiago Baca. Repeats the Stanza “I love you” showing affection and sympathy with language.Furthermore the authors of “ I am offering this poem” and “ I will always write back” both illustrate that language can transform our actions. I am offering this poem by Jimmy Santiago Baca. Shows that the use of language shows that it can bring comfort and warmth to one another. In the poem Jimmy says‚ “When the world outside no longer cares if you
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