prevent the feeling‚ of going over that edge of no return from a dreadfulness act of death. Jimmy Santiago Baca lived a life surrounded by misfortunes and inescapable pathways of loss. He was the youngest of three. Addiction was introduced to him as a young child through his father who bestowed upon him‚ the burden of dealing with the issues of having an alcoholic parent. The fathers obsessive drinking cased Jimmys’ mom to leave his dad. His mother Cecilia later abounded all three of her children leaving
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guilt or a desire for revenge‚ every character comes across a struggle between their passion and responsibility. The Things They Carried features many characters that overcome conflicts. Jimmy cross struggles with his responsibility to his men as well as his love for a woman that does not love him back. Lieutenant Jimmy Cross is a young‚ carefree man who is still searching for his future. Without realizing what he was getting himself into‚ he applies for the Reserve Officers Training Corps at his college
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things that people would normal say. For example‚ when the warden accuses Jimmy of cracking open safes and Jimmy says‚ "Me? Why I never cracked a safe in my life." He is basically denying the fact that he actually did crack open safes. So‚ I guess he did what any person would do in that sort of situation. Also‚ they had a very convincing plot. The fact that Jimmy went from being a thief to a life saver‚ interested me very much. Jimmy got out of jail‚ then he went to Elmore and was just about to rob the
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would you want to be anyone other than yourself. While there are definite strengths to the storytelling‚ the script would benefit from more development. First‚ there’s an identified three-act structure. The first act sets up the ordinary world of Jimmy. It’s well established that he’s in financial trouble. What works well is his dislike of impersonators. This gives him some nice contradiction. The inciting event is when he’s offered money to bring his show to the Middle East. The story is propelled
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with making tough decisions. Jimmy Valentine’s decision was selfless while Norma’s was selfish. Their choices lie on opposite ends of the spectrum of morality‚ which yields different outcomes. While these decisions have different outcomes‚ both stories portray the theme that selfless decisions result in more positivity than selfish ones; consequently‚ the different character’s decisions demonstrate that their pasts do not have to control their futures. Although Jimmy Valentine is a crook in his
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the crackle of the bag alerts Jimmy of what she has. Jackie pulls apart the bag‚ feeling the rush of air towards her face. The smell of cholesterol engulfs her. She reaches in and pulls out one of the golden crisps. She places it on her tongue‚ letting the taste explode in her mouth. She finally makes her way to the couch‚ dropping herself down next to Jimmy. He reaches his hand towards the bag‚ but Jackie rips the bag away. “My chips!” she says‚ mouth full.
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* Thesis: Jimmy Cross has leadership but falls short of it because of his guilt of the deaths in his group so he lives his life in grief since he never forgave himself of the deaths. The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien is novel narrated by Tim O’Brien describing events that occurred during his experience in the Vietnam War. This bittersweet novel takes place if various events throughout the book‚ scattering the events that took place in Tim O’Brien’s thoughts. One of the characters
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In this section Jimmy and his grandma help the Shimerada’s with food as they struggle to survive in the stormy winter. The Shimerada family live in bad conditions as they live in this cave with no utensils and furniture‚ as a simple bed they can use. Antonia and her father show grandma and Jimmy where they sleep and feel empathy for the conditions they live in as they sleep on the floor with a few warm blankets they made themselves out of animal skin. It is a week before Christmas and the storm got
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Change In the quote‚ “People do not change‚ they are merely revealed.” change does not take place. As time passes by humanity reveal the traits that are assumed to be changed. In the play “Once A Crook‚ Always A Crook”‚ it seems as Jimmy‚ the protagonist changes. Also in the fable‚ “The Scorpion and Turtle” no change occurs as the scorpion breaks his promise and stings the turtle. In both the play and fable‚ the main idea is not to trust a person a person too quickly because people can lie and
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story “The Approximate Size of my Tumor”‚ the author uses reflection to give the reader a greater insight into the relationship between Jimmy Many Horses and his wife‚ Norma. Showing that there are two sides to humor: Jimmy’s viewpoint that humor is used as a copy mechanism and Norma’s viewpoint that there is a time and place for humor and for being serious. Jimmy Many Horses retells the history of his relationship with his wife Norma‚ from their initial meeting at the Powwow Tavern through their
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