THE THINGS THEY CARRIED UNIT TEST NAME_________________________ Part I. Matching (some may not be used) WHO AM I? (2 pts.) 1. ______ I was the young girl who came over to see her boyfriend and eventually fell in love with Vietnam and become one with the land. 2. ______ I offered Tim 200.00 dollars and the opportunity to escape to Canada when we went fishing in my boat. 3. ______ I played Volleyball at Mount Sebastian and wrote letters to Jimmy.
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Cassandra Reed S. Matthews Comp II 3 March 2014 The Things They Carried The Things They Carried by Tim O’ Brien is a collection of twenty-two short stories about the mental and physical endeavors that the American soldiers in the Vietnam War that comes together in one short novel. In this collection O’ Brien often blurs the lines between fiction and reality in order to push the reader to sympathize with the soldiers as they carry guilt‚ shame‚ cowardice‚ malice‚ and confusion. Many of the
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Referring to E. Morozov‚ please answear the question asked by Bauman: „do FB and Twitter help spread democracy and human rights?” Evgeny Morozov studies the political and social aspects of the Internet and technology. He’s mostly known for writing a book ‘’The Net Delusion: The Dark Side Of Internet Freedom’’. Morozov expresses critical point of view on few issues that we can observe on the Internet‚ especially among political context. Firstly‚ he writes about idea that Internet can be used
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The things they carried‚by Tim O’brien "Oh man‚ you fuckin’ trashed the fucker. You scrambled his sorry self‚ look at that‚ you did‚ you laid him out like fuckin’ Shredded Wheat." I chose to start off my essay with this particular exert from the book because I think that it very much represents the story in itself. Azar said this‚ after Tim (supposedly) killed a Vietnamese soldier with a hand grenade. It shows that in times of war‚ how callous men can become. However‚ callousness varies‚
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After reading Wen Zhenghe’s “Superfluous Things” and Li Yu’s “ Notes Written in Moments of Idleness”‚ it is difficult to find out the fundamental differences in furniture and interior design between the Ming and Qing dynasties. This happens only because Wen and Li belong to a similar generation: Wen (1585-1645) was a great Ming dynasty scholar and painter‚ who was born is Suzhou; Li (1610-1680) lived in the late-Ming and early-Qing dynasties and born in Jiangsu‚ which is close to Suzhou. That’s why
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Topic week 3: Tell me one thing you want to do this year. How you plan to do it? How do you think it will change you? What made you decide on this plan? One thing is really important for me in this year. I could apply a good college in Georgia or another state. I planned it for one month before I chose my major is business administration for my future subject. Because I can feel after I study this subject I will become a discipline and punctual person. I prepared a lot of informations for the application
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Tim O’Brien compiles a series of incredibly confronting stories‚ which explore the depths of just how horrific the Vietnam War was‚ as well as creating new viewpoints on already conventional ideas. “The things they carried” uses verisimilitude to more accurately tell the stories of what occurred in Vietnam. The ideas of war‚ death and gender are given a significant alteration to how they are perceived. War has many common associations such as there is a winner or a distinct purpose‚ however Vietnam
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significant civil rights leader in the period between 1865-1992? It can be said that between this time of 1865-1992 MLK was a very significant civil rights leader‚ and in fact was the most important to the civil rights movement in this time. However there were many other leaders at the time that help progress blacks rights in the US at the time such as Booker T Washington‚ W E B DuBois‚ Ida B Wells‚ Malcolm X and many others‚ who all took apart in some way or another to push civil rights forward in the
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EUROPEAN TOUR OPERATORS 1. Using the PESTEL tool‚ what are the key drivers for change of the macro-environment of European tour operators in the first decade of year 2000? POLITIC NY 9.11 Bomb attack‚ terrorist attack (Bali‚ Djerba) Cote d’Ivoire conflict 2009 African conflicts 2010 (Egypt‚ : strikes for independence‚ Tunisia demonstrations for independence‚ Marocco : Bomb attack Jemaa-el-Fna Place Security controls at the airport => terrorism attacks Expansion of European Union
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Clinton: Women’s Rights are Human Rights Mrs. Mongella‚ Under Secretary Kittani‚ distinguished delegates and guests: I would like to thank the Secretary General of the United Nations for inviting me to be a part of the United Nations Fourth World Conference of Women. This is truly a celebration -- a celebration of the contributions women make in every aspect of life: in the home‚ on the job‚ in their communities‚ as mothers‚ wives‚ sisters‚ daughters‚ learners‚ workers‚ citizens and leaders. It is also
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