Confessions of an Embarrassed Soldier Tim O’Brien’s personal short story‚ “On the Rainy River‚” evokes an inner struggle to serve‚ or to “run” to Canada. O’Brien shamefully expresses his own horrific tale of compromise of the draft in the summer of ‘68. At 21 years old‚ “young‚ yes‚ and politically naive‚” he feels “moral confusion” for the decision he has to make. O’Brien’s use of first person narration in his old age‚ evokes a sense of embarrassment which he feels for choosing to fight in
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seamstress to make it the perfect fit for her slim frame. It took months for the day to come together‚ but with those long stressful days behind her the big day was finally here. Close family and few friends gathered at
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Tim O’Brien’s Essay In 1968‚ the great country of America was divided and the controversial Vietnam war was the reason for that. In the story‚ On The Rainy River by Tim O’Brien‚ the author receives a notice from the government informing him that he has been drafted to fight in Vietnam. Tim O’Brien must now make the choice to either run to Canada and bring shame to his family or serve in one of the most deadly wars and hope to survive. This essay will explain why Tim O’Brien made a more honorable
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history. N. Scott Momaday’s grandmother lived closely after that time‚ so she knew both times of her people’s lives‚ but was not broken by the change. Momaday wrote his essay‚ The Way to Rainy Mountain to remember his heritage and to remind his audience of a dying culture. Momaday’s essay begins with a description of Rainy Mountain‚ home to his tribe‚ the Kiowas‚ followed by a short history about how they were driven from their land. While the average american child had already learned about the banishment
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In “Why are you don’t want my kids to play team sports” Jeff Pearlman (2013) argues that children shouldn’t play team sport because these activities are not good for their personalities and very harmful for their self-confidence. Pearlman (2013) provided a story of how his brother had a very hard time in playing organized team sports and how all that had a very bad impact on him. (Para.3) Additionally‚ to support his main argument he provided his own experience telling of the negative effects of
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Hey Kid If you are reading this‚ it means that I am dead. I am sorry it had to be like this‚ but there was no other way. I know that you will be shocked‚ but please‚ do not judge me for this. The reason I am doing this is that I cannot live with all this guilt anymore. Not after having learned pretty much everything that the poor people in the concentration camps suffered at the hands of the Nazis. My hands are forever stained. Not even decades of time in prison can wash the blood of the innocent
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Wimpy kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney is the 3rd book in the series Diary of a Wimpy Kid. I’ve read all of the books in the series now. To be honest‚ I understand why kids are drawn to them but as an adult reading them all back to back they got a bit old. As I’ve shared in my reviews of the other books in the series‚ this is one of my son’s favorite book series. My son AJ who is 10‚ was so happy that I read the first book and when I finished it‚ he lined up book 2 and 3 in the series on my nightstand
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“On the rainy river” is a short story that wonderfully depicts the showing of the time in 1968 where men were sent letters in the mail that drafted them into the war with a mentality that men are stronger and cannot show fear or emotion. These men had a feeling of shame and unmanly which imposed them to sexism towards the women in the society. A 21-year-old man by the name of Tom O’Brien was drafted into the American War in Vietnam merely one month after graduating from college. Tom speaks of his
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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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Common SAT Errors and How to Avoid Them (Holt) Thanks to Miriam Holt for contributing this post. She tutors students in New York‚ New Jersey‚ and Connecticut‚ both independently and with local tutoring agencies. She has prepared over a hundred students for the SAT in the past six years and humorously admits‚ "I have come to respect the SAT." This post addresses five SAT tasks that are pertinent to reading and writing. For each task‚ Miriam describes what she views as the most common types of errors;
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