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    the use of hard drugs. But little do most Americans know that soldiers during the Vietnam War were corrupted by the conditions of the war and left with no choice but to use hard drugs such as heroin in order to cope with their pain. Looking through Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried the troops in his novel were guilty of using hard drugs in order to cope with the war. The Vietnam war was a highly disputed war in the United States many Americans were against the fact that we were participating

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    Based on Tim O’Brien’s‚ “How to Tell a True War Story‚” the depiction is that in a war environment‚ civilians and soldiers have different perspectives; it is hard for soldiers to tell a true war story because the truth is not just a simple matter of seeing things

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    beginning of the book The Things They Carried‚ author Tim O’Brien says‚ “They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die. Grief‚ terror‚ love‚ longing - these were intangibles‚ but the intangibles had their own mass and specific gravity‚ they had tangible weight” (Tim O’Brien). Soldiers in the Vietnam war carried home with them memories of ghosts‚ ghosts of people they killed‚ villages burned‚ and their own brethren dying in horrifying ways. Tim O’Brien tells about some of the people he killed

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    War is for Life: Vietnam The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien is a very descriptive story about a group of soldiers and their experiences during and after the Vietnam War. Included in this story of their experiences ‚ is the physical weight of the objects they had to carry during the war. O’Brien not only tells the reader about the physical weight of war material ‚ but also of the mental and emotional weight the war had on the soldiers. He goes into depth about the burdens of guilt‚ love‚ memory

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    more complicated elements can help discover what literature represents about the human experience and condition. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast the poem of Juan Delgado and the story of Tim O’Brien. The conflict identified in the story “The things they carried” by Tim O’Brien and “A Point West of San Bernardino” by Juan Delgado centers on the struggle people can go through while trying to live in the world. Which represents in some cases how we see the world and what we carry

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    “One person’s craziness is another person’s reality‚” by Tim Burton. Throughout the three movies (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory‚ Edward Scissorhands‚ and Big Fish)‚ Tim Burton has reiterated his style‚ which is mystery‚ fantasy‚ and imagination. These make Burton movies extremely interesting to view because you always wonder what Tim Burton was imagining when he created his next film. His style comes from three properties that every movie should contain‚ music‚ shots‚ and lighting. Throughout

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    A Lottery that You Don’t Want to Win “I remember opening up the letter‚ scanning the first few lines‚ feeling the blood go thick behind my eyes. I remember a sound in my head. It wasn’t thinking‚ just a silent howl.” – Tim O’Brien‚ The Things they Carried Have you ever taken the time to think about how you feel about the draft? Do you feel it is the government’s right to tell you to serve in the military? In times of war there is always the possibility of a draft. Drafting for military purpose

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    Behind The Thoughts of Tim Burton’s Murky Literatures When one contemplates the feelings of Tim Burton‚ one normally thinks that his books and movies are dark‚ cruel‚ and spine-chilling‚ but nevertheless‚ almost everyone has found themselves sitting at home watching one of his movies‚ or nose deep into one of his many books. What is it that makes Tim Burton’s books so pleasing to the eye? Where do the dark‚ cruel and spin-chilling thoughts come from? Tim Burton was born on August 25‚ 1985 in

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    Film. Even though the film poster had a lot of imagery‚ it still shows Tim Burton’s gothic style through the colors that were specifally used‚ the catch phrases that give off hints of what the movie will be about‚ and the general conventions used through out the poster. T he colors that are mostly used within the poster are black and blue‚ which give it a eerie feeling. The film is an animation which follows the dark style of Tim Burton‚ the main image shown in the background is a full moon. The main

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    light on the culture‚ beliefs and traditions of Buddhism. Tims book is a spiritual journey into the lives of monks. Based on Ward’s wonderful story of the time spent in a Buddhist monastery located in the forests of Thailand‚ their were a lot of things that Buddha never mentioned to his disciples. Some of the things that Buddha never mentioned to his disciples were getting up early at 3.AM for

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