I find myself feeling the need to apologize for my favorite season being the rainy one because of its stark unpopularity among the masses. Nonetheless‚ my feelings are undaunted and will continue so until I have a change of heart. I will concede‚ however‚ that I truly love the summer for its relaxed‚ placid and warm days. The winter and fall seasons‚ on the other hand‚ have so much more to offer the senses and body that my decision between summer and winter is practically made for me. One of my
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Rainy Days Essay By Taylor Chance 11/20/13 Rainy days are wonderful to me. Sometimes they can be a hassle but I still love them. The only time I usually have rainy days is when it is July though. Rainy days are awesome to me sense I can do a lot of things in my own house. The reasons why I like rainy days mainly is because I can sing‚ listen to music‚ relax‚ and eat comforting food. First of all‚ the reason I like rainy days is because I love to sing. During my rainy days sense the
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War affects people in many ways. The war affects people not only physical but also mentally. Stress has a very big effect on people whose in the war. Not just any kind of stress but post traumatic stress disorder is a very common type. PTSD became diagnosis with influence from social movement including veteran‚ feminist and holocaust survivors .Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition triggered by experiencing a terrifying event. People who has PTSD experienced many life
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Soldiers in war often feel hopeless‚ and yet‚ many somehow find it in themselves to push onwards. This motivation of a soldier’s mindset is key to survival‚ and many store this instinctive effort to persevere in the items that they carry. Tim O’Brien‚ the author of the story “The Things They Carried‚” recounts his experiences while touring Vietnam from 1968 to 1970 in the 46th Infantry Regiment. During the Vietnam War‚ O’Brien witnessed scores of American soldiers wounded or killed‚ along with others
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The Things they Carried is seen as one of the most honest depictions of the Vietnam War that has ever been written. Tim O’Brien has a way of creating Vietnam around the reader. However‚ despite the clear depiction of war‚ this novel raises the question‚ “What is true?”. Through analyzing this novel‚ it is clear the author believes that the happening-truth of a story is far less important than the emotional-truth. One of the central chapters of the novel is titled‚ “The Man I Killed.” However‚ only
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The Things They Carried is a book written by Tim O’ Brien about the destruction of war and the effect on the soldiers. His decision to kill someone was one of the hardest decisions he has ever had to make in his life. To make a decision like this is not as simple as most people think it can be. Many factors play into this‚ to be able to kill someone is going against morality people face today especially by society. I honestly could not make the decision to kill a man unless my life is at stake. “I’d
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The lowest point is the Andaman Sea (0 m) and the highest point Hkakabo Razi (5‚881 m). Top Climate Myanmar has three main seasons‚ hot season‚ rainy season and cold season. Hot season is from March to May‚ rainy season is from June to October and cold season is from November to February. The tropical monsoon is usually cloudy‚ rainy‚ hot‚ humid summers and less cloudy‚ scant rainfall‚ mild temperatures‚ lower humidity during winter. Natural resources Myanmar is rich in natural resources
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everything; we think and say and do‚ all the decisions and the choices we make. For example human fear many things like fear of flying‚ heights‚ death and etc.. In his book the things they carried Tim O’Brien writes but the theme of fear because the soldiers in the Vietnam War were afraid of making the right decisions. Tim O’Brien and his platoon carry the fear of death and the fear of shame.fear is show in this is characters of Jimmy Cross‚ Norman Barker‚ and Time himself. Jimmy Cross shows weakness
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facts and adds in other elements like metaphors‚ symbolism‚ and imagery because visualizing the story helps the reader connect to the unfamiliar event. Using imagery is a smart way to engage an audience and keep someone on their seat to keep reading. Tim O’Brien uses imagery to connect and entertain his audience in an effective way. “..not love letters‚ but Lieutenant Cross was hoping‚ so he kept them folded in plastic... after a day’s march‚ he would dig his foxhole‚ wash his hands under a canteen
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She represents maturity and death. “She died‚ of course. Nine years old and she died. It was a brain tumor” (Pages: 223-224). By his early encounter with death Tim O’Brien seems to have a better grip on life and death. Linda represents maturity in that the maturing of others. Tim knows she is dead‚ he feels it in his heart‚ yet he just cannot fathom this possibility. “… the body in the casket was fat and swollen … in my heart I knew this was Linda‚ but even so I could
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