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    Defining True Love

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    How exactly does one even begin to define the term ‘love’? Is love a thing? An action? A feeling? A choice? Being as complex as it is‚ love has taken on many forms these days whether it is shown through people‚ animals‚ food‚ or a hobby. Throughout the years‚ culture has begun to shape and mold a certain perception of love and has started to push his or her own idea of what love should look like upon each and every individual. Through recent production of certain movies‚ books‚ and songs‚ people

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    Thing and Rules

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    drinks of water you could get during recess. And there was always somebody watching to make sure. What I’m finding out about growing older is that there are just as many rules about lots of things‚ but there’s nobody watching and you have to decide which ones you are going to follow by yourself. I myself have one rule

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    A True War Story

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    In the chapter “How to Tell a True War Story‚ by O’Brien ‚ O’Brien tend to use a lot of surrealism throughout the soldier’s stories. When the soldiers tell their story they tend to add things to it to make the story seem more fascinating to those listening to it‚ which leads to it having surrealism in it. However‚ that’s when people start to question if it’s actually true or not true ‚ that’s an answer nobody really wants to know. O’Brien stats‚ “ A true war story is never moral.” It does not instruct

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    True Love Essay

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    True Love Every person has feelings and every feeling has a reason and outcome. One feeling that is easy to comprehend but hard to explain is of course love. It is an emotion which every normal person holds to keep hold of their sanity. Number of articles have been completed and published saying that love is a feeling that which you cannot control‚ an intense feeling which you cannot avoid‚ like a plague everyone says to not want to feel but all of us are already infected of it. Couples

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    The True Face of Beauty

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    population of women in this world are constantly pointing out their flaws‚ leaving out all the beautiful things about themselves. Everyone has beauty within them even if it isn’t visible at first glance. When asked what a beautiful woman looks like‚ a majority of the population will describe a Photo Shopped model they’ve seen in a magazine. These people are myths‚ they don’ actually exist. There is not one person in this world that is perfect and that’s OK because our flaws‚ strengths and weaknesses are

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    True War Story

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    that help define a true war story. In The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien‚ O’Brien explores these different characteristics to put together a strong collection of stories. In this collection of stories‚ the author shares stories from the points of view of many different soldiers in the Vietnam War. He shares different stories of life before‚ during‚ and after the war that change who these characters are as people. O’brien uses short stories with common themes of what makes a true war story to describe

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    The Things They Carried

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    https://suite.io/jaclyna-perez/1mxf20f Theme of Tim O’Brien "The Things They Carried" Fear is an underlying theme in "The Things They Carried." Lavendar‚ Kiowa‚ Lt. Cross‚ and the soldiers illustrate different types of fear. Jaclyna PerezJaclyna Perez B.A. in English Soldiers All the men in Vietnam carried physical burdens‚ from the packs on their backs to their weapons and ammunition. However‚ they carried intangible burdens as well. In Tim O’Brien’s short story‚ there is an underlying theme

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    the things they carried

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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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    The Things They Carried

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    The Things They Carried What seems like a true account of his time in war‚ Tim O ’Brien makes The Things They Carried a generalization of his own experiences in Vietnam. Through the actions of soldiers we can begin to explore the effect war has on the human condition and the toll it plays on their minds. O ’Brien makes shame and physical and emotional burdens motivation. He also plays around with the idea of ambiguous truth and how to tell true war stories. That the difference between the "happening

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    My favorite form of entertainment What’s your favorite form of entertainment? Some people might say that watching tv or hanging out with friends entertains them. My favorite thing that entertains me is listening to music. Listening to music puts me in a good mood and helps me focus on school work. I prefer to listen to pop or country music I’m not into the whole rap or rock genre. Many teens would choose music because its soothing‚ makes you think more clearly‚ and makes you energetic.

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