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    War is hell‚ but that’s not the half of it‚ because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love. War is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling; war is drudgery. War makes you a man; war makes you dead.” (Tim O’Brien‚ The Things They Carried) Ah‚ war stories . . . tales of heroism‚ bravery‚ and friendship forged in the heat of combat; a sweet homecoming won by a hair’s breath; and an uplifting moral. If these are the ingredients

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    Cover Letter Mrs. Dawalt‚ The majority of the feedback I received addressed my formatting. I knew when I completed my first draft that that would be the case considering formatting definitely isn’t my forte. I feel like I have learned a lot more as to how to format well by writing this. I’ve gotten much better at inserting headers‚ footers‚ and page numbers. I knew how to do it before but I almost had to re-learn it every time. I only received one peer review. The main thing that was brought

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    Tim O’Brien’s The Things they carried In-class writing assignment War has always been something that seemed pointless to me; it seemed like violence with no other purpose but to harm people. I felt sorry for the people who had to go to war‚ for the people who died‚ and for people who could never go back to normal after a war ended‚ because of the mental or physical impact it had on them. Howard told us his story‚ his opinion about war‚ and the book “The Things they carried”. He changed my way

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    “Story-truth is truer sometimes than happening-truth." This concept may be confusing to those who read Tim O’Brien’s book‚ The Things They Carried‚ for the first time. By using a number of different literary devices‚ such as juxtaposition‚ paradox‚ metaphors‚ and metafiction‚ O’Brien separates truth and fact from one and the other in his novel about his time in the Vietnam War. He shows the truth of what he was feeling through the war and after without being factual. O’Brien’s explanation for not

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    The Things They Carried The Things They Carried is a novel by Tim O’Brien that makes someone face reality. War is crazy. Some things seem true and other things they just don’t know what to think. Surrealism means not real. Surrealism has a big part in the war. The hard thing is figuring out what’s not true and what is. It can be tricky‚ some things that may be false sound like they can’t be made up. Then that’s when their imagination takes over. They have to fight with their imagination and comprehend

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    The Awakening‚ written by Kate Chopin‚ centers around Edna Pontellier‚ a female protagonist‚ who has slowly transformed herself from a traditional wife and mother‚ into a rebellious‚ independent‚ yet selfish woman. On the other hand‚ Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind grows into a brave woman through harsh experiences of the Civil War. While Scarlett O’Hara is portrayed as a hero‚ Edna Pontellier lacks heroic qualities. Scarlett O’Hara is strong in fighting for what she is determined to have;

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    The Vietnam War last from 1964-1975 for America and was it longest war. Throughout those eleven years many stories and letters were written and many more would come long after the wars end. While officially the conflict was considered to be a police action‚ many consider it be just rough and brutal as any other war fought in modern history. The majority of soldiers who did return home came back to an America far different than the one they left behind and were subject to the hatred of anti-war protestors

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    Lung is introduced to his wife‚ O-lan. Throughout O-lan’s lifetime she has been both a street-beggar and a slave. Having experienced such roles‚ O-lan is equipped with a plethora of skills which benefit the Wang family. O-lan assists Lung in the fields‚ makes the family’s clothes‚ ministers to Lung’s elderly father‚ prepares all of the family’s meals‚ and cares for her own children. Lung relies upon O-lan as he relies upon the land. In this novel by Pearl Buck‚ O-lan symbolizes the earth. Much

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    If you love someone how far would you go to prove your love for it? In the movie of “O” is about a group of teens that go against each other because of getting tricked in do something or of jealousy. Also during the movie “O” most of them have a bad past like Othello used to do drugs and drink and then Hugo aka Iago he does steroids to get bigger so he can play more basketball. The movie “O” is better than the movie “Othello” because it uses modern language‚ has a more intense final scene‚ and has

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    Bullock’s incident report for details. While in search‚ P/O Brown #5228 and I were stopped by the two (2) good samaritans and advised that the accused pulled a knife on them‚ dropped the purse and then fled in the direction of Andoloro Way towards Inverness apartments. As I entered the apartment complex‚ P/O Brown went to the rear of the complex and I went further into the complex searching for the male. A short time later‚ P/O Brown advised via radio that

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