Rainy Days Didn’t Get Me Down by: Marven T. Baldo Rainy days used shed a magical glow to my young existence. Raindrops falling on the roof of our house are music to my ear. After the rain‚ I would look in awe and wonder at the clouds that from and the rainbow that appears shortly. I would also make a paper boat and have it cruise along the pools that the rain has formed in the road. If the rain is strong enough for me bathe in it‚ I would not miss the opportunity‚ and with my bike I would go
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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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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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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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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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“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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“On the Rainy River” by Tim O’Brien is the best short story in the collection because of its’ great character development‚ plot‚ and theme. This story is about how the author dealt with himself and his frustrations before heading off to the Vietnam War. It is very rare for veterans to talk about their fear before departing for combat‚ whereas the narrator which in this case is the author explained the dread and dismay he felt in extreme detail making the plot meaningful. For example‚ the narrator
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that they will always do what they feel is right‚ this is simply untrue. People will always follow societal norms because they are the backbone of society and what people feel most comfortable doing. A piece of literature that exemplifies this On the Rainy River by Tim O’Brien; a short story that describes the events that occur after a young man is given a draft notice for the Vietnam War. Throughout the story he struggles with whether or not
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Reactions to “Black Rook in Rainy Weather” by Sylvia Plath I an infrequently lost for words. I like to think of myself as quite an eloquent and articulate speaker and writer‚ but there are times when I feel neither. It is ironic that the very subject of this poem‚ a lack of words‚ or rather a lack of inspiration‚ is exactly what is holding me back from writing the things I would like to write. Although I know how this poem makes me feel and I know the emotions it conveys‚ I cannot bring myself
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“On the Rainy River” A coming of age story. In a coming of age story‚ a character reaches a certain level of maturity. In “On the Rainy River‚” by Tim O’Brien‚ a twenty-one year old Tim must decide between fleeing to Canada or staying in America to fight in Vietnam. Tim is a pig declotter in America‚ when he receives a draft notice. The draft notice causes Tim much grief and trouble. He drives around his comfy‚ conservative town thinking about it and even has a harder time working. In his 1968 world
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