I carry things that are a necessity for school. For example‚ I carry a backpack‚ and inside I have two pencils‚ a pen‚ and papers. One of the pencils that I carry with me I have like an emotional attachment to it because i have had it for three years and I feel like it’s my lucky pencil and must carry it everyday. Other things I carry in my backpack is Sunscreen‚ books‚ and a binder. These things are important because sunscreen is so I protect myself from the sun‚ the books I have for the classes
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taken off. One critical analysis of Tim O’Brien’s short story “The Things They Carried” says‚ “The weight under which the men struggle cannot be lightened by the discarding of war equipment for it extends far beyond the physical reminders” (Korb‚ par. 6). “The Things They Carried” invites the reader to sympathize with the soldiers’ inability to shake off the intangible weight of emotion while shedding the tangible weight of the things they carried. The tangible form of weight‚ or the weight that
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Definitions: Metabolism: Chemical reactions taking place in cells. Stimuli: Changes in the environment which organisms response to. Characteristics of living things There are seven activities which make organisms different from non-living things. These are the seven characteristics of living organisms. 1. Nutrition Living things take in materials from their surroundings that they use for growth or to provide energy. Nutrition is the process by which organisms obtain energy and raw materials
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The book “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe has many important sociological perspectives. Many of the characters in the book play important roles in order to create a society. Towards the end of the book‚ the “white men” begin to move into the village‚ bringing the religion of Christianity with them. Although the villagers have a current religion that believes in multiple gods‚ the white men begin to convince people to convert. This in result causes uproar in the village because some members convert
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“The Things They Carried” Questions a) The main topic of this novel is burdens. O’Brien is writing about what burdens the soldiers and he had to carry throughout war‚ physically and emotionally. One way I know is because of the title- “The Things They Carried.” This title almost summarizes the whole book. O’Brien frequently showed and explained the burdens that were inner conflicts of his and outer conflicts too. In the chapter “The things They Carried‚” O’Brien showed an emotional burden
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having a child without endangering her health; the pregnancy could have possibly been the result of a terrible crime‚ such as rape or incest; the fetus could be unhealthy and be a danger to the mother ’s health. I truly believe that abortion is a good thing if used right. Many people are not ready to have another human in their life and raise it improperly. In 1987 a study was done to the woman who had abortions‚ to find out the reason of not keeping the baby. 25.5% wanted to postpone childbearing‚ 21
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The Book of Lost Things The Book of Lost Things is written by John Connolly. It told us a fantastic story of a young boy‚ David. With a background of World WarⅡ‚ the story began with a sad story: Little David’s mother was badly ill. To make his mother come back to life‚ David tried his best to do things which he believed that they could bring good luck. He believed even numbers are with good luck‚ so he would count to an even number at anytime. If he get stroke‚ he would strike himself again
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In The Things They Carried‚ the author‚ Tim O’Brien‚ wants to emphasize different aspects of what the men carried. O’Brien provides different subjects throughout the work‚ with all having significance to the story. The items build on one another with the author’s use of anaphoras and examples‚ both general and specific‚ which stress the importance of what the men truly carried. Throughout the story‚ O’Brien uses several subjects that all have significance to the story. With each subject change‚
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"The Gods of Small Things‚" written by Arundhati Roy‚ tells the story about an Indian family‚ forbidden love‚ and horrors during the upbringing of twins Estha and Rahel. It is a sad but humorous story of a peculiar family in India‚ the West ’s intrusion‚ and the caste systems terrifying regime. The family we follow is a family that is pretty well off. They own a small factory‚ Paradise Pickles and Preserves‚ where they have workers who are of lower caste. The twins Estha and Rahel have always felt
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Epiphany in A Small Good Thing In the story A Small Good Thing by Raymond Carver there are many epiphanies the three main characters have. The one that stood out to me was the one that happened to the baker. Early in the story the baker had a small relationship with the mother‚ Ann. He was supposed to just be making a birthday cake for Scotty‚ Ann’s son. While Scotty was in the hospital the cake was made but never picked up. The baker had every right to be mad that the cake would go to waste
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