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    A CONVENIENT TRUTH

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    A CONVENIENT TRUTH: THE FALLACIES OF GLOBAL WARMING Charlie Obrecht Dr. Ray PSCI 102 23 November 2013 Charlie Obrecht Dr. Ray PSCI 102 23 November 2013 THE UNDULY ALARMIST WARNINGS OF GLOBAL WARMING The media‚ NGO’s‚ and governments often describe global warming as the largest threat to humanity. While the previous two decades have experienced the highest average temperatures in recorded history‚ the Earth is not necessarily headed for a prolonged stretch of global warming. The science

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    Soljumer Truth

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    Sojourner truth changed America and its lifestyle by her contributions throughout the years that she was living. She up brought the United States and this essay will be going over three facts of how she did this. She made major accomplishments in anything that she did and this essay be going over three major accomplishments also. She took part in a social movement that changed America in a positive way. Her background influenced her actions in such a major way which her action made huge contributions

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    The Things They Carried

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    fight in defense of these values have them taken away because of their experiences at war. The negative effects are just as big as the positive effects of war. A nation can never really win in war because of this. Instead war just stays a neutral thing. There are many people who instead of staying in the middle‚ gravitate to either end of the spectrum. Some who fall on the far right believe that war is extremely necessary and disregard the negative aspects all together. Pacifists say that war understand

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    Truth and Justice

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    In the crucible it is clear that different characters have different understandings of the concept of truth and justice. In the following essay I am going to critically analyse the views held by these characters. Even though John is a man of integrity who holds himself to high moral standard there are times when he lapses occasionally‚ this is evident when we discover his affair with Abigail. despite the fact that he had terminated his liaison with her there is still a part in him that cares about

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    attention during the interactive oral was reality vs. fiction. Fiction was used to explain the most bizarre realities. O’Brien used this because he believed that the truth could be more effectively communicated that way. He thought that the idea of creating a story that technically was false yet had truthful aspects portrays war stories in the best way. Also‚ precise facts do not connect to a reader emotionally and do not help the reader understand to the full extent of what they went through away

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    The Things They Carried

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    Moffitt 4/16/2013 The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien continuously uses repetition of talking about the items the soldiers carry mentally and physically to show the burdens of war. Each item O’Brien talks about tells a little about each character and what fears they try to escape from. An example would be “Dave Jensen carried three pairs of socks and a can of Dr.Scholl’s foot powder as a precaution for trench foot.” (O’Brien pg.1) Jensen carried these things so you could be very clean and

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    Symbolism in stories is dependent on how the author writes‚ the title‚ and the characters. Titles in literature are very important to the symbolism of a story an example of this is Tim O’Brien’s "The Things They Carried". As the story goes on it shows not only the literal meaning of what they carried but also symbolically the burdens that they had mentally. In the literal sense O’Brien talks about what different members of a platoon in Vietnam carried. This helps him to move to a more symbolic

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    The things they carried‚by Tim O’brien "Oh man‚ you fuckin’ trashed the fucker. You scrambled his sorry self‚ look at that‚ you did‚ you laid him out like fuckin’ Shredded Wheat." I chose to start off my essay with this particular exert from the book because I think that it very much represents the story in itself. Azar said this‚ after Tim (supposedly) killed a Vietnamese soldier with a hand grenade. It shows that in times of war‚ how callous men can become. However‚ callousness varies‚

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    Spring Book Review In The Things They Carried‚ Tim O’Brien tells the tale of not about war‚ but rather about war’s effect on one’s mentality. Ultimately‚ this novel is built on a foundation of the items that the soldiers of the Vietnam War carried. Whether it was the way Jimmy Cross uses the pebble to escape from his duties as a soldier or when Norman Bowker realizes that courage comes form within‚ not from receiving a Silver Star; O’Brien uses baggage as a symbol throughout the book to teach

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    Nikita Keenan 7/14/12 Throughout Tim O’Brien’s novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ the persona of the author often serves as a medium between the translation of emotion felt by characters in the story to the reader of the book. By developing fictitious versions of events that transpired while serving in the Vietnam War‚ O’Brien’s character is able to revive memories from the past as well as spark feelings of understanding and empathy in others. Surprisingly‚ the tone of the narrator rarely peals

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