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    The Things They Carried

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    Tim O’Brien’s Vietnam novel The Things They Carried was written in many respects to reflect real events and while we soon come to the realization that the actual event is in the end irrelevant‚ these events still provide a vital backdrop for the reader to initially absorb then realize that they don’t actually matter. The Things They Carried is not a text book nor in any respects is it an accurate historical account‚ it is a collection of memories‚ feelings and actions and with O’Brien staying clear

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    each person’s actions and cognitions.  The notion of the self has traditionally raised several philosophical questions.  First‚ there are questions about the nature and very existence of the self.  Is the self a material or immaterial thing?  Is the self even a real thing or rather a merely nominal object? Second‚ is the self the object of a peculiar form of introspective knowledge‚ and if so‚ what does this tell about its ultimate nature?  Third‚ what is the relation between the nature of the self and

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    White Things Anne Spencer Deonna Hayes English 1302 Hayes 2 Anne Spencer writes of love‚ friendship‚ self-actualization‚ and the injustices of oppression that block it. Some of her poetry is directly inspired by personal relationships‚ but much forms a controlled‚ metaphorical‚ and seldom overtly angry statement of the value of those who have been oppressed (Johnston). Spencer never wrote a book of poems‚ and her poems were published in the anthologies of African Americans (Johnston). Many

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    The text‚ ‘The Things They Carried’‚ is an excellent example which reveals how individuals are changed for the worse through their first hand experience of war. Following the lives of the men both during and after the war in a series of short stories‚ the impact of the war is accurately portrayed‚ and provides a rare insight into the guilt stricken minds of soldiers. ‘The Things They Carried’ shows the impact of the war in its many forms: the suicide of an ex-soldier upon his return home; the lessening

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    Nicolina Mannino English 11 Period 2 May 29‚ 2014 The Things They Carried “War is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling; war is drudgery. War makes you a man; war makes you dead.” O’Brien would say the Vietnam War was a negative experience for those involved because soldiers struggled with the loss of others‚ coping with those losses and witnessed graphic death scenes at the ages of 18-23. The Things They Carried is a book written by Tim O’Brien that contains semi-autobiographical stories about

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    the sensible thing

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    "THE SENSIBLE THING"  F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)  Liberty‚ 15 July 1924 At the Great American Lunch Hour young George O’Kelly straightened his desk deliberately and with an assumed air of interest. No one in the office must know that he was in a hurry‚ for success is a matter of atmosphere‚ and it is not well to advertise the fact that your mind is separated from your work by a distance of seven hundred miles. But once out of the building he set his teeth and began to run‚ glancing now and

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    BLIND CHILD SINCE BIRTH? Its kind a heart‚ coz the blind person haven’t seen anything to compare. Its kind a hard‚ but the only thing I’m going to tell him‚ so as not to hurt their feelings‚ there are lots of things in the world that’s worth seeing‚ the beauty there is also‚ but much of that‚ there are also other things that I’d rather want to be blind and not see it‚ all over the world there are lots of sad and tragic doings‚ heinous crimes‚ it’s not something that I want

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    Mixture of things

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    at the child’s expense and so are very conscientious and deliberate in their parenting. Usually the child feels a comparable obligation to do right by the parents. This is not a laid back family because everyone is trying extremely hard to do their best by each other. Second‚ the only child gets the entire social‚ emotional‚ and material resources those parents have to provide. He or she is their sole beneficiary. Because parents typically make a high investment in nurturing and providing for the

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    The Internet of Things

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    The internet of things Dave Evans‚ “Chief Futurist” at Cisco‚ is confident that the internet of things will change everything. In a report published under Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group‚ Evans explains that as more sensors are added to the Internet‚ almost anything can be connected to the Internet‚ revolutionizing the state of the Internet. All that it is asking for is giving up privacy and information‚ in exchange for unlimited knowledge and a creation of a “global brain.” What is

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    In the novel “The Things They Carried” written by Tim O’Brien‚ he discusses the weapons and equipment’s that each American soldier carried during the Vietnam War. The things that the soldiers carried with them are both tangible and intangible. What these items are depends upon each of the soldiers. They carried the basic necessities in order for survival and the bare minimum to make life as livable as possible. However‚ they also carried with them fear and memories. It is the intangible items like

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