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    The Thing in the Forrest

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    The Brie Suldo Professor Edwards Newman ENC1102 14 February 2013 TITLE The Thing in the Forrest Sometimes in life when we have an experience that deeply affects us‚ it can change our whole perspective. The story “The Thing in the forest” is a example of how this can happen. The two main characters Penny and Primrose meet when they are children and share a horrific experience in the forest. Then by chance meet back at the scene and briefly reassure one another that what happened really did

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    The Things They Carried

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    Personal Response "The Things They Carried‚" by Tim O’Brien. At first it seemed to be just another war story. As I started reading I thought I was not going to have any interest at all in the story; however after I got into the story I found myself more interested than I thought I was going to be. This story is an excellent representation of war itself. It is very realistic and easy to relate to even without any personal experience with war. The title itself paves the way for

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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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    The Most Valuable Thing in Life is Friendship. Do You Agree? Discuss             A world without friendship‚ what would it look like? It would be like a world without water‚ which is something that is necessary to our life as most relationship in our life‚ namely rivalry‚ best friend and couple; begins with a simple friendship. Therefore‚ in my opinion‚ yes‚ friendship is indeed the most valuable thing in life as friends learns with you‚ be the listener to you‚ and gives support to you whenever

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    The Things They Carried

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    Robert LaMache Professor Story 3 December 2012 ENG112-R1 “The Things They Carried” Throughout author Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried”‚ one sees how tangible items help the soldiers cope with the horrors of war. The short story is set during the Vietnam War and follows the lives of the Alpha Company‚ a group of U.S soldiers. Some soldiers in the story are given items to carry specific to their job and rank in the military. For example the main character‚ First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross

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    Thing and List

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    Everybody people have their own list of likes and dislikes of people. Some people have very specific things they can’t stand in anybody else and others have just a vague idea of what they like or dislike. Anyway‚ it’s pretty important to pin down what it is you like about people‚ because this way you can make the decision if you want that person in your life or not much easier. This kind of list is extremely personal so no two lists will be alike. It’s a fun exercise and I hope that after you will

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    Along the course of my life I have learned a lot such as who to trust‚ who your real friends are‚ and what is and isn’t ok. During my 18 years on this earth I have had a lot of positive things in my life‚ but also a lot of disappointing times. Example in 5th grade I told my supposed “best friend” a secret that I haven’t told anyone before. The next day the whole school knew…I was humiliated and hurt. I never talked to him again. That’s just one example of many. Another thing that I have learned is

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    The Order of Things

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    The order of things We all know about love‚ and we all want to be loved‚ and guess what? Everybody can fall in love. Even people with a wife and children can suddenly fall in love with another woman or vice versa. This is the order of things‚ but it may seem like a truism that everybody at every age can abruptly in the middle of the hardships of the everyday feel the hair-raising feeling of being in love. Love is happiness. When it happens to a settled person it causes him or her lot of ethical

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    Sure Things

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    beginning of this dialogue‚ while “Toph” extends the conversation to the discussion of Dave’s inner being. Actually Dave is analyzing his behavior with respect to Toph. From the dialogue‚ we can tell Dave is desperate and is eager to have a normal life with Toph. Dave’s dialogue with “Toph’ shows Dave is aggressive. Dave is trying to escape the past and use moral authority to condemn other for the purpose of building himself up. Dave is trying to run away from the past guilt. The guilty feelings

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    The Things They Carried

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    Phil Costner English – Rough Draft In the novel‚ The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien‚ he vividly depicts the situations of war-life in Vietnam using very interesting characters. Though some of the characters he uses are not actually real people‚ but just made up to serve as symbols in his story. In some cases these characters serve more to the story through their symbolism rather that their character. The three characters who embody this the most are Kiowa‚ Mary Anne Bell‚ and Kathleen.

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