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    In Tim O ’Brian ’s "The Things They Carried‚" Lieutenant Jimmy Cross ’s obsession with Martha causes the death of Ted Lavender‚ an officer under his charge. The Lieutenant ’s mind was constantly distracted from the war by his thoughts of Martha. Jimmy has an obsession with her; he wants to know everything that goes on with her‚ and even around her. The Lieutenant has deep desires for her‚ but he pictures her the way her wants her to be. Daydreaming about Martha‚ instead of watching his surroundings

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    What inspires you? I have two things that inspire me in my life. One of them is my parents especially my mother‚ the other is the accident of my dad¡¯s company occurred in recent. I will talk about the accident happened in March of this year. I live in States but my parents live in Korea. Only way we contact is using phone‚ or I visit them for every summer and winter vacation. If they don¡¯t tell me what is going on in our family there is no way to figure out that when I am in States. When I

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    paper towels you could use in the rest room‚ and how many drinks of water you could get during recess. And there was always somebody watching to make sure. What I’m finding out about growing older is that there are just as many rules about lots of things‚ but there’s nobody watching and you have to decide which ones you are going to follow by yourself. I myself have one rule

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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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    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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    In the book‚ The Things They Carried‚ by Tim O’ Brien‚ the author shows and identifies a sense of compassion and bravery throughout the book. This thrilling and adventurous book is not only a story about Vietnam‚ but also a story about true love and the friendship that the soldiers share with each other‚ with unyielding stories about other people’s experiences in the Vietnam War. The author uses symbols to explain and give an example in the story. There are three of these symbols‚ Linda‚ love letters

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    Internet of Things

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    com/locate/fgcs Internet of Things (IoT): A vision‚ architectural elements‚ and future directions Jayavardhana Gubbi a ‚ Rajkumar Buyya b‚∗ ‚ Slaven Marusic a ‚ Marimuthu Palaniswami a a Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering‚ The University of Melbourne‚ Vic - 3010‚ Australia b Department of Computing and Information Systems‚ The University of Melbourne‚ Vic - 3010‚ Australia highlights • • • • Presents vision and motivations for Internet of Things (IoT). Application domains

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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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    The Things They Carried Staying alive through the war wasn’t the only struggle that the soldiers of the Vietnam War faced. In the novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ by Tim O’Brien‚ the damages are illustrated to see the psychological strain. For some soldiers‚ trying to forget the unforgettable for some soldiers was more traumatizing than the war itself: Killing people‚ watching them die; these are all the things that the soldiers have to live with‚ but some just can’t live with it.  The mental and

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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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