I am who I say I am When was the last time you thought about your family tree? The advancement of technology has an internet site where you can put in a name and like magic your ancestry is listed for you. Is it important for us to know our family tree? Will the knowledge of our ancestry affect our lives positively or negatively? Does t set the precedence of who we are? In the short story “La Promesa” (The promise) by Guy Garcia‚ I feel that the main character‚ Tom Cardona‚ exemplifies my belief
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A wallet‚ or purse for some‚ is a precious item in which most people carry things more essential than money towards everyday life. If some people were to lose that portable safe‚ they may be offset for the rest of that day. The person without that wallet could be cranky or depressed for a while. Maybe something of great sentimental value was in that wallet. This person could stay hold these feelings for a long time‚ until they find their belongings by which case they are filled with joy. I‚ personally
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Analyse and interpret of Lucy Spring’s short story ”The order of things” Sometimes when true love appears‚ it can be difficult to think clear and act rationally. It is the feelings taking over and loosing the control. Falling in love can make everything else seem unimportant. Quite a lot of people decide to marry before they find true love‚ only because of expectations from society and from themselves. Should people be allowed to follow their heart when true love appears‚ even if they are already
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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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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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The Things They Carried By Tim O’Brien Tim Obrien’s The Things They Carried is written about the horrors of war. In war soldiers go through many things such as death of a friend or even having to kill someone themselves. Everyone deals with these things in different way. Tim Obrien writes story’s about the people he has lost or killed to keep them alive himself. Thought the entire novel most chapters are about the people in the war and the things they carried. But in the final chapter
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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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The Way They Survived by The short story I chose to write my essay on is "The Things They Carried" by Tim O’Brien. The soldiers in the story had to deal with not only accepting the deaths of those they became close with‚ but also dealing with the knowledge that they took another human beings’ life. The author shows how they had to carry not only their equipment; but the emotions that came along with being in a war. The emotions I speak of are ones that come from knowing they were mere grunts-and
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English 102 1 February 2013 The Burden In The Things They Carried “The Things They Carried”‚ a short story written by Tim O’Brien‚ displays an unfolding sequence of events that strongly examines the physicical‚ psychological‚ and emotional damage the soldiers beared during the Vietnam War. Not only did they carry the weapons needed for battle‚ but they carried personal items to get them through the rough times. The story might seem like a never-ending list of the physical belongings
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