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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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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Throughout human history‚ humans have been able to achieve many positive things like connecting the world with technology or landing in the moon. On the other hand‚ people have also committed a lot of violations and mistakes that have affected the whole world. Human rights entail values such as being able to live‚ pursue happiness and giving equity for everyone. To infringe this rights is morally wrong and politically unjust. An ongoing problem with human rights is the violation of freedom to slavery
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normal layout of a strip‚ but in panels’ three to four‚ things start to get interesting. First of all‚ we see a frame within a frame such that when the reader reads the third panel‚ his eyes will skim over the illustrations on the fourth panel to read the next narrative block. It goes from “I saw them…”‚ and then we look at the illustrations‚ to “They hanged there one full week”. The illustration in the fourth panel is probably one of the most horrific in the whole of Maus because the reader sees four
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Worth The Weight? “War is hell‚” a famous quote from General William Tecumseh Sherman. In The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien‚ we perceive the hell that men in war undergo. This enticing story is about the personal‚ mental‚ and physical hardships of soldiers in the Vietnam War. The title is revealing to the story itself by describing the items the soldiers carried. The tangible items that they lugged around are listed to the reader‚ but we are also shown the emotional burdens that lay deep in
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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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the reality of the soldiers in the Vietnam War and brings to life the setting of the entire novel. The soldiers were primarily teenagers and young men in their early twenties who had not yet had the chance to experience life. They soon had found themselves in the midst of an intense war with nothing but uncertainty and fear. They hated it and they loved the fear and adrenaline that ran through their skin and bones. It was a crucial part of their young lives that changed the way they would see their
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OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DAYS OF MY LIFE I decided to get out of bed extra early that beautiful spring morning. Everyone and everything seem to be having a great morning that day. I could hear the birds chirping love songs‚ and the cats meowing. As I looked out the window I could see the sun smiling at me. I closed my eyes and smiled back at the sun‚ as my mind drifted off to what this new day would bring to me. I then realized I only had one hour until I started this new journey in my life. Anxiety
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Sure Thing In David Ives’ short one-act comedy play “Sure Thing” he examines a number of variations in which a conversation between a guy and girl could take place. Theme‚ setting‚ plot‚ characters all of these things are essential to the understanding and captivation of the audience. With every exchange of conversation there is the ability to regain a fresh start by getting a second chance to make a good impression. The setting of this play is simple‚ a coffee shop. The setting is perfect
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The terrible car accident occurred to me ten years ago threatened my life‚ only a few flashback memories are what is left in my head. It was summer in June and a Saturday night; the rain was pouring like I have seen very few times before. I had just left my mother’s house after a delicious meal along with some of our homemade red wine. In getting ready to go to work I realized that it was late‚ my Jazz music band‚ was supposed to start to play music at 10pm in a nightclub twenty miles west from
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