capable of being understood in two or more possible senses or ways” (“Ambiguous”). Multiple meanings of the word‚ “carry‚” are used to successfully accomplish this goal throughout chapter one by the author‚ Tim O’Brien‚ in his novel‚ The Things They Carried. The novel revolves around the Vietnam War. By introducing both the physical and emotional components of the word “carry‚” O’Brien enables the themes of chaos and uncertainty in war‚ as well as imagination and memory to unfold through the
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The Things They Carried In “The Things They Carry” by Tim O’Brien‚ readers are taken on an in-depth emotional and physical journey with Alpha Company in Vietnam. O’Brien uses some basic but symbolic objects that soldiers carried in war to show an emotional connection with home. The emotional importance of the objects is specific to individual soldiers and carries a heavy burden on the emotional status of some soldiers. O’Brien puts heavy emphasis on personal objects and on the physical aspect
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This chapter is on the field with the soldiers and explaining everything that they carry when they are in battle. It explains everything the soldiers have in their bags and what things they have that relate to war and things that relate to more sentimental reasons. This chapter goes over all the soldiers and gives you a brief feel of what kind of person they are. It also lets you know what they carry and what makes them unique. I believe that the story of Jimmy Cross carrying the letters
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SHOULD NOT CARRY GUNS There are a lot of arguments all around the world in this subject. Politicians‚ teachers‚ sociologists and psychologists declare their ideas and also they write some essays about if the poliçe officers should carry a gun or not. Many people suppose that police officers should carry their guns. Nowadays more and more crimes are being committed and police officers protect us from criminal behaviour. I will discuss whether police officers should be allowed to carry guns in this
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marrying their daughter is a significant source of income. For- instance‚ a total of forty one(41) female students in Longido District‚ primary and secondary schools have dropped out of school due to pregnancy. According to District Education Officer [DEO] for Longido District Council‚ Supeet Mseyu‚ the statistics are for 2007 up to 2009 period where 36 of the drop-out were secondary school students. Makanya
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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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and taught everything in diversity approaches from their parents and the community. Some people who cannot behave well need to spend much time on what they like to do most‚ but some need others for guidance. That what is happening today for some students. This essay will discuss on the behavior’s theory in terms of applied behavior analysis‚ four ways to reinforce existing behavior or teach new ones and also how to master learning in the classroom. According to The Treatment Integrity of School
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Cassandra Reed S. Matthews Comp II 3 March 2014 The Things They Carried The Things They Carried by Tim O’ Brien is a collection of twenty-two short stories about the mental and physical endeavors that the American soldiers in the Vietnam War that comes together in one short novel. In this collection O’ Brien often blurs the lines between fiction and reality in order to push the reader to sympathize with the soldiers as they carry guilt‚ shame‚ cowardice‚ malice‚ and confusion. Many of the
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People say things change and what happened in the past a hundred years ago won’t relate to modern days. But the famous quote by Yoma from his book The Talmud‚ quoted‚ "Ambition destroys its possessor‚" is relevant to today’s society. There are many examples that can be related to‚ but this one is more general in today’s society. Students have great ambition towards education; they want to compete with other peers and achieve a high mark- more or less an "A‚"- on an assignment or even a test. Most
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Everyone carries things‚ some being tangible and others being intangible‚ but either way the items we carry define us and what our priorities are. For instance‚ every day I carry my wallet‚ and the fear of the unknown future. I carry my wallet because it carries my identification‚ money‚ and my keys. Carrying my wallet is an essential object that I need in order to carry out my daily life. Although no one makes me carry my wallet‚ I need it in order to drive my car‚ get in my house and pay for lunch
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