A Lottery that You Don’t Want to Win “I remember opening up the letter‚ scanning the first few lines‚ feeling the blood go thick behind my eyes. I remember a sound in my head. It wasn’t thinking‚ just a silent howl.” – Tim O’Brien‚ The Things they Carried Have you ever taken the time to think about how you feel about the draft? Do you feel it is the government’s right to tell you to serve in the military? In times of war there is always the possibility of a draft. Drafting for military purpose
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the only things and the home they had ever known and dropped into a foreign place where the situation was “kill or be killed.” They had no other choice but to be exposed to the unimaginable horrors that awaited them. Cases of people with PTSD are famous for their abuse of drugs or alcohol; however‚ ex-soldiers have an additional addiction that often lands them in trouble‚ or jail: an addiction to adrenaline. The one thing that caused them to have this condition may very well be the one thing that decides
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has a bond of mutual affection.” Despite there being a concrete definition‚ friendship has no terminology because everyone’s view on it is distinct and miscellaneous. The pure definition of friendship is defined on one’s own notion. In The Things They Carried‚ Rat Kiley and Curt Lemon had a bona fide friendship that was equivalent to no other friendship. Mark Fossie and Mary Anne Bell also had a friendship that was beyond than just a friendship. Both relationships were so complementary but yet contradicted
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Major Works Data Sheet Fabbiha Chowdhury‚ Rebecca Rich‚ Yusra Ahmed- Band 2 Title: The Importance of Being Earnest Author: Oscar Wilde Date of Publication: December‚ 1898 Genre: Satire‚ Comedy of Manners Historical information about the period of publications: Wilde originally wrote the play during the summer of 1894 in Worthing‚ England. Although it was performed the following year‚ it wasn’t published until 1898 due to Wilde’s tainted reputation and bankruptcy. Wilde had prosecuted
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There are many ways in which the characters and the setting go together. By knowing where and when a story takes place‚ we are able to better understand what each character is going through. In the short story “The Things They Carried” written by Tim O’Brien‚ O’Brien does a great job describing what each character is feeling and going through‚ both emotionally and physically. In the story we are introduced to seventeen young American soldiers who are in the middle of the Vietnam War. “They are
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The majority of the people will feel guilty when they do bad stuffs like lying and cheating. They will feel even guiltier when their friend dies because of them and when they kill somebody. Tim is like that way; he felt guilty when he experiences the death of his friends and enemies. In Vietnam‚ people are dying everywhere‚ including their friends. Rat Kiley’s friend‚ Curt Lemon‚ dies while they were playing catch with a smoke grenade. Although‚ the grenade did not kill Lemon and he dies when he
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that even in the war‚ there are some peace and calmness. As chaotic and hectic as the war gets‚ there are times of tranquility. The church is sacred. A church symbolizes purity and religion. “You don’t mess with churches.” (113) Messing with a sacred thing can affect the “karma”. For example‚ the ying & yang‚ one has the good in bad and the other has the bad in good. The pagoda is the good in the bad & the war is the bad in the good.
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1. Cross feels that Lavender is killed because Cross himself was too busy daydreaming about Martha that he was unable to protect his men. Since Cross’s mind was in a distant place‚ he was unable to lead his team efficiently. Cross believes that if his mind was focused on the war he would have been able to protect Lavender. 2. At the end of the story Cross realizes that he needs to be a leader that is worthy of his men. There cannot be anymore daydreaming‚ and lack of focus since he is in a war.
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Not like in the movies where the dead guy rolls around and does fancy spins and goes ass over teakettle-not like that. Kiowa said. The bastard just flat fuck fell. Boom down. Nothing else.” “What stories can do‚ I guess‚ is make things present. I can look at things I never looked at. I can attach faces to grief and love and pity and God. I can be brave. I can make myself feel again. ’Daddy‚ tell the truth‚ ’Kathleen can say‚ ’did you ever kill anybody? ’ And I can say‚ honest‚ ’Of course not
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Many people think that most of the teenagers in our generation are very confident and happy‚ especially because we believe that they don’t have anything to worry about. For Zits things are very different‚ due to the fact that shame is a painful feeling that plays a big role in his life. Zits says “I’m dying from about ninety-nine kinds of shame. I’m ashamed of being fifteen years old. And being tall. And skinny. And ugly. I’m ashamed that I look like a bag of zits tied to a broomstick” (4). In a
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