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    Julius Nevin 11/13/11 Eaten Alive Some things in life become part of you. People‚ places‚ feelings; you can become so close that you are one. But sometimes‚ these things can consume you; swallow you whole. In Tim O’Brien’s novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ many characters become one with the land of Vietnam. Vietnam consumes characters in different ways‚ but it always results in a character’s unity with the land. Unity is defined as “the state of being one; oneness”. Kiowa physically becomes

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    shown in the two books that i read‚ “Kaffir boy” and “The Things They Carried”. To begin with. Kaffir boy shows a wide spread of the friendship and kindness throughout the book considering how he is dealt with his family life‚ his surrounding in Johannesburg and how living in a 3rd world-poor country has affected him emotionally and painlessly as he goes on through his daily living with his an on growing family‚ and how money is scarce and how there’s always a complaint about something or another

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    The book The Things They Carried‚ written by Tim O’Brien is about the account of himself and his fellow soldiers who served with him at the Vietnam war. The book starts with O’Brien describing everyone around him and just like the title reads listing out everything they carried‚ standard military issued equipment and few small personal belongings they got from the people close to them. Later in the story he talks about the life they have after the war and how the war affected everyone differently

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    explain how they can use information technologies to confront the competitive forces faced by a business. 2. Identify several strategic uses of Internet technologies and give examples of how they give competitive advantages to a business. 3. Give examples of how business process reengineering frequently involves the strategic use of Internet technologies. 4. Identify the business value of using Internet technologies to become an agile competitor or to form a virtual company. 5. Explain how knowledge

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    Vietnam war women were not able to enlist‚ nor were American women prevalent in rural Vietnam. The women in The Things They Carried‚ Martha‚ Linda‚ Kathleen‚ and the Unknown Girl‚ are all represented as variables of life. Martha represents love and danger‚ Linda is death and maturity‚ and the Unknown girl represents that life always moves forward. By using these women in the story‚ this represents‚ in whole‚ the better side of life‚ as well as the raw truth of war. In the story The Things They Carried

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    Student Name Mrs. DiPaolo English 11 2 15 December 2004 The Ring of Shame “Ye have both been here before‚ but I was not with you. Come hither once again‚ and we will stand all three together!” In his feeble attempts to make public his hidden shame‚ Reverend Dimmesdale attempts to include himself in the infinite ring of ignominy that he‚ Hester‚ and Pearl have inevitably been trapped in. With this theme in mind‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ in his masterpiece‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ uses the characters

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    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 has dated back to the Thirteen Colonies and could still be used today. Although it has been in existence for a very long time the draft has been used in 5 major wars: the Civil War‚ World War I‚ World War II‚ the Korean War and again

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    Carley Argentieri Literature 101 Quinn Rough Draft The Things They Carried By: Tim O’Brien The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien is a series of short stories that focuses on the lives of a platoon of soldiers during the Vietnam War‚ the items they carry; both mandatory and not‚ and how they deal with the hardships while serving. Of course the items that these military men are required to carry are extremely important to their survival‚ I have chosen to focus more on the smaller more personal

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    and tranquility. Tim O’Brien shows 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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    Correlation Essay After viewing the war film ‘Full Metal Jacket’ and while reading Tim O’Brien’s ‘The Things They Carried’ I noticed some similarities. The two were similar in various aspects but there were a few that stood out more than others. To start off‚ was the treatment of the enemy. In TTTC‚ they called them names and did cruel and grueling acts. In ‘Full Metal Jacket’‚ soldiers committed cruel and grueling acts as well‚ and they were heavily dissociated to the enemy. That led to

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