’Points of View’ Commentary ’Points of View’‚ written by Lucinda Roy‚ is a poem that features different points of view (as the title suggests) on the subject of water: those of women collecting water in‚ what can be assumed to be‚ an African country and those of a person living in a modernised (possibly a ’Western’) country. Furthermore‚ Roy seems to be critical of the aforementioned Western lifestyle and this poem presents an underlying moral that everybody should be grateful for what they have
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Four Points of View Handout A: 1. How do the colonies benefit from British rule? 2. Who is George Grenville and what did he do? 3. Why are the colonists’ complaints about “taxation without representation” unjustified? Handout B: 1. What false claims have the Patriots made about British rule? 2. What does Charles Inglis explain in his testimony and how does he explain it? (What evidence does he provide?) 3. Who is Daniel Leonard and why does he side with the King? Handout C: 1. How did Patriots’
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10/10/2012 ENG 112-Cox Essay Prompt 2 What Were The Things They Carried An author commonly uses literary devices in their text to both interest the audience‚ and to create a bigger depth to their work. In “The Things They Carried”‚ there are a few different elements Tim O’Brien uses to captivate his audience. Imagery‚ symbolism‚ and theme were a few of the devices he chose to use in this work. Throughout the story‚ he explains what the men carried‚ and by doing so‚ created a depth to this story that
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The Things They Carried: Chapter 1 Significant Quote: “In the accompanying letter‚ Martha wrote that she had found the pebble on the Jersey shoreline‚ precisely where the land touched the water at high tide‚ where things came together but also separated.” (8) Speaker: Tim O’Brien Audience: The reader Significance: This symbolizes Martha and Jimmy’s feelings for each other. They are separated by the war‚ but together in their minds. Questions: 1. What prompted the separate-but-together thought
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“The Things They Carried” By Tim O’ Brien This short story is about a young lieutenant that learns the hard way that war can cause serious consequences. While reading this story I got really bored with the way the author names every single thing they carried. I honestly didn’t see the importance of knowing exactly what they were carrying. It was kind of just annoying to me until I read the story all the way through and I realized how important it really was to name all the things the soldiers
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Story Essay Symbols as used in "The Things They Carried" The use of symbolism in this story is really amazing. Using the items soldiers tend to take with them to combat zone Tim O’Brien is able to tell a lot about what really soldiers have in mind‚ their characters and even what might be going on in their personal life. I find this a story interesting to me because when I was deployed I carried things to keep me going. Personal little items I carried with me had a meaning. In this story
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me the way it would others and make them feel as if they were right there with the individuals in the reading. Emily Van Hook Michael Seltzer ENGL 111-0GD March 24‚ 2013 “Reading and Responding” “The Things They Carried‚” by Tim O’Brien (American; b. 1947)‚ a man that resides in Minnesota has written a story to recall his time in the Vietnam War. He did not favor the war but went and completed his mission as best he could as an infantry foot soldier. After
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Point of view on television Despite some people arguing that television has been a destructive force in our society‚ it is still one of the most important sources of information. Television plays an important role in our everyday lives providing us with tons of news‚ movies‚ shows‚ documentaries‚ sports‚ and live transmissions from all over the world. There only a few families among millions that do not have a TV set in their homes for various reasons such as financial incomes‚ disinterest
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The Things They Carried –Coping Mechanisms to Survive During the Vietnam war‚ soldiers were not exposed to the traditional coping mechanisms of our American society‚ as illustrated in Tim Obrien ’s The Things They Carried. These men were forced to discover and invent new ways to deal with the pressures of war‚ using only their resources while in the Vietnamese jungle. It was not possible for any soldier to carry many items or burdens with them‚ but if something was a necessity‚ a way was
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Writing Prompt 1 In the book “The Things They Carried” the author shows how the soldiers use materialistic objects to work in the harsh environment while also carrying burdens because of death‚ isolation and shock. The author uses different levels of ambiguity when using the word carried. In the book the word carries spans from physically carrying objects to mentally carrying burdens. Also the character of the soldiers that are introduced in the first chapter are unraveled throughout the book as
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