Love: Motivation or Distraction? Love is something that everyone desires‚ but when the thought of love takes over your thought process; it can be very dangerous. First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross knows the feeling of love and its dangerous effects. Lieutenant Cross is currently at war in Vietnam and he is repeatedly visited by the thought of his lover Martha. Martha is a student at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey‚ and this is where the lieutenant fell in love. He took her to a movie and during
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Phil Costner English – Rough Draft In the novel‚ The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien‚ he vividly depicts the situations of war-life in Vietnam using very interesting characters. Though some of the characters he uses are not actually real people‚ but just made up to serve as symbols in his story. In some cases these characters serve more to the story through their symbolism rather that their character. The three characters who embody this the most are Kiowa‚ Mary Anne Bell‚ and Kathleen.
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about her that reassured him that the dead is still alive. “And as a writer now‚ I want to save Linda’s life. Not her body- her life.” (223) “But in a story I can steal her soul. I can revive‚ at least briefly‚ that which is absolute and unchanging. In a story miracles can happen.” (224) Kathleen is O’Brien’s daughter. O’Brien takes his daughter to Vietnam to visit all of the places he went to as a soldier. O’Brien now has a different perspective on how to tell his war stories. He feels he can’t
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Charlie was a molestation victim as a child‚ a fact he repressed until urged to enter into a sexual situation he could not deal with. While his breakdown provides the epilogue for the book and places him into a mental hospital‚ he comes out of the whole thing as a supposed fuller individual who is more self actualized than he would have been without realizing the sexual trauma of his youth or‚ more drastically‚
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Hermann Hesse once wisely noted‚ “Every age‚ every culture‚ every custom and tradition has its own character‚ its own weakness and its own strength‚ its beauties and cruelties”. The entire ensemble of characters in Heart of Darkness‚ Things Fall Apart and Apocalypse Now are filled with a strong sense of tradition and culture. This culture not only dictates ritualistic and hollow day to day practices; it begins to define the profound inner workings of souls. However‚ the uproars of hell are felt among
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How was your understanding of cultural and contextual consideration of the work developed through the interactive oral? Through this discussion‚ I noticed how easy it was to relate to the social and cultural context issues that the soldiers went through in this book. For example‚ when Tim did not want to go to war and almost fled to Canada he realized that he rather go to war and die before he gets talked about by his community. This shows how far a person will go to prevent being embarrassed
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is because Coppola rarely seems to learn much from his past mistakes‚ especially when it comes to finances. Sometimes his attitude can lead to a good outcome‚ but other times‚ it can blow up in his face. A prime example of his poor judgement is Apocalypse Now‚ which not only went over budget‚ but the prolonged shooting of the film affected practically everyone on set‚ physically and mentally. This also puts a negative effect on Coppola as well‚ as he begins to feel immense pressure to finish a film
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John Jarvis Mythology 211 October 1‚ 2012 Apocalypse Now Redux: Symbolically Mythology Nothing affixes attention‚ especially in literature and cinematic entertainment‚ more readily than a hero. Heroes and their journeys are the central focuses in many famous stories‚ either ancient or modern. The idea of the journey of a hero and their triumph is referred to as a monomyth‚ and there are a few approaches to determining if a story is or is not a monomyth. In his book Mythology: The Voyage of
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and resulting in more than 58 thousand American casualties alone. With this damage stated‚ countless others suffered from disabling injuries and mental instabilities even after returning home. Both The Deer Hunter (1978 Michael Cimino) and Apocalypse Now (1979 Francis Ford Coppola) can be used to provide and insight into the effects of the war on the soldiers that fought in the war‚ but also to those who knew the soldiers and remained in the United States during the war. In short The Deer Hunter
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part of life‚ and everyone will experience someone who is close to them dying. The main difference is that when someone here dies‚ it is usually of natural causes and their body is made to look nice‚ while as in war‚ death is one of the most gruesome things a person could experience. There is no funeral‚ sometimes not even a body to bring back home‚ only
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