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    In ‘‘The Magic Show‚’’ by Tim O’Brien he breaks down a comparison of writing to magic. Early on in O’Brien’s life he discovered that he liked performing magic he felt as if he was making miracles happen. When performing magic the outcome is based on an illusion creating a misleading appearance‚ forming something into a newly impression of reality. In magic the audience should always be wondering how the trick will end and how the magician performed the trick just as with writing an essay you lead

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    amount of worrying can change the future”- Umar Ibn Khattab At some point in each person’s life‚ they will feel guilt. Guilt is a valuable emotion‚ as it helps to maintain ties to the people around you. In the novel‚ “The Things They Carried‚” by Tim O’Brien‚ every soldier felt guilt when a unit member got killed or something tragic happened. This guilt felt by the soldiers was exemplified by Dave Jensen and Lieutenant Jimmy Cross. Decisions that both individuals made created the feeling of guilt

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    Tim O’Brien’s In the Lake of the Woods is centered around the mysterious disappearance of Kathy Wade. Mysterious is the key word‚ as throughout the novel O’Brien plays with the fine line between ambiguity and reality. Kathy’s husband John Wade‚ the main character‚ is a Vietnam veteran and former politician whose participation in the infamous Mai Lai Massacre caused his fall from grace. Following a landslide defeat in the congressional elections‚ Kathy and John retreat to solitude in an isolated

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    Long Form Jordon Hemingway Period 6 Going After Cacciato (Fiction) By Tim O’Brien Author: Born October 1st‚ 1946‚ O’Brien grew up in Minnesota. He graduated with a BA in political science in 1968 from Macalester College. Although against the war in Vietnam‚ O’Brien signed up anyway and was assigned to 3rd Platoon‚ A co.‚ 5th Battalion‚ 46th Infantry. His time spent in Vietnam gave him all the experiences necessary to write Going After Cacciato. After the war‚ O’Brien started schooling

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    place they have always wanted to visit and do things like go on a cruise or go skydiving. I pondered about what I would do if I had one month to live until one late night I heard a country song play and it was called “Live like you were dying “ by Tim McGraw. In this song‚ he sings about a man who was sick and how he finally started living by loving and forgiving. And finally‚ it all came to me. After listening to this song‚ I realized that there are more important things to do than travelling although

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    The author‚ Tim O’Brien‚ is deployed into the Vietnam war when he is a young man. Throughout the novel‚ the effects of the war on him are shown and they are profound‚ he has seen death and suffering; he has he seen death but he has also been the cause of it. He describes

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    contrasts. The first is “The Tide Rises‚ the Tide Falls” by Henry Longfellow and the second is “Before I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson. In “The Tide Rises‚ the Tide Falls‚” the poem has a narrative of a traveler who enters a quiet town from the sea and never returns. It is never stated directly that the traveler has died‚ but the following lines could imply it; “The day returns‚ but nevermore Returns the traveller to the shore‚ And the tide rises‚ the tide falls.” Either way‚ despite

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    In the Lake of the Woods written by Tim O’Brien was based on mystery and remained an enigmatic piece of literature even in its conclusion. The point-of-view‚ plot‚ and figurative language developed by O’Brien were critical in maintaining the mystery as consistently and effectively as was evident in‚ In the Lake of the Woods. The main character‚ John Wade‚ believed he was a magician from early childhood and throughout his development into adulthood. He was the ultimate magician both personally and

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    The Things They Carried The story. “The Things They Carried” was about a group of solders in the Viet Nam war. The story explained what the solders carried both physically‚ and emotionally. However what truly made this story so great was how the writer used the literary terms of symbol‚ setting‚ and theme to convey the meaning of the story. In the story‚ “The Things They Carried” symbolism had a big role in how the write gave life to the story. The literary definition of symbol is: An object

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    The seventh man should forgive himself for his failure to save K. in the wave. I am sure of this because even tho the seventh man will feel it was his fault‚ it wasn’t‚ it was K.’s fault for being out in the dangerous storm in the first place. “Many rescue workers have lost their own lives saving others.” as stated in the story‚ “The Cost Of Survival”. Survivors of tragic accidents claim they feel survivor’s guilt for not being able help others or maybe even witnessed them take their last breaths

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