I never thought anyone would actually ask me ‘’ who are you’’ or make me write about it. I would’ve probably laughed it off and make some weird joke or pray I have a heart attack. I don’t really question myself‚ I just do anything without thinking and it usually ends up either okay or horribly screwed up. Honestly‚ I’m fine with who I am and that’s a weird awkward mess. I like to say I’m not a complex person. I’m not one of those teenagers that think life is out to get them. I know what I want and
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“Queen Emma And The Vikings”‚ is a historical fiction written by Harriet O’Brien in 2005‚ but in the time period of the 900’s. Harriet O’Brien has a journalist based in London. She has written for the independent and Conde Nast Traveler‚ among other publications. She resigned after going freelance to travel more. She mainly covers the UK‚ Europe and Asia‚ where she grew up. This is her second book. The first book she wrote is called‚ “Forgotten Land”. This book intrigued me because it offered the
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imagery because visualizing the story helps the reader connect to the unfamiliar event. Using imagery is a smart way to engage an audience and keep someone on their seat to keep reading. Tim O’Brien uses imagery to connect and entertain his audience in an effective way. “..not love letters‚ but Lieutenant Cross was hoping‚ so he kept them folded in plastic... after a day’s march‚ he would dig his foxhole‚ wash his hands under a canteen‚ unwrap the letters‚ hold them with the tips of his fingers
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through everyday situations. We know if we do not live up to the standards of society and the ones we have set for ourselves‚ our minds become scared that other people will think of our self image as cowardly. In the novel The Things They Carried‚ Tim O’Brien uses the reflection of soldiers past memories to show cowardly self thought and concern of not being worthy in defective situations. These examples
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“On the rainy river” is a short story that wonderfully depicts the showing of the time in 1968 where men were sent letters in the mail that drafted them into the war with a mentality that men are stronger and cannot show fear or emotion. These men had a feeling of shame and unmanly which imposed them to sexism towards the women in the society. A 21-year-old man by the name of Tom O’Brien was drafted into the American War in Vietnam merely one month after graduating from college. Tom speaks of his
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The Empathy Deficit was one of the more interesting texts we have read for class. The author‚ Keith O’Brien‚ strayed away from the more general topics in technology. For example‚ how social media is changing the way we think or how Google is making us stupid. He opens the article with a fact of how young adults today use technology to have endless and instant connections. He also addresses how we are interested in face-to-face communication. This portrays a feeling that he believes there is nothing
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Professor C. Goodison English 1121 March 3‚ 2014 Wartime Effects In “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien‚ the main character‚ Jimmy Cross drafted into the United States Army where he served as an infantryman in Vietnam. In the beginning of the story O’Brien‚ introduce Jimmy Cross as the Lieutenant who is in love with his college crush‚ Martha. These points lead to the transformation of Lieutenant Cross actions‚ in which he matures from a man deeply in love to a leader ready to take reasonability
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soldiers outlined in Tim O’Brien’s book‚ The Things They Carried‚ have gone through the feeling of being caught in a war while at the same time‚ dealing with psychological issues. This paper will go into detail about the soldiers struggle to retain their humanity and how specific traumatic events lead to the soldiers undoing. Events in the Vietnam War caused the soldiers immense psychological problems and forced them to give up their pre-war life. From the beginning‚ Lieutenant Jimmy Cross was faced with
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Kendall Professor Vazquez ENC 1102 T-TH 12:30 – 1:45 11 February 2013 “Coping through what they carried ” Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” was set in the time of the Vietnam War‚ and portrayed that each of the soldiers had something they carried. These things that each of the men carried represented them and how they coped when they were in the war. They needed these things as a necessity. Sometimes the things would get in the way of their thoughts and cause them to be distracted
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upholding a respectable reputation‚ One of the central themes in The Things They Carried‚ is that fear of ruining one’s reputation served as motivation to the soldiers during the Vietnam War. Tim O’Brien conveys this theme using anecdotes about Curt Lemon‚ Rat Kiley‚ and himself as examples. Curt Lemon’s experience with the dentist during the war shows that his fear of losing his honorable reputation motivated him to take a risk that he normally would not take. Throughout his time as a soldier‚ Curt
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