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    Yalissa Kargbo Ap Literature 4/A Day Note and Notice Essay: The Things They Carried In the novel “The Things They Carried” author‚ Tim O’Brien‚ uses shifts in mood and irony to successfully exposes guilt of the items the men carried physically and emotionally which led to the fatal decisions while at war. In chapter one the narrator gives insight on a man named Jimmy Cross describes his love for a girl named Martha. Martha is a girl from New Jersey that Jimmy regrets not taking a chance

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    fraud‚ you reach your destination‚ but are unable to return” (Ghanaian proverb). What are the assumptions underlying this quote? How possible is it to undo the bad we do? This proverb describes one of the significant themes in The Things They Carried. It describes the mental and emotional burden the soldiers are forced to carry throughout their lives as a result of the atrocities they committed during the Vietnamese War. This proverb is assuming that the soldiers had in fact committed crimes

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    by Tim O’Brien called The Things They Carried uses a lot of nonfiction stories within the novel. O’Brien also uses characterization of the soldiers in the platoon to illustrate the emotional weight that they carry. Tim O’Brien in The Things They Carried mentions‚” By and large they carried these things inside‚ maintaining the masks of composure”(21). He focuses on Jimmy Cross‚ Mark Fossie‚ Kiowa‚ Curt Lemon and several other soldiers in the platoon including himself. The novel The Things They

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    Tim O’Brien’s story about vietnam war is The Things They Carried. This work tells what the soldiers went through the time during Vietnam. As the story begins‚ it focuses on the Alpha Company is sent to fight in Vietnam war. The soldiers carry goods and personal items to be able to survive. Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carries letters and pictures from a female named Martha. The first casualty for the company is Ted Lavender‚ shot dead. Cross blames himself for the death because he thinks he was too busy

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    Identity is the physical and mental properties of and individual including their culture or traditions. Everyone has their own identity which allows us to be different. It is the value and norms that describes ones-self. In the story‚ “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brian‚ identity plays a big role in each characters life. As readers‚ we are introduced to a group of young soldiers that are currently in the war. Each soldier carries several valuable artifacts which symbolizes content within their

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    Name Class Teacher Date Critical Review for “The Things They Carried” On October 1st 1946‚ author Tim O’Brien was born. He would soon go on to right the intense‚ detailed‚ and slightly-gory novel titled The Things They Carried. In this memoir‚ O’Brian tells a plethora of short stories about his time in Vietnam fighting for the United Stated Army. O’Brian includes a dozen of his fellow privates of which were in the very same platoon as himself. Many of the short stories in this worldly novel

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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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    A Fight between Love and War In The Things They CarriedTim O’Brien the narrator of the story tells of the burdens him and his Soldiers face mentally‚ physically and emotionally in the Vietnam War. Tim O’Brien describes many of the physical things the Soldiers carried‚ pictures‚ letters rabbit’s feet‚ and a pebble. The characters in this story also carried mental burdens from being at war. Jimmy Cross is comforted by the items he brought with him‚ but his obsession with “love” causes the death

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    History Essay‚ Postmodernism “Many Postmodern artists sought to deconstruct truths‚ and dominate ideas and cultural forms. Discuss with reference to at least two artists/designers and specifically the techniques they used to achieve these outcomes.” Synopsis This academic essay explores postmodern artists who form new perspective and controversy through the expression of their art. Research of various artists including Alessandro Mendini‚ Andy Warhol‚ David Ligare and Jenny Holzer were examined

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    People carry all kinds of things on the daily basis. From little things like car keys to a traumatic memory from the past. The soldiers who fought in the vietnam war had to go through many incredibly horrifying experiences and it was those exact events that make “The Things They carried” by Tim O’Brien such a marvellous vivid book. Tim O’Brien uses imagery‚ figurative language and repetition to get a ridiculous emotional connection with the reader. He uses story-telling to clear his conscious about

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