The Weight of War “The Things They Carried‚” by Tim Obrien In the short story “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien‚ the experience of the Vietnam War is described through the eyes of American soldiers. The things the soldiers carry are both literal and figurative. While they all carry heavy physical loads‚ they also carry heavy emotional loads‚ composed of grief‚ fear‚ love and longing. Each man’s physical burden underscores his emotional burden. The purpose of this story is to bring
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The Arthur Tim o Brien was born on October 1st 1964 best know for his work of fiction stories The Things They Carried‚ a critically acclaimed collection of semi-autobiographical‚ interrelated short stories connects to the story because he was present in it. he participated in the Vietnam war . In this story he goes into deep detail about him killing someone in the war when his daughter asked has he ever killed someone in the beginning it goes into deep detail about his thoughts on if he should
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War is for Life: Vietnam The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien is a very descriptive story about a group of soldiers and their experiences during and after the Vietnam War. Included in this story of their experiences ‚ is the physical weight of the objects they had to carry during the war. O’Brien not only tells the reader about the physical weight of war material ‚ but also of the mental and emotional weight the war had on the soldiers. He goes into depth about the burdens of guilt‚ love‚ memory
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wasnt really a french anyway You: and You: serbs You: of course Stranger: he was a corse You: their generals...ah You: ik You: Serbia and France...too best countries in europe You: War is in their blood Stranger: nah‚ serbia doesnt really have good generals. Stranger: look at their battles‚ they basically lost every war they fought You: Check World War I You: then say something dude You: first battle at mountain called Cer Stranger: while surely they fought well You: 50k vs 250k Stranger: they
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Perhaps a slightly less readily recognizable theme in Burton’s work than some of his visual styles and story patterns‚ the 1950s horror films is nevertheless a prime source of material for all of his work. The monster movie is especially relevant in discussing Burton’s themes and recurring preoccupations. That which is perceived as monstrous is never associated with evil in Burton’s films; his "monsters" are always misunderstood creatures looking for forms of love and acceptance. Even the repulsive
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peace and tranquility. Tim O’Brien shows that even in the war‚ there are some peace and calmness. As chaotic and hectic as the war gets‚ there are times of tranquility. The church is sacred. A church symbolizes purity and religion. “You don’t mess with churches.” (113) Messing with a sacred thing can affect the “karma”. For example‚ the ying & yang‚ one has the good in bad and the other has the bad in good. The pagoda is the good in the bad & the war is the bad in the good.
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Tim Burton Essay Tim Burton films are mostly made up of dark humor‚Johnny depp‚ Sadness‚ and bright colors. Tim burton’s films are happy but yet disturbing in a interesting way. Almost all of his films have Johnny Depp in them. Johnny Depp and Tim Burton has been friends for almost over 25 years. The films i am going to talk about today is Batman‚ Beetlejuice‚ and Vincent Tim burton has been making films since 1982‚ He has been making movies ever since. He is known for his dark
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The majority of the people will feel guilty when they do bad stuffs like lying and cheating. They will feel even guiltier when their friend dies because of them and when they kill somebody. Tim is like that way; he felt guilty when he experiences the death of his friends and enemies. In Vietnam‚ people are dying everywhere‚ including their friends. Rat Kiley’s friend‚ Curt Lemon‚ dies while they were playing catch with a smoke grenade. Although‚ the grenade did not kill Lemon and he dies when he
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Tim Keller‚ one of my favorite authors wrote an article called “Talking about Idolatry in a Postmodern World.” In this article Keller echoed Luther’s sentiments‚ “the command “have no other gods before me” is violated when idolatry is functionally manifested in violating any of the other commands (Keller‚ 2007)”. Luther believed that the fundamentals of law breaking is always rooted in idolatry. I would agree with Both Martin Luther and Tim Keller. Idolatry is a problem that is common in our modern
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