Friendship is one of the most precious gifts of life. A person who has true friends in life is lucky enough Friendship makes life thrilling. It makes life sweet and pleasant experience. Friendship is indeed‚ an asset in life. It can lead us to success or to doom. It all depends on how we choose our friends. True friendship is a feeling of love‚ sharing and caring. It is a feeling that someone understands and appreciates you as you are‚ without any exaggeration‚ flattery and pretensions It gives
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In the short‚ story “How to Tell a True War Story” Tim O’Brien‚ the author‚ confuses the reader with his unique idea on how to tell a real story. Despite the fact‚ that O’Brien was drafted to go to the Vietnam War in 1969 he uses his friends and partners’ stories throughout his war years‚ to tell the world that everything about war is mistaken. Throughout his collection‚ The Thing They Carried (1990) he emphases that fear is what motivate soldiers to go to war. Indeed‚ fear drove him; he went to
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Many authors have written war stories and about the effects of war on a person. Two of these writers are Tim O’Brian and Ernest Hemingway. O’Brian wrote "How to Tell a True War Story"; and Hemingway wrote a short story called "Soldier’s Home". Both of these stories illustrate to the reader just what war can do to an average person and what‚ during war‚ made the person change. The stories are alike in many respects due to the fact that both authors served time in the army; O’Brian in the Vietnam
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to Tell a True War Story” In the short story‚ “How to Tell a True War Story‚” the implicit problem that is created about the story by its first line‚ “this is true‚” is that the readers may think the line is sarcasm and not believe the information being said. The readers will question if the story is true or not. Throughout the story the narrator says how many war stories are not true so I do not know what to believe. The author‚ Tim O’Brien‚ says that nothing can be believed to be true‚ which makes
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The true-life story of John Newton‚ a former slave ship Captain‚ who became a clergyman and fought to abolish slavery. STORY COMMENTS A WRETCH LIKE ME is a character driven story based on the true-life narrative of John Newton‚ who helped abolish slavery and composed the lyrics to the haunting and soulful song AMAZING GRACE. The story centers on John’s emotional and psychological personal journey as he went from commanding a slave ship to championing the abolishment of slavery. His life experiences
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The slightly true story of Cedar B. Hartley (who planned to live an unusual life) By Martine Murray As Bo Diddley quoted‚ “Don’t judge a book by its cover” I have always believed in this quote. So one day when I picked up ’The slightly true story of Cedar B. Hartley (who planned to live an unusual life)’ I was tempted to but it down when I saw the cover‚ but I remembered what Mr Diddley had said and decided to give it a go. To my disappointment the book was pointless and extremely boring
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While writing my personal development plan‚ I realized that I am currently in the process of finding my own true north. I still feel lost but with some of the guidance in this book‚ I am beginning to understand where my own compass lies. It was also nice to read that there is no one style of leadership that is correct and that there are no universal traits or characteristics to effective leadership. This insight provided by TN really gave me a positive outlook as I had always thought to myself‚ I
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The True Meaning that Hidden in a Short Story by Shirley Jackson‚ The Lottery “The Lottery” (1948) is a short story written by American author Shirley Jackson. Shirley Jackson is best known for this short story which suggests a secret behind the annual event that has been done by the people in a village for years. The central theme of this story is a mysterious old black box that is used in the lottery drawing. I found that “The Lottery” is a story that actually brutal‚ scary‚ and horror but the
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The True Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka offers much to be critiqued‚ including the reason why Gregor Samsa was transformed into a hideous beetle. The truth is Gregor had put himself into a position of demise long ago. Over the years‚ he had worked himself into both physical and mental exhaustion. Gregor was the sole provider‚ and eventually his family grew less appreciative of him. His relationship with his family had gone south. They were no longer as close‚ and it were as
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I have decided to use both stories for my essay. In "The Last True Story I’ll Ever Tell." John Crawford he writes‚ “It was just a vision of what home could or should be” (2822). I related to Crawford’s story because I was affected by hurricane Katrina in 2005. As a result of the hurricane my life as I knew it was no longer the same. Crawford story is about a fictional account of what his life would be like when he returned home from Iraq. He and his wife takes a drive on a long road where they go
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