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    plants the seeds of terror in the young man by imposing him his radical‚ yet catchy theories of life. In the beginning of the book‚ when he meets Dorian‚ he tells him "[An influenced person’s] virtues are not real to him. His sins‚ if there are such things as sins‚ are borrowed. As Lady Narborough notes to Dorian‚ there is little (if any) distinction between ethics and appearance: “you are made to be good—you look so good.” Lord Henry‚ his corrupter. The Supremacy of Youth and Beauty

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    suspense to create emphasis on the end of the sentence. The “he had an opinion of himself” serves as a bit of information that would lead to how the author feels about Curt Lemon which is the main points saved towards the end of the sentence. C.) O’Brien uses a periodic sentence to create an emphasis on how little he cared about Curt’s death. This is due to Curt’s high ego‚ which caused O’Brien to have little to no sympathy for him. O’Brien shows his audience

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    To be raised in a barn often means you lack the mannerisms deemed acceptable by society. To be raised by the circus means your mannerisms are only slightly more acceptable than one who was raised in a barn. Riley’s situation was the later. The story begins when two lovers Kwangsoo and Sohee Ahn had ran away from Genao to Reno in hopes to start a new life together. Trouble was to arise as Kwangsoo neglected to tell Sohee his grave secret. Fearing for the fate his child ‚ Kwangsoo tried to explain

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    In the novel The Things They Carried‚ author Tim O’Brien builds the emotion that various soldiers had during the Vietnam war specifically Rat Kiley’s emotion. The feeling of pain‚ grief‚ sorrowness‚ joy‚ and unity. O’Brien uses diction‚ anecdote‚ symbolism and imagery to better establish the tone and build the relationship between the members of the unit. O’Brien goes in depth to each war story he presents using these rhetorical devices to better explain the story to the reader. Firstly O’Brien

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    “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien Due Friday‚ October 31‚ 2014 @ 11:59 p.m. on Schoology Questions for Discussion and Style & Structure or aguilar.english@gmail.com. *Please type your answers. Complete sentences and thoughts is always expected. Questions for Discussion 1. The story begins with a paragraph about Jimmy Cross and his relationship with Martha. What does Martha represent to Cross? Why might it be significant that Cross obsesses about whether or not she is a virgin? How

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    Chinua Achebe wrote the book‚ Things Fall Apart‚ to fight against the stereotypical image of African people lacking in culture‚ which is what had been assumed by many people. He accomplished his goal in many different ways throughout the book‚ using a variety of linguistic devices. However‚ the device that stood out to throughout the storyline was the interesting and creative use of symbolism. There are many differences between the culture of the Nigerian people who are represented in the book

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    and Emotional Burdens In The Things They Carried‚ O ’Brien talks about multiple different things that the men at war carry. They take things with them that soldiers always have like guns‚ bags‚ grenades‚ ammo‚ food‚ water‚ and things like that‚ but they also carry personal items like Kiowa ’s Bible and moccasins‚ or Jensen ’s vitamins. The men however‚ have more than just physical items. They have things that always stay with them like emotional and figurative things. Throughout the novel‚ O ’Brien

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    In the novel‚ Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe‚ Okonkwo is in the midst of his elders and others in Mbainto where the traditions and challenge of tradition of the Igbo people are presented; with the details‚ symbolism‚ and proverbs it enhances how it is revealed. Okonkwo has held this feast to pay respects to his elders and the people‚ also showing gratitude for all that they’ve done; it is during this time that all of these devices play a part in their unique‚ significant traditions. When first

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    The Things [We] Carry An Essay Project for 11th grade: A Response to The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien Tim O’Brien‚ in his short story “The Things They Carried‚” writes about what soldiers in Vietnam carried‚ literally and figuratively. He discusses what they “humped‚” the tangible things and the intangible ones too. For example‚ all the men carried flak jackets which had a real defined weight but also they carried fear and “all the emotional baggage of men who might die” (21). We can touch

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    “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien is a short story base on the lives of a group of soldiers during the later years of the war in Vietnam. In this story‚ O’Brien examines the burdens of the soldiers and the effects that these burdens can have on man in life-threatening situations. The author describes these burdens referring to the weight that the soldiers carry. These soldiers have to go trough great physical strain but also mental and emotional difficulties that weigh them down immeasurably

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