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    The Internet of Things The Internet of Things (IoT) is an arrangement of interrelated registering gadgets‚ mechanical and advanced machines‚ articles‚ creatures or individuals that are furnished with special identifiers and the capacity to exchange information over a system without obliging human-to-human or human-to-PC interaction. A thing‚ in the Internet of Things‚ can be a man with a heart screen embed‚ a ranch creature with a biochip transponder‚ a car that has worked in sensors to caution

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    in the novel "Things Fall Apart"‚ written by Chinua Achebe’s‚ his idea of traditions and costums of african village. Chinua uses literary devices symbolism and pronouns to describe how traditions affect and rule the lives of the Igbo people. Okonkwo‚ who is the leader of the village wants the next generation to withhold the traditions and customs he has lived with. He uses symbolism to Describe some of the traditions to the adolescents. Uses proverbs to indicate what is good or bad for the Igbo villagers

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    let the reader decide whether he may be a coward or not. The TED Talks explain why veterans miss the war and why it’s difficult to adjust from war‚ which connects to The Things They Carried because there are stories about people who miss the war and people who couldn’t adjust to the war. Within the book‚ The Things They Carried‚ Tim O’Brien tells what happened figuratively‚ the story truth‚ and what happened

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    "The Goshts That Soldiers Carried" War makes individuals enter another world that to most appear to be not at all like the old. The life they had is presently gone‚ which bring these men only an attack of new stresses and bad feelings. These feelings change the way individuals respond and feel. As appeared in the story “The Things They Carried” by the author Tim O’Brien. The brave soldiers all carry overwhelming feelings‚ yet the heaviest of them all is Guilt. Blame is a weight that the characters

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    Kauffman focus on the everyday lives of these children which include: drug addiction‚ abuse and beatings‚ rage and apathy that perpetuate their misery. “Born into Brothels” by Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman‚ is a documentary that is overflowing with symbolism. Photography is exposed throughout the documentary; the role of photography is to portray the opportunity that has been granted to these children for them to express themselves. The painting they would engage in was a way for these children to express

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    symbol of hope for Tsotsi and becomes his path to redemption by causing the feeling guilt for his actions. He also begins to learn to feel love for another human being‚ something he had forgotten how to do as a result of a traumatic childhood. The use of lighting is another important symbol used in the film as it is used to show hope and goodness. The clothing that Tsotsi wears is a black jacket ans his appearance is shown as dark and aggressive. Also all his criminal activities that are shown crimes

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    Effects of the U.S. Wars The author of The Things They Carried‚ Tim O’Brien‚ incorporates various messages within his book. One of the most important messages within the text greatly deals with war and everything associated with it. As a veteran of the Vietnam War‚ O’Brien is exceedingly qualified to provide readers with an accurate depiction of what it feels like for a soldier to live in a constant state of war. The series of stories within The Things They Carried present us with the difficult choices

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    The Dilemma of Lieutenant Jimmy Cross in Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” In Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross is a 24 year old young man in love with a girl named Martha‚ who is thrust into the jungles of Vietnam. Carrying “the responsibility for the lives of his men” but distracted by his fantasies of Martha‚ tragedy strikes his platoon and Ted Lavender is shot and killed. (p. 97). Lieutenant Cross grieves for Lavender‚ for Martha‚ for himself‚ as

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    The Things They Carried is a book written by Tim O’ Brien about the destruction of war and the effect on the soldiers. His decision to kill someone was one of the hardest decisions he has ever had to make in his life. To make a decision like this is not as simple as most people think it can be. Many factors play into this‚ to be able to kill someone is going against morality people face today especially by society. I honestly could not make the decision to kill a man unless my life is at stake. “I’d

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    Rhetorical Analysis of "Ambush" In "The Things They Carried‚" Tim O’Brien discusses his observations as a young soldier during the war with different stories from the past that have become memories. He constantly reflects back on the choices he made and questions them by making the reader do the same. Some of the text’s language seems abstract because they are memories being re-told and not everything is going to said how it exactly happened. O’Brien writes this stories as a way to cope with his

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