In the novel The Things They Carried‚ author Tim O’Brien offers the “happy ending” described by Fay Weldon through his own “spiritual reassessment and moral reconciliation.” While the novel itself is not a series of happy memories or events‚ the telling of them allows the author to come to terms with the loss of his innocence and his own limitations. As the author closes‚ he finally concludes that while his war-time experiences change him from the person he once was‚ telling stories is the way he
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Kaw Assistant Secretary and Chief of Staff Office of the Secretary Benito C. Bengzon‚ Jr. Assistant Secretary‚ International Tourism Promotions Domingo Ramon C. Enerio III Assistant Secretary‚ Tourism Planning and Promotions Ms. Jemimah-Fay L‚ Alentajan Head Executive Assistant Office of the Secretary Rolando Canizal Director‚ Office of Tourism Planning‚ Research and Information Management Rica C. Bueno Director‚ Office of Tourism Standards Ma. Cynthia C. Lazo Director
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The Role of the Alliance System in Causing the First World War Summary: The alliance system in Europe served as a major cause of World War I. This system led to the division of Europe into two antagonistic power blocs‚ its degree of secrecy led to fear and suspicion between nations‚ and it transformed local disputes into a general conflict. While other arguments point to factors such as militarism‚ economic rivalries‚ and domestic issues as the major causes of the war‚ these causes would not have
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Similar to Porter when Barbara Thompson asked her‚ in the interview held in Paris 1963‚ if there is “something comparable to the experience of Miranda in ‘Pale Horse‚ Pale Riders‚’” she replied “the plague of influenza …It took me long time to go out and live in the world again” (Porter and Givner 85). During the period sickness Adam takes care of her mostly. After she is fully recovered‚ she realizes that Adam was infected by influenza and died by it. Porter later proclaimed that “the real ‘Adam’
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have become part of his legend‚ but there is no one definitive source or "final version" of his story. The "Sword in the Stone‚" Merlin‚ Excalibur‚ the Round Table‚ the Quest for the Holy Grail‚ Guinevere and Lancelot‚ Arthur’s half-sister Morgan le Fay and their bastard/incestuous son/nephew Mordred‚ and Arthur’s defeat and recuperation at the mystical island of Avalon have all become fairly well accepted as part of his story. Beowulf evidently never married. Arthur was married to a woman who loved
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“Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” Essay: DOES THE POEM PROVIDE A POSITIVE REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN? The poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ supposedly written in the mid to late fourteenth century‚ shows the decline of both the code of Chivalry and of Feudalism. In a desperate effort to reinforce the ideals of Feudalism‚ the poet‚ evidently bias towards the Christian church and its values‚ use the female gender as the primary causes of this decay. At the time‚ the religious values were deeply
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AP Literature 12 March 2013 A Love Story The ending on a story doesn’t necessarily need to be a happy one. The British novelist Fay Weldon once said the following‚ "The writers‚ I do believe‚ who get the best and most lasting response from their readers are the writers who offer a happy ending through moral development. By a happy ending‚ I do not mean mere fortunate events a marriage or a last minute rescue from death but some kind of spiritual reassessment or moral reconciliation‚ even with
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This well crafted story intertwines ones personal struggles with identity and the battle one undergoes while suffering through a significant personal loss. Margaret Atwood’s‚ "Hairball is based around the main character Kat and her personal struggles with three major conflicts: The conflict within the society in which she lives‚ the conflict with her romantic interests (specifically Ger)‚ and finally the physical conflict she faces with her own body. The story begins when Kat goes in to the
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the Triple Entente of 1907‚ the German fear of `encirclement’ was confirmed. Consequently‚ Germany tightened alliance commitments with Austria-Hungary and Italy and took on a more antagonistic stance towards the Triple Entente power bloc. Historians Fay and Craig have argued that the division of Europe into two power blocs due to the alliance system had increased tension among the antagonistic nations of the alliances. Thus‚ this argument demonstrates
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