International Review of Business and Social Sciences www.irbss.org Vol. 1‚ No. 9‚ Aug 2012 [68-76] ISSN: 2226-4124 FACTORS AFFECTING BUYING BEHAVIOR OF FEMALES FOR PURCHASE OF COSMETICS (A Study of Universities Female Students from Peshawar Pakistan) SHAHZAD KHAN PhD Scholar International Islamic University Islamabad Pakistan Shahzadkhan.lecturer@gmail.com FARYAL NOOR MS Scholar City University of Science I-T Peshawar Pakistan city.uni67@yahoo.com Abstract The main aim of this research
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In the book titled‚ The Things They Carried‚ the author‚ Tim O ’ Brien‚ depicts a world where traumatic memories and crushing emotional baggage are far heavier than any combat pack or assortment of weapons that has ever burdened the back of a soldier. The author‚ O ’Brien‚ explores the physical and emotional burdens that the soldiers of the Vietnam War "hump" or carry with them. The author portrays the things the soldiers carry throughout the story as both literally tangible items and figuratively
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many of the stories within The Things They Carried reflect an almost autobiographical outlook through the characters combined with metafiction. O’Brien does well to create a distinction between the truth of the narrative and that of the truth of the events taking place. Therefore it is this conciliation of truth that he uses to recreate his discourse of Vietnam using fictional form combined with a clear exhibition of facts and figures such as in “The Things They Carried” (O’Brien‚ 3-21). Nevertheless
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story “The Things They Carried.” O’Brien tells the story in third person narrative form about Lt. Jimmy Cross and his platoon of young American men in the Vietnam War. In “The Things They Carried” we can see differences and similarities between the characters
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American Dream The Things They Carried - Log 1 The American Dream is the desire to succeed. Success can be achieved through hard work‚ and with hard work and success the American Dream can lead to happiness as well. The American Dream is attainable by all. It does not depend on social class‚ race‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ sexuality or anything that makes the person an individual. It relies on the ability to work hard and to strive for change. In the novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ each character transforms
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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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In Tim O’Brien’s novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ numerous themes are illustrated by the author. Through the portrayal of a number of characters‚ Tim O’Brien suggests that to adapt to Vietnam is not always more difficult than to revert back to the lives they once knew. Correspondingly the theme of change is omnipresent throughout the novel‚ specifically in the depiction of numerous characters. Tim O’Brien is drafted one month after graduating from Macalester College to fight a war he hated. Tim
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The Things They Carried” is a short story written by Tim O’Brien in 1990. This story is about several young American soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War. The main focus of O’Brien’s story was the burdens that the soldiers each carried individually. The soldiers did not just carry tangible burdens like weapons‚ gear‚ and other essentials. The greatest burdens the platoon had to carry throughout the war‚ were the ones that they struggled with internally. Not only were these burdens heavy‚ but they
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In The Things They Carried‚ Tim O ’Brien uses a variety of stories to explain the life experiences that he and many of his fellow soldiers endured during a single year in Vietnam. He tells these stories in a way that we can connect to these experiences. We never spent time in Vietnam‚ but O ’Brien wants us to feel like we were there. O ’Brien uses what he calls "story-truth" to write these stories. The outcome or the people may be different but the feeling is real; that ’s the truth in the story
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Role of Women in Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart gives us a vivid description of the Igbo culture through the stories of Okonkwo and his village‚ Umuofia. In regards to Igbo culture‚ contributions of women cannot be ignored. Although their position and status seems to be underestimated by the people in the novel‚ women do play an important role in the Igbo culture in four aspects: women take care of the children‚ do all the housework‚ serve as priestesses‚ and build relationships
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