Eventually, Strunk’s nose is broken and he is then airlifted to a wartime hospital. After Strunk’s return, a growing tension mounts between the soldiers as neither will admit their own wrongdoing in the fight. In regard to this ever growing tension, O’Brien
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1) Characterization is defined in “Literature Reading. Reacting. Writing” as a way in which writers develop their characters and reveal those character traits to the reader. In other word Characterization is the way the author describes the character in more detail. It’s a way for the author tells us the reader important information about the character. Characterization can make the story more interesting and creates the story to be more detailed. Two stories in which characterization makes the story
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items, burdens, and things everyday. The items they carry affect them each differently and have different impacts on them, especially if you were in an important event such as the Vietnam war. The war affected many Americans including the author Tim O'Brien. In The Things They Carried, the soldiers carried both tangible and intangible items. Each item had different meanings to each soldier and each item helped the soldier through the war differently. Some of the tangible things they carried were “…
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Discuss the role guilt and shame play in the lives of the soldiers depicted by O’Brien. Cite specific (and numerous) instances that show the results of these characteristics. In Tim Obrien’s “The Things They Carried” several behaviors function as devices designed to avoid shame and/or guilt. Characters continually find themselves in situations where their performance is a response designed to minimize the obtaining of these emotions or the pain felt by them once obtained. Therefore, action is frequently
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“The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien is about Lieutenant Jimmy Cross and his soldiers on their journey during the war in Vietnam. He was the leader, he was in charge of all the soldier’s lives. Through the journey his soldiers carried everything. The items they cared was determined by what did in the war. They carried love, shared memories, terror, personal belongings, guns, and reputations. Lieutenant Jimmy Cross cared about Martha more than he cared about his soldiers. Martha was a longtime
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Detailed Comprehension: 1. Read down to line 10 and find the English equivalents of: Evasion, replier, portefeuille, bibliothèque, au lieu de cela, pénible, motif, poster Escape,fold up, wallet, library, instead, tough, ground, mail 2. Quote three sentences showing that he kept his plans secret ‘I kept my escape plans folded up in my wallet’ (line 1), ‘a secluded table in the library’, (line 1), ‘I hid the letters’ (line 8) 3. Why did he take notes on Swedish History, culture, and
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agricultural products are constantly searching, comparing and using market information on supply, demand and prices within the food market system. A current status of market information has surfaces the United States with a governmental shutdown. Tim Peterson a market savvy farmer had to make a critical marketing decision. With the market information he protects his investment in seed and fertilizer. He states that by “locking in” the price his wheat crops next July with a contract that shield farmers
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Due to the information collected, compiled, and analyzed, it is clear that the United States could not have won the Vietnam War. There are a few instances where the United States faced hardships, yet did not complete or take the necessary steps to overcome them. For example, the U.S. soldiers were unfamiliar with the terrain, the fighting tactics the soldiers had been taught were not adequate, and the soldiers were all young and inexperienced (Bernstein). To better understand how the U.S. would have
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In the story that “The Things They Carried” written by Tim O’Brien, you can see that the author really focused on the imagery in the story. The author projects his imagery school throughout the story by describing the men and the specific tools that each man has taking into battle to differentiate them as individuals and also describe the flashbacks that Lieutenant Jim Cross has. As the story begins the Author creates an imagery moment with the audience while describing what Lt. Jimmy Cross does
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at best a combination of three drugs: sodium thiopental (a barbiturate that also has anesthesia), pancuronium bromide (relaxes then paralyses the muscles in the body) and potassium chloride (this drug speeds up the heart until it stops) (Clancy, O’Brien 278). Many advocates believe that lethal injection is the most humane form of capital punishment since the combination of drugs allows an inmate to be sedated before he is put to death (276); however, this couldn’t be further from the truth. Critics
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