Journal Entry 2 The short story‚ “The Things They Carried”‚ by Tim O’brien‚ was my favorite reading of this week. The author states what the company is carrying‚ as well as emotional burdens that they carry. I think that theme of this story can be summarized as “Don’t judge a book by its cover”. As I stated in the discussion‚ I think this story makes a profound point about trauma and emotional stress. Physical burdens are easily observable. For example‚ when people see someone in a wheelchair their
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Journal 1: In the introduction‚ we learn about the nameless narrator who is the chief executive officer of the Salem Custom House. Since there are barely any ships that comes to Salem‚ the narrator spends his time trying to amuse himself. One rainy day he stumbles upon a pile of documents and finds a manuscript with a gold cloth in the shape of a letter A. It is a work written by Jonathan Pue‚ who had an interest in local history and he wrote about the events that happened in the middle of the
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The Diary of Captain Odysseus Entry 1 The smell of fresh entrails is so strong I must cover my mouth with a dirty rag as I write this. I am staring at my comrade‚ Lieutenant Dan‚ and observing his condition: a bone protruded out of his leg which moved with his rattling breath – it is a cruel fate to be confined to‚ to be a good soldier and merely wanting to return to the country he loved. His moaning seems synchronised with the rocking lifeboat‚ and his muscles‚ visible to the naked eye‚ writhed
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19 April 2011 The Reluctant Fundamentalist Journal Entries (Pages 1-50) After reading for a few pages‚ it seemed almost as if the main character of the book‚ Changez‚ implicates the reader (us) as the person who he is talking to‚ and I thought that was a unique aspect of this book‚ unlike many other books. The American man that Changez is actually speaking to‚ I thought it was very strange how he was wearing a full suit‚ especially in a place like Lahore where the weather is extremely humid
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Zealock Bookstore Journal Entries NO DATE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 8 9 01-7-08 01-7-08 01-7-08 01-7-08 01-7-08 01-7-08 During 08 During 08 During 08 During 08 During 08 Dr cash cash Prepaid rent Equipment(bookshelve) Equipment(Computer) Security desposit inventory account receivable cash cost Goods solds account payable cash employee compensation account payable cash interest expense rent expense depreiation depreiation income tax expense Dr-Amount Categ.1 25‚000 c.asset 30‚000 c.asset 20‚000 c.asset 4
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5725 FUNDRAISING‚ pAINTING‚ aSSembling‚ Decoration‚ AND lEADING Through my fundraising efforts‚ how can I improve the standard of living for the children of abused women situated at a transitional shelter? 24936452289337Personal Project Process Journal Table of Contents TOC \o "1-3" \u Proposal (Goals‚ Descriptions‚ etc.)3 Product Specifications………………… 8 Diary (Work Completed Weekly)9 Timeline and Scheduling17 Consulted Resources18 Challenges/Difficulties Faced…19 Evaluation of Progress……
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4‚ 2015 Manage Discussion Entry Reporting about the disease very late. One day‚ a husband asked the doctor if his wife could do the injection at home instead of coming to the hospital every hour. The doctor said yes‚ but both of you need to sign a paper that if something happens‚ it will not be our fault. They both agreed and signed the paper. In couple of hours on the same day her husband told her that she needs to do the injection on the hips. While she was doing it‚ her husband
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Thomas Martin Ward Jr. Wednesday August 15‚ 1860 Current Post: Indianapolis‚ Indiana Dear Journal‚ I now take the opportunity to write you‚ journal‚ and a few lines to let you know that I am well and hope the same for my family back home in Massachusetts. We left Baltimore August 11th‚ and we arrived here August 14th. We rode day and night in the cars. We came here to guard rebel prisons. There is 5 thousand here to guard. I think we shall stay here until our time is out. Only 84 days more
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December 16‚1886 I was a young man when my family’s journey began in the search for freedom. We resided in a decent little neighborhood just in the outskirts of southern Russia. All the families around knew each other very well therefore I could never understand why my family always seemed so miserable. I mean I heard stories and watched the news about bad accidents from muggers to murderers but I never seen anything like that around where we lived. Until one night my father did not come home‚ my
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The Scarlet Letter – Journal #1 In chapters four through seven‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne uses a plethora of rhetorical strategies to convey his purpose of emphasizing the character’s opinions and also to describe what is taking place in the particular chapter. In chapter four‚ there are many times when Hawthorne uses parallelism to emphasize the character’s opinions. For instance on page 51‚ paragraph one‚ Hawthorne quotes Roger Chillingworth using parallelism‚ “…in the eyes of men and women‚ -in the
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