his constant worries. The soldier who went AWOL but then rejoined his unit to break up the peace adds a bit of humor when he said “it felt so good it hurt. I want to hurt it back” (page 34). Scenes of beauty and serenity often involve nature- Norman Bowker laying down to watch the stars‚ Kiowa’s rain dance demonstration‚ and the elephant grass bowing under the wind from the helicopter blades. The peace did not involve killing or suffering. 13. The book’s structure is comprised of sections that
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Seattle‚ Washington. The owners‚ two men by the names of Gerald Baldwin and Gordon Bowker used to import and roast the coffee themselves in an old industrial building next to a meat packing plant. Baldwin and Bowker founded Starbucks because they loved coffee and tea and wanted Seattle to have the best. Based on many of fundamental ideas of Alfred Peet from Peet’s Coffee and Tea in Berkeley‚ Baldwin and Bowker had a solid business of selling fine coffees‚ with 5 stores operating throughout Seattle
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Schultz’s Growing Frustration On Schultz’s return from Italy‚ he shared his revelation and ideas for modifying the format of Starbucks stores with Baldwin and Bowker. But instead of winning their approval‚ Schultz encountered strong resistance. Baldwin and Bowker argued that Starbucks was a retailer‚ not a restaurant or bar. They feared that serving drinks would put them in the beverage business and dilute the integrity of Starbucks’ mission as a coffee store. They pointed out that Starbucks was
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Character Analysis of Rat Kiley Fear‚ death‚ and depression. These are all weights that can burden one throughout life. Tim O’Brien’s war stories often speak of emotional baggage by describing the person carrying them rather than the burdens themselves. In novel The Things They Carried‚ the author Tim O’Brien uses the character of Rat Kiley to better illustrate the emotional burdens that the soldiers in the Vietnam War faced. Rat was the platoon’s medic until he went crazy with fear and paranoia
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Lieutenant Jimmy Cross is reminded of his love for a girl named Martha by the multiple memories he has of her. He carries pictures of Martha as well as the letters she has written him. Jimmy remembers their first and only date to the movies and is heartbroken that the love he feels for Martha will never be mutual. The narrator then starts to explain the things the men carry. Most are things that would be needed for survival during a war‚ like compasses‚ raincoats‚ mosquito spray‚ and tents. Others
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emotions. The additional verbal centers found within female brains give women an increased desire to express their emotions. This increased desire to express emotions has resulted in the formation of pseudo families within female prisons. According to Bowker (1981)‚ “The only area in which the subcultures differ substantially‚ however‚ is with the existence of
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The Things They Carried is an influential reflection possible experience of soldiers up close and in their minds during and after the Vietnam War. The work is‚ at the same time‚ O’Brian’s memoir‚ but also collection of fictional short stories. Throughout the book O’Brien straightaway shapes the line between fact and fiction by consecrating the novel on to the individual soldiers‚ where the reader soon discovers that they are fictional characters. O’Brian continues to confuse the audience with this
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"Lieutenant Cross reminded himself that his obligation was not to be loved but to lead" (1115). The descriptions of what each man carries points out just how young‚ inexperienced and unprepared these boys really are. "Mitchell Sanders carried condoms. Norman Bowker carried a diary. Rat Riley carried comic books…Kiowa also carried his grandmother’s distrust of the white man and his grandfather’s old hunting hatchet"
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they also have different emotions weighing on their hearts and minds. The story takes place in Vietnam‚ where First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross and his platoon are in the fields. His platoon includes Mitchell Sanders‚ Rat Kiley‚ Henry Dobbins‚ Kiowa‚ Norman Bowker‚ Ted Lavender‚ Dave Jensen‚ Lee Strunk‚ and a few other soldiers that O’Brien does not name in the story. The platoon would follow Lieutenant Jimmy Cross across the hills‚ valleys‚ rivers‚ and anything else imaginable. Each soldier carried
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Silvia Cordova Ap Literature Mrs. Nellon 16 September 2015 The Greatest Fear Is Not Death Have you ever thought of what decisions you might do if you did not care of what others might say about you? “The embarrassment must have turned a screw in his head”(84). Tim O’Brien the author of the novel “The Things They Carried” a novel that debates the topic of truth vs. fiction all through the end using a generative idea of a soldier but at the same time using experiences not to generalize war since according
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