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    A Lottery that You Don’t Want to Win “I remember opening up the letter‚ scanning the first few lines‚ feeling the blood go thick behind my eyes. I remember a sound in my head. It wasn’t thinking‚ just a silent howl.” – Tim O’Brien‚ The Things they Carried Have you ever taken the time to think about how you feel about the draft? Do you feel it is the government’s right to tell you to serve in the military? In times of war there is always the possibility of a draft. Drafting for military purpose

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    MEANING FROM A STYLISTIC POINT OF VIEW In stylistics meaning assumes prime importance. Because meaning is applied not only to words‚ word-combinations‚ sentences but also to the manner of expression. At certain moment meaning was excluded from observation in language science because it was considered an extra-linguistic category. The term “semantic invariant” was proposed as a substitute for meaning by R. Jakobson. The main problem of meaning which deals with is the interrelation between

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    In the short story‚ “A Rose for Emily‚” William Faulkner establishes depth in characters and scenes by using long‚ descriptive lists. Faulkner also uses point of view to express his feelings of sympathy for Miss Emily. Faulkner juxtaposes past events with present ones‚ jumping from one time period to another‚ to tie the scenes together. Faulkner’s style of using lengthy descriptions adds depth and complexity to each of the characters and the scene. He paints Emily’s house as a “big‚ squarish frame

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    American women prevalent in rural Vietnam. The women in The Things They Carried‚ Martha‚ Linda‚ Kathleen‚ and the Unknown Girl‚ are all represented as variables of life. Martha represents love and danger‚ Linda is death and maturity‚ and the Unknown girl represents that life always moves forward. By using these women in the story‚ this represents‚ in whole‚ the better side of life‚ as well as the raw truth of war. In the story The Things They Carried‚ Lt. Jimmy Cross carries letters from a woman named Martha

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    entertains a variety of notions. Views such as the Libertarians’ believe that self-reliance and responsibility are of great importance when referring to government issues. For example‚ the government’s role is not that of a “Nanny” state in reference to Universal Health Care. Are we to look to our government for complete and unearned help? Does the government have the right to dictate to us when‚ where‚ how and how much we are to have‚ do and enjoy? The Libertarians’ views on this are very simple. Let’s

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    The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe Poe does uses a specific point of view to make his story different and suprising. Poe’s stories always start and end with creepy diction. (Depending on how you read it ) In the beginning of the story Poe starts of by saying "the thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult‚ I vowed revenge" (Poe lines1-2). Here we figure out that our story will be told by this man who wants vengeance "Montresor". Montresor

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    reputation; it is people’s way of forming a premature opinion before having a formal introduction to the subject at hand. Due to this fact‚ people emphasize the importance of one upholding a respectable reputation‚ One of the central themes in The Things They Carried‚ is that fear of ruining one’s reputation served as motivation to the soldiers during the Vietnam War. Tim O’Brien conveys this theme using anecdotes about Curt Lemon‚ Rat Kiley‚ and himself as examples. Curt Lemon’s experience with the dentist

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    The Things They Carried is a novel written by Tim O’ Brien that portrays several ideas of the Vietnam War. The novel presents how many dealt with tragic and alarming conditions during harsh times. Men had choices wether or not they wanted to join the war‚ fled the country‚ or stay in Vietnam once arriving. Guilt played a mind game with all of these choices. The fear of being killed and watching someone be killed was horrendous. Through different stories‚ events‚ and mental images of what Vietnam

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    Kimberly LaChaine Period 2 January 3‚ 2017 The Effects of War The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien represents the epitome of dehumanization that war inflicts on people. Each character is involved in a short story that makes up the entire novel; their different traits make up not only their personality but their entire persona and how their social role contributed to the overall message. The characters participation in the war leads to many tragic fates such as absurdity‚ trauma

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    When the topic abortion is brought up there are usually two sides of the arguments. No matter which side you have personally taken it is important to understand what the opposing position believes. There is the pro-choice point of view and there is the pro-life point of view. An antiabortionist believes that the fetus is a human being from the moment of conception; this means abortion is murder‚ which is immoral and should be illegal. They also believe that If the pregnancy is the result of carelessness

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