than the truth.” In his stories‚ Tim plays with the truth. He has been doing this since he was a young boy‚ wishing his girlfriend back to life. He realizes that if you try hard enough and are creative enough‚ you can bring the dead back to life in stories. It doesn’t matter whether the stories are exactly true--you can change the name‚ or location‚ or even parts of what happens--the feeling of truth will still be there. This is perhaps the essence of what Tim calls "story-truth"--not facts‚ but
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Outline Literature Summary: “The Things They Carried”‚ published in 1990 tells a true story of Tim O’Brian‚ author and main character‚ who is drafted for the Vietnam war. He tells about the different items that him and his fellow soldiers carried with them to help cope with the traumatic environment that they were placed in. Thesis Statement: The Things They Carried is a perfect example that shows that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an issue as old as war‚ only recently have we discovered
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The concepts of tradition and modernity in The Bride Price by Buchi Emecheta. INTRODUCTION The concept of tradition versus modernity has been widely explored in the novel entitled Bride Price by Buchi Emecheta. Every aspect including the setting of the novel‚ the tribal community that exists‚ the characters‚ the lifestyle which the community adopted and the values that each characters hold reflects the existence and also the confrontation between tradition and modernity. In this novel‚ the
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On 06 September 2013 Detective Tim Elmore and I were at the Cleveland County Detention Center when we heard radio traffic from Patrol Sergeant Jon McIntyre requesting Criminal investigation Division on-call be notified of the event he responded to. Detective Tim Elmore called Sgt. McIntyre and was told McIntyre`s squad just responded to a shooting at 421 Lemmons Road‚ Mooresboro‚ North Carolina; an 11 year old girl shot and killed her 19 year old step-father. Detective Elmore contacted our Lieutenant
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realizes that fantasies have no place in war-torn Vietnam‚ that many men count on him just for their survival‚ he like everyone else has to face the grief and horrors that come from war‚ grow from these struggles and lead. It’s interesting to see that Tim O’Brien chose the name “Jimmy Cross” as the protagonist and heroin in this short story. It was definitely not a coincidence that the lieutenants’ initials are “J.C”‚ or his last name is Cross‚ or that in the end Jimmy learned to sacrifice himself for
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O ’Brien‚ Tim. The Things They Carried. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt‚ 1990. Print. 2. O ’Brien‚ Tim. Going After Cacciato. 1st ed. New York: Broadway‚ 1999. Print. Secondary Sources 1. Franklin‚ Bruce H. “Tim O ’Brien‚ My Lai‚ and America.” Literary Resources on the Net. Rutgers University‚ 1994. Web. 28 February 2013. 2. Vernon‚ Alex. “Salvation‚ Storytelling‚ and Pilgrimage in Tim O ’Brien ’s The Things They Carried.” Proquest Learning:
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Mateship is a term that is commonly associated with Australian culture throughout history. ‘Big World’ by Tim Winton explores the relationship between two characters fresh out of high school and their search for adventure. “I don’t know what he wants deep down. He won’t say. But then I don’t say either.” This monologue from the narrator shows the stereotypical closed off friendship that is common among Australian men who view emotions as a weakness and don’t often share their feelings. Mateship is
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soldiers who did return home came back to an America far different than the one they left behind and were subject to the hatred of anti-war protestors and many came back changed and haunted by the things they had seen and done in Vietnam. Some‚ like Tim O’Brien‚ found solace several years later by writing of their own accounts of what they witnessed while overseas. O’Brien did so in his collection
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Confirmation Packet – The Lord’s Prayer Due: April 24th 1. Prayer I our commitment to God and ourselves. Prayer is important because I am speaking to God on a personal basis. 2. Vocal Prayer is speaking to dog verbally like saying a prayer with everyone at church. Mediation is praying to god on a personal basis lie at night. Contemplative is praying with a community. 3. Adoration is praying at the Blessed Sacrament. Petition is praying for a special intention
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BIG WORLD After five years of high school the final November arrives and leaves as suddenly as a spring storm. Exams. Graduation. Huge beach parties. Biggie and me‚ we’re feverish with anticipation; we steel ourselves for a season of pandemonium. But after the initial celebrations‚ nothing really happens‚ not even summer itself. Week after week an endless misting drizzle wafts in from the sea. It beads in our hair and hangs from the tips of our noses while we trudge around
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