Throughout the book The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien and the documentary “Dear America: Letters Home to Vietnam” the central feelings of fear and trepidation were prominent. As a reader‚ or viewer‚ I was able to take the feelings of the soldiers during the Vietnam War and translate it in a way to relate it to my own life. During Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried and the documentary “Dear America: Letters Home to Vietnam”‚ I experienced many different emotions that were brought on
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Dear America‚ a book containing numerous letters home from the Vietnam soldiers‚ reveals the mindset and the true emotions of the men and women who served from 1966 to 1971. Being away from home in an unfamiliar territory‚ the initial reaction of the soldiers‚ who endure hardships and distresses of many kinds‚ is fright. As time passes‚ the dread of what is to become of them develops to hopelessness and misery. The letters from the U.S. soldiers are a clear‚ collective representation of many of
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Dear Beatty‚ You have frustrated me with your ignorance. You are trying to brainwash me into being like you. You think everyone should be the same. Do you actually think this makes us happy? Unity doesn ’t come from uniformity; unity comes from diversity. People ’s skills and ideas need to come together to make a happy society. If everyone is the same‚ life is just boring. I don ’t understand what you see as wrong with books. I think you yourself have been tricked into believing something I ’m
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individuals refer to this album as the paramount opus of his career. It is number four on the list of his top grossing albums. This album sold 3‚524‚567 in the United States as of 2011( 13) "Dear Mama" was circulated as the CD’s first single release . The single was released in February of 1995."Dear Mama" would grow to become the album’s most efficacious oeuvre. Surpassing his competitors‚ and cresting at the ninth position on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was sanctioned platinum in July
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“Bernice Bobs Her Hair” Have you ever at one time or another felt like an outsider? Many people do‚ trying desperately to fit in with their social counterparts. Whether it be in school‚ at work‚ or life in general‚ many yearn to be accepted by their peers and feel as though they are a part of some sort of “club” that is viewed by others as the “in” crowed. F. Scott Fitzgerald tries to express this turmoil with the short story “Bernice Bob’s Her
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Everything is thought out from what she says‚ to what she wears‚ is thought out. Bernice decides to confront Marjorie in the kitchen the morning after hearing her lash out about her to her mother. The reader has insight to how shocked Marjorie will be after realizing she is caught when Fitzgerald sets up the scene with "Bernice paused before she threw her hand-grenade". Marjorie is trapped and Bernice ’s words are like a bomb exploding in the air shattering the silence. "Marjorie never giggled
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Girls” In the story‚ “Bernice Bobs her Hair”‚ Bernice is visiting her cousin Marjorie for a couple of weeks. Marjorie has many friends‚ and socializes with her peers very well. On the other hand Marjorie’s cousin‚ Bernice‚ is the complete opposite. Bernice is quiet‚ doesn’t know anyone in town and is very awkward when others attempt to socialize with her. Although Marjorie tries to convince her friends to dance with Bernice at parties‚ no one really wants to be around Bernice. Throughout the story
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Brother was a very heartless character when his brother Doodle first came into his life. During Doodle’s life his body was slow at developing. He had a heart condition they could not treat‚ let alone discover it. Brother did not approve of Doodle because he could not do all of the typical “brother” things. He decided he did not need him in his life anymore. “It was bad enough having an invalid brother‚ but having one who possibly was not there at all was unbearable‚ so I began to make plans to kill
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In 1882‚ Dr Gayral diagnosed that Thérèse "reacts to an emotional frustration with a neurotic attack."[16] An alarmed‚ but cloistered‚ Pauline began to write letters to Thérèse and attempted various strategies to intervene. Eventually Thérèse recovered after she had turned to gaze at the statue of the Virgin Mary placed in Marie’s room‚ where Thérèse had been moved.[17] She reported on May 13‚ 1883 that she had seen the Virgin smile at her.[18][19] She wrote: "Our Blessed Lady has come to me‚ she
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The story “Bernice Bobs Her Hair”‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ has a happy ending. In the 1920s‚ Bernice‚ a pretty‚ quiet‚ and reserved girl came to stay with her wild‚ fun‚ and popular cousin Marjorie. When Bernice was staying at her cousin’s house‚ she went through a lot of‚ what could be considered‚ bullying. Marjorie‚ and her friends constantly talked behind her back saying things like: “So many people have told you how pretty and sweet she is‚ and how she can cook! But what of it? She has a bum
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