The Things They Carried Theme Questions 1. What was taken from Ted Lavender after he died and why did they use it? Who was blaming himself for his death? They took his dope and smoked it. This was to help relieve the stresses of the war. Jimmy Cross held on to the guilt of letting Ted die because he was distracted from the war. 2. Many of the characters were superstitious‚ for example Dobbins wore pantyhose around his neck even after she broke up with him. How does their superstition
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Peter Shaffer’s Equus is neither great theatre nor bad psychology‚ but it has elements of both. It is an exhilarating play: a remarkable blend of delayed exposition and theatrical effect‚ of melodrama and circus‚ which has inspired huge ticket sales and adoring critical reviews. And it is that increasingly rare serious drama which capitalizes on lurid events while maintaining a devotion to ‘‘ideas.’’ Yet‚ in spite of its wide popular acclaim‚ Equus is difficult to sort out even when all the clues
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What do you get when you mix a cow and a buffalo? A beefalo. What do you get when you mix a zebra and a horse? A zorse‚ of course. These may sound like silly jokes told by a preschooler‚ but these animals do exist and there are many other combinations of animals. A hybrid animal is the offspring of two different species or populations (Wikipedia). There are already hybrid animals in existence that occur in nature and some that are being created by science. In this paper‚ some examples‚ characteristics
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Silver Kite‚ Golden Wind! Theme Essay Many times in life we allow ourselves to be directed by what other people say or do. We struggle with others when it comes to getting our own way. We argue and fight for our own way instead of realizing that by working together‚ we can accomplish so much more. The story by Ray Bradbury‚ “The Golden Kite‚ The Silver Wind‚” is a great example of the message‚ by working together people can accomplish more than by working against each other. The first example
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How can point of view and character shape the theme of the text? The theme of The Boy In The Striped Pajamas is that fear can prevent people from protecting each other and doing the right thing.This theme was inferred when the book excerpt says‚ “He’d never seen anyone look so terrified as Shmuel did at that moment and he wanted to say the right thing”(47). In the story the son of an SS officer and a young boy who was a Jewish prisoner became friends‚ so when the time to protect each other came
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of doing something wrong” (Merriam-Webster). Culpability is a reoccurring theme in many literary works. In Laila Lalami’s novel‚ The Moor’s Account‚ the theme of culpability is displayed throughout the novel’s entirety. Culpability is displayed through the overall events of the Narvaez expedition‚ Mustafa’s religion‚ and Cabeza de Vaca’s account of the expedition. The overall events of the Narvaez expedition display the theme of culpability very well. The main purpose of the expedition was to gain
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perspective of old Musoni and his son‚ Nhamo. Mungoshi’s most important theme is that one’s pursuit of happiness can give someone pain. Three important examples support this. The first is Nhamo and his father‚ old Musoni‚ arguing about Nhamo’s decision. The second is old Musoni’s fear for his son in the big world. The third is old Musoni’s emotional approval for his son. These examples would demonstrate and help with the idea of the theme. The pursuit of happiness is a long way. But for Nhamo‚ he finds
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Theme and Setting A clean well lighted place by Ernest Hemingway has a few themes that stand out clearly but the one theme that stands out to me is despair. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ despair means to lose all hope or confidence. In the story‚ the older waiter and the old deaf man somehow share a common bond of despair. Both men are of age and like to be out‚ late at night‚ alone. Asides from the story alone‚ the theme of the story can be brought out by the setting. The setting contributes
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cousin‚ Taylor‚ in The Chattering World; to which he is entirely unfamiliar. In the duration of time that he resides there‚ he discovers that deceitfulness is being employed for the monetary benefit of individuals who possess power and authority. The theme of if the responsibility of power and authority is granted to the wrong people‚ it can be taken advantage of for an extensive manipulation‚ depriving others of the right to personal freedom is conveyed to the reader through the characters of Senator
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both “The Infant Prodigy” and “Her First Ball” share the common theme of loss of childhood innocence‚ “The Infant Prodigy” explores its theme through many points of views and character description while “Her First Ball” makes use of one point of view and vast imagery of the setting to advance the theme. In “Her First Ball” Mansfield uses the experience of a young eighteen year old girl going to her first dance to explore the theme of a child losing their innocence. The story opens with a girl named
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