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Things They Carried Playing Basketball
1,178 wordsWilliam Timothy O'Brien was born on October 1 st, 1946 in Austin, Minnesota. He planned on having a good career, and to follow in the foot- steps of his parents. His father, William, was an insurance agent, and his mother, Tim graduated from high school, and then went on to college to continue his education. At the age of twenty-two, he was drafted into the United States Armed Forces to fight during the conflict in Vietnam. Tim was less than thrilled. Being a soldier in the Army was not somethin...
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Things They Carried Water Buffalo
1,177 words... about the field that night. Something about the way Kiowa disappeared into the crud. You were there... You can tell it. " (The Things They Carried). Two years after O'Brien received that letter, Norman Bowker took his own life. He hung himself with a jump rope inside the locker room at the YMCA after playing an eight hour long game of basketball. He left no suicide note, but Tim O'Brien knew why he did it. In "Notes", O'Brien talks about why he decided to write about Bowker. "Now, a decade a...
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Decided That Tim Younger Brother Mother
782 wordsOne of the most difficult transitions I had to make as a child came in the divorce of my mothers second marriage. Though my mother and I were strong, and always there for each other in time of need, it was still a big change and would prove to take some time to overcome. Even though the divorce was difficult it was definitely necessary. My parents werent getting along and the joy that was once found in the eyes of my mother finally ceased to exist. My mother and father had many long talks and, a...
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Hit Another Homerun Hit Another One Kyle
1,091 wordsIt was a cold rainy November day. Kyle was home from school on Thanksgiving vacation. He was driving his mom up the wall, so she decided to give me some chores. The good kid that Kyle is, he decided to them for a change. The first item on the list was to clean out his closet. Kyle usually hated to clean his closet, but for some reason this day was different. Kyle had clothes laying everywhere. No wonder he could never find anything. While he was cleaning, he found things he thought he had lost y...
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To Kill A Mockingbird An Episodic Novel
787 wordsHarper Lees, To Kill A Mockingbird is clearly a bildung's roman. Bildungs roman is defined as, the development of the protagonists mind and character, as the character passes through childhood into adulthood. Harper Lee enriches and builds her novel by using an episodic format. She teaches Scout and Jem lessons by giving them out in little sub stories. In chapter ten, the lesson of Tim Johnson, Scout and Jem see that some people have unspoken talents. The lessons are contained within these littl...
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Blue Eyes Day Care
774 wordsKaren Connors takes a big role in this book. She is eighteen and has long blonde hair and blue eyes. She is strange and mystical. No one can quite figure her out. She is always figuring out where missing children are. She is a caring person toward children at the day care and babysitting. Ronald Wilson is another important person in this story. He is a rookie cop for the police department. He has sandy-hair and blue eyes. He is a got to get it done kind of guy. He and Karen meet toward the begin...
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Times A Day Three Hours
1,200 wordsApproximately five million people in the U. S. , or about one in every 50 Americans, suffer from OCD. Thats about 2 %, a substantial number of sufferers. It affects men, women, and children, as well as people of all races, religions, and socioeconomic backgrounds. OCD is an anxiety disorder characterized by symptoms that can include powerful, unwanted, or recurrent thoughts and / or compulsive, repetitive behaviors. Some of the most common obsessions are: Fear of contamination Fear of causing ha...
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Art Theories And Influence On Artists
1,841 wordster> Essay Question: Discuss how theories about art influence the practice of artists and / or art critics or historians Practice in art refers to the decisions and actions that affect choices, perceptions, ways of working and views of an artist or art historian. Tim Storrier sums up the practice of an artist by saying that A painting is really a graphic illustration of where a particular artist is at that point in his life and the art encompasses what the artist has gone through in th...
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Tim Obrien Vietnam War
967 wordsIt is generally recognized that Tim Obrien's Going After Cacciato (1978) is most likely the best novel of the Vietnam war, albeit an unusual one in that it innovative combines the experiential realism of war with surrealism, primarily through the overactive imagination of the protagonist, Spec Four Paul Berlin. The first chapter of this novel is of more than usual importance. Designed to be a self-sufficient story (Mccaffery 137) and often anthologized as one, this chapter is crucial to the nove...
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Good And Evil Good Nature
748 wordsEvilness and happiness are shown in both A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. In all beings both natures exist. In Dickens novel the good nature wins over the evil while Stevenson creates a character who allows the evil force to overcome the goodness. The symbols of the potion and the dream powerfully unleash the dark side of Jekyll and the bright side of scrooge. In their novels both authors present the conflicts that exist in man between g...
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Positioning Strategy Three Words
967 wordsAdvertising professionals realize that the heart of any campaign is the product and the position it holds in people's minds. Products and their brand names are newsmakers themselves. Wendy's hamburgers, Apple computers, and California raisins (particularly when they sing and dance) are objects of our attention and interest. Positioning is companys competitive strategy. For example, the product Nyquil was conceived as a superior daytime cough suppressant. Unfortunately, it made people drowsy. Det...
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Racial Profiling Terrorist Attacks
2,353 wordsNYPD and Preventing Terrorism Terrorism is not a new concept it is something that exerted itself in a variety of ways, and has long existed throughout the history of our world. Todays new technological advancements have made it easier for terrorists to operate more freely, as a result terrorist acts have increased world wide not only in the number of attacks, but also in the amount of devastation caused by each individual attack has also increased. Along with this quick advancement of technology...
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Evolution By Natural Origin Of Species
2,608 wordsThe Origin of Species Charles Robert Darwin, the grandson of the British scientist Erasmus Darwin, studied medicine at the Edinburgh University and prepared for the ministry at Cambridge. Following his abiding concentration in natural history, however, he became a naturalist and sailed in this capability on the H. M. S. Beagle from 1831 to 1838. The Beagle's voyage took Darwin to various Southern Pacific islands and to the coasts of Australia and South America. When he Returned to England, Darwi...
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Head Of The Family Mississippi River
2,078 wordsPersonnel Assessment Plan Floods have always been some of the most serious natural disasters in the United States. They have resulted in many human lives and billions of dollars of economical losses for the country. The valley of the Mississippi river has been historically an unsafe place for people to live. Every spring and summer there is a danger of a flood or a flash flood in that area. In the recent years, however, both state and federal governments have worked hard to make the river safe f...
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Eclectic Gourmet Guides Union Square Cafe Restaurant
2,607 wordsEVERYONES A CRITIC With the proliferation of dining guides, theres no shortage of restaurant reviews out there. But how reliable is the information customers are getting? First, a moment of realization and then panic spreads through the restaurant, one of Manhattans toniest, from the front of the house to the back and downstairs to the basement where the chef is yelling the ear off of some poor, unwitting reservations. How did this happen? ! ? he screams. The Zagat's are here and theyre not on t...
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Vietnam War Modern Fiction
991 wordsIt is generally recognized that Tim O? Brien? s Going After Cacciato (1978) is most likely the best novel of the Vietnam war, albeit an unusual one in that it innovative combines the experiential realism of war with surrealism, primarily through the overactive imagination of the protagonist, Spec Four Paul Berlin. The first chapter of this novel is of more than usual importance. Designed to be a self-sufficient story (Mccaffery 137) and often anthologized as one, this chapter is crucial to the n...
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Johnny Got His Gun Anti War
1,233 wordsThere weren? t many main characters in? If I die in a combat zone, box me up and ship me home. ? The main character was Tim O? Brien, who also wrote the book. He is an enlisted soldier in Vietnam. He is from southern Minnesota, and is against war, when there is no good cause for it. During his time in boot camp O? Brien wanted so badly to escape and knew there was nothing that could stop him. He would have to move to Sweden, but it would beat fighting in the war, dying for the Vietnamese. He had...
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Kill A Mocking Bird Father And Son
1,618 wordsIntertextuality The difference between short stories and novels extends far beyond the obvious, Short stories are often read in a single sitting and can be defined as a brief version of logical events usually revolving about a singular plot. Whilst a novel may retain many of the characteristics of a short story the format builds upon these basic ideas and concepts, expanding on themes and extending the plot and shaping the story through complicated interaction between characters. The process of ...
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Effects Of War Brother Sam
450 wordsIn the novel, My Brother Sam is Dead, the author demonstrates the effects of war on families, on towns, and even on the children. The author makes it clear that war tears up families more than anything else. As a result of families getting ruined, it affects the children of the family, in this case, by making Tim grow up in a short amount of time. War affects towns, too. Soldiers, some from both sides, raid houses and kill people therefore splitting up towns and communities. War has many bad eff...
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Brother Sam Is Dead Sam Is Dead People
703 wordsMy Brother Sam Is Dead James Lincoln Collier &# 038; Christopher Collier Historical Fiction A book response by Stacy Olson Summary: A small family of four, living in the Tory town of Redding. Life was great Mr. and Mrs. Meeker owned a small tavern that supplies their town with food, rum, and supplies. Their son Timmy helped around the tavern and did chores, because his older brother Sam was off at college. Everyone in Redding was close and knew the Meeker family, they all admired how they had ra...
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