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Newspapers And Magazines Tim O
1,317 wordsTHE CHRONOLOGICAL STAGES OF PHOTOJOURNALISM The origins of photojournalism can be seen in documentary photography as early as the 1870 s. People were interested as to what far away countries looked like and what famous people looked like but never had the chance to see them. Photographers such as Roger Fenton went out and took photographs of the English troops in the Crimea. Over the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, Matthew Brady brought together many photographers including Tim O Sullivan to c...
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The Things They Carried Tim O Brian
542 wordsThe Things They Carried: Tim O Brian Vietnam: Things I remember: David W. Powell The Things They Carried is written by Tim O Brien. It depicts horrors of Vietnam War. Vietnam: What I remember, is an autobiographical account by David W. Powell The title of The Things They Carry suggests the brutal and senseless acts performed in the name of war. It also suggests the horrific memories of war seen by the writer. The protagonist happens to be a soldier who understands futility of war and man made vi...
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Men And Women Northern Lights
948 wordsTim O? Brien, a contemporary American novelist and short story writer of immense, imaginative power, freely admits that the Vietnam War was the dark, jarring experience that made him a writer. O? Brien served in Vietnam with the Fifth Battalion, Forty-six infantry from January 1969 to March 1970. He patrolled some of the most active and brutal sites of the war and it definitely showed in the settings of his writing. Before his induction into the army, O? Brien felt traumatized on the decision of...
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Things They Carried Rainy River
2,255 wordsDecisions are an inevitable part of life. The effects of our decisions that we make will have a significant impact on our lives. In The Things They Carried, Tim O? Brien was faced with a critical decision. My senior year of high school, I too was faced with a decision that would effect where I would go, what I would do, and who I? d be with. Every senior in high school was faced with this same big? Senior Decision? of which college to choose. We all realized quickly that there were so many choic...
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Song Tra Bong Rat Kiley
777 wordsIn the short story, ? Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong, ? by Tim O? Brien, the author shows that no matter what the circumstances were, the people that were exposed to the Vietnam War were affected greatly. A very young girl named Mary Anne Bell was brought by a boyfriend to the war in Vietnam. When she arrived she was a bubbly young girl, and after a few weeks, she was transformed into a hard, mean killer. Mark Fossie decided he was going to sneak his girlfriend onto his base in Vietnam. When sh...
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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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Lake Of The Woods Lai Massacre
735 wordsIN THE LAKE OF THE WOODS: A MYSTERY? Almost from this novel? s first page we know that Kathy Wade will vanish, and it is not long before we discover that her disappearance will remain unsolved. We then ask ourselves, ? how is this novel considered a mystery if we never even find out what happened to Kathy? ? In the Lake of the Woods, by Tim O? Brien, still has undeniable suspense. There are other topics in the novel like the impact of the Vietnam War, morality, and human behavior that help us se...
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U S Senate Rainy River
1,475 wordsShould I stay or should I go? The Vietnam War was the subject matter of many debates during the 1960? s and the 1970? s. War advocates and anti-war activists voiced their opinions all throughout the nation about our country? s involvement in Vietnam. People from all walks of life spoke out about the war, from politicians to hippies, making it clear that everyone had their own view on the war, although, not everyone agreed with one another on the decisions and outcomes that were made for our coun...
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