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  • The Elusiveness of War and the Tenuousness of Morality in Tim O'Brien's “the Things They Carried,” “how to Tell a True War Story,” and “style”

    The Elusiveness of War and the Tenuousness of Morality in Tim O'Brien's “the Things They Carried,” “how to Tell a True War Story,” and “style”

    The Elusiveness of War and the Tenuousness of Morality in Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried,” “How to Tell a True War Story,” and “Style” In the novel The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien demonstrates how exposure to the atrocities of nations at war leads to the soldiers having skewed perspectives on what is right and wrong, predominantly at times when the purpose of the war itself appears elusive. The ambiguity that consumes the stories

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    Essay Length: 659 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 17, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Things Fall Apart

    Things Fall Apart

    Book Report 02/11/05 Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart is about different traditional village cultures in Africa. It also speaks about the British who try and take over the village by introducing his religion and making it the higher and better religion. Okonkwo is the narrator of the story. The novel setting is in a small village called Umofia which is located in the southeastern part of Nigeria and it is in the late nineteenth

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    Essay Length: 541 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 17, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Pollution - the Hidden Things That Are Killing Us

    Pollution - the Hidden Things That Are Killing Us

    The Hidden Things That Are Killing Us Pollution is the introduction of harmful substances or products into the environment. It is a major problem in America and as well as the world. Pollution not only damages the environment, but damages us also. It has caused many problems ranging from lung cancer to the greenhouse effect. It is all among us and yet we continue to live in our own filth. What is the reason behind

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    Submitted: March 21, 2010 By: Fatih
  • The Most Important Thing I Have Learned in This Class That Every Globalization Advocate Should Know

    The Most Important Thing I Have Learned in This Class That Every Globalization Advocate Should Know

    The Most Important Thing I Have Learned in this Class that Every Globalization Advocate Should Know The globalization of the marketplace is one of the most highly debated arguments in the field of Economics today. There are many sides to this particular argument. Economists’ opinions on the subject vary about as much as night and day. The arguments range form absolute free international trade to hardly any international trade at all. In this essay,

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    Essay Length: 1,206 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 25, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Things They Carried

    The Things They Carried

    THE PROTAGONIST, who is named Tim O’Brien, begins by describing an event that occurred in the middle of his Vietnam experience. “The Things They Carried” catalogs the variety of things his fellow soldiers in the Alpha Company brought on their missions. Several of these things are intangible, including guilt and fear, while others are specific physical objects, including matches, morphine, M-16 rifles, and M&M’s candy. Throughout the collection, the same characters reappear in various stories.

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    Submitted: March 26, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Pablo Neruda's - Explaining a Few Things in Connection with Isabel Allende's House of Spirits

    Pablo Neruda's - Explaining a Few Things in Connection with Isabel Allende's House of Spirits

    Through their separate mediums of writing, poetry and literature, both Neruda and Allende both achieve a common goal of criticizing the actions of certain militant forces, past or present, within there country of living. In Neruda’s “I’m explaining a Few Things”, the Civil Spanish war, sparked by the forceful and bloody overtake of the current, fair republican government by the Faschist general Fransisco Franco, is the topic of Neruda’s disgust and criticism. The “burning” and

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    Essay Length: 926 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Yan
  • The Things They Carried

    The Things They Carried

    Norman Bowker Norman Bowker was one of Tim’s best friends and fellow soldiers. He was a quiet and polite soldier who hated the pressure of having to be brave and courageous. His lack of bravery loses his chance for one thing he greatly adores, the Silver Star. He left his friend Kiowa in the mud of a river bank, because the smell of the river was too disgusting for him to bear. When Kiowa died,

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    Essay Length: 551 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Jack
  • Is the Government Doing the Right Thing?

    Is the Government Doing the Right Thing?

    Is the Government doing the right thing? The statement made by Honorable Jess A. Helms seems to be pretty clear when he says that the government, instead of giving sources to save the country, is actually providing freedom for crime rates to increase. “You can stand on the Capitol steps and almost throw a rock into neighborhoods where you cannot walk at night because of the violence that takes place nightly” (Helms 1). From

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    Essay Length: 1,162 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Things Fall Apart

    Things Fall Apart

    The book "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe is a fictional look at the social and cultural life of an African tribe of the lower Niger River region. It depicts the every day life of the tribe and its members. It also shows the culture and customs of the tribe. The book focuses on one of the tribe members, Okonkwo. He is a well respected member of the tribe. Okonkwo is a good example of

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    Essay Length: 834 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Vika
  • 10 Things I Hate About You

    10 Things I Hate About You

    In the movie, the characters that resemble those of the play, The Taming of the Shrew, have many similarities and many differences from the characters in the play. Also, the setting of the movie is very different from that of the play. The two characters I chose from the movie were Cameron and Joey Donnor. The character of Cameron from “10 Things I Hate About You” resembles the character Lucentio from the play. I believe

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    Essay Length: 500 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 2, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Always Do the Right Thing

    Always Do the Right Thing

    "Always do the right thing. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" -Mark Twain. Twain's quote represents an idealism that should be backwards, were doing right wont astonish people because it's universal. Sadly, our world lives in the idealism of Twain's quote. Yet, life is infused with change, consequently, enabling use to change Twains quote by trying to make right choices part of our lives. Doing the right thing means sacrifice. In my

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    Essay Length: 301 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: Jon
  • Is There Such Thing as a Just War?

    Is There Such Thing as a Just War?

    Is there such thing as a just war? It is alleged that warfare tends to produce more warfare, and it has been showed so throughout history. That is not arguable, however what is, and what is one of the greatest stand points of “the just war theory” is that war should therefore only be promoted and actively engaged in, only on the rarest of occasions, exercising infinite caution. One of the greatest misconceptions about a

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    Essay Length: 555 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 5, 2010 By: Mike
  • Things Fall Apart: Christianity Vs. Animism

    Things Fall Apart: Christianity Vs. Animism

    Christianity vs. Animism A major aspect of one’s society is religion. Without it, the way people hold themselves accountable would be nonexistent. In addition, many moral standards that exist today are values taken directly from religions such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Currently, there exists a feud between people who believe in a god, and of those who do not. Eventually those who believe in a higher power will fight against each other. In “Things

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    Submitted: April 6, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Things Fall Apart, Achebe’s Odyssey

    Things Fall Apart, Achebe’s Odyssey

    In Chinua Achebe's novel, Things Fall Apart, the impact of British Colonialism in Africa is critiqued through the story of an Igbo man, Okonkwo. Okonkwo is an extremely masculine man who has but one fear, the fear of being weak. Throughout the novel, his actions are motivated by this fear which defines him characteristically as on overly masculine man. This over masculinity is Okonkwo's flaw and it drives his moods and actions, ultimately leading to

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    Submitted: April 7, 2010 By: David
  • Things Fall Apart

    Things Fall Apart

    "Things Fall Apart" is set in Umuofia, the hometown of Okonkwo, a proud, angry, and hard-working man in his prime. The character Okonkwo always felt a need to prove himself because he is the son of a failure. His father was a man named Unoka who was heavily in debt because he preferred playing his flute and drinking palm wine to farming. Okonkwo first established himself as a man by beating the famous wrestler Amalinze

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    Essay Length: 1,287 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: April 7, 2010 By: Mike
  • Da Mayor (do the Right Thing)

    Da Mayor (do the Right Thing)

    In Spike Lee’s film Do the Right Thing, Da Mayor is seen as a drunken old man. During the movie, he tells Mookie to “Always do the right thing”. I believe that Da Mayor represents “the right thing”. Throughout the movie I think that Da Mayor proves that he can follow his own advice. His many acts of honor prove that he is not just a hopeless drunk. The whole neighborhood sees Da Mayor as

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    Essay Length: 742 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 9, 2010 By: Vika
  • Summary and Analysis Of: Things Fall Apart

    Summary and Analysis Of: Things Fall Apart

    Summary and Analysis of: Things Fall Apart There are many lessons that we learn in life. Chinua Achebe?s Things Fall Apart teaches one of life?s greatest lesson. True, lasting happiness matters more than ones social rank or ones rank of wealth. Okonkwo, who is the main character in this book, is trying his best to be the man that is father was not. His father was a well known bum and a man who owed

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    Submitted: April 9, 2010 By: Vika
  • Things Fall Apart

    Things Fall Apart

    Things Fall Apart Chapter 1 Okonkwo is a wealthy and respected warrior of the Umuofia clan, a lower Nigerian tribe that is part of a consortium of nine connected villages, including Okonkwo’s village, Iguedo. In his youth, he brought honor to his village by beating Amalinze the Cat in a wrestling contest. Until his match with Okonkwo, the Cat had been undefeated for seven years. Okonkwo is completely unlike his now deceased father, Unoka, who

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    Submitted: April 11, 2010 By: Max
  • The Best Things in Life Are Free

    The Best Things in Life Are Free

    Are the best things in life are free? I agree with this statement, but there is an however. If you look at things like life, freedom of religion, and family, then yes I would agree. However, if you look at education, success and thing in that category then I would disagree. There is nothing like your family, which was easily given to you from birth. That is something in life you get for free something

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    Essay Length: 299 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 12, 2010 By: Jack
  • “ Our Society Is Overly Materialistic.We Center Our Lives on Acquiring Material Things at the Expense of Such Traditional Values as Family and Education.”

    “ Our Society Is Overly Materialistic.We Center Our Lives on Acquiring Material Things at the Expense of Such Traditional Values as Family and Education.”

    Topic 2 “ Our society is overly materialistic. We center our lives on acquiring material things at the expense of such traditional values as family and education.” I agree with the issue that our society is becoming too materialistic. People are involved into a commercial world and forget their responsibilities to this society. The traditional value is taken place by materialistic culture. This is because that there is too much temptation to resist in this

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    Submitted: April 12, 2010 By: Top
  • Resistance Coursework - Some Useful Things

    Resistance Coursework - Some Useful Things

    Resistance Coursework Planning: Aim Investigate how the length of a wire affects the current and resistance of a wire. Variables The variables that could change resistance are: • Length of the wire • Cross section area (thickness) • Changing materials • Changing temperatures The variable I am going to change in my experiment is the length of the wire. Prediction and Hypothesis I think as you increase the length of the Constantan wire, you also

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    Essay Length: 352 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 13, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Do Things Ever Stop Being Random?

    Do Things Ever Stop Being Random?

    Do things ever stop being random? During a group critique, I was asked if things ever stop being random. I have replied by saying that if one interferes with the way that something develops and controls it then it will stop being random. I gave an example of a tree fence which had all of it’s bunches trimmed at the same length. I explained that each brunch would have followed its own route if one

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    Submitted: April 13, 2010 By: Artur
  • The Things They Carried by Tim O’brien

    The Things They Carried by Tim O’brien

    Change In The Things They Carried a war novel by Tim O’Brien, we are told many short stories compiled to make a whole. I want to emphasis on the importance of the chapter “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong”. In this chapter we are introduced to the character Mary Anne. She shows the changing power of Vietnam, that a sweet innocent young girl can come into this land and be forever consumed by her surroundings.

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    Essay Length: 1,631 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: April 16, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Things Fall Apart: Inevitable Changes

    Things Fall Apart: Inevitable Changes

    In the novel by Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, there is a debate between whether Okonkwo's demise was a result of his going against the will of the gods, or that the new changes were inevitable. The second group argues that Okonkwo's acts do not destroy the tribe, but it is the tribe's lack of adaptability that brings it to an end. Firstly, the title, Things Fall Apart, seems like a statement, a universal truth.

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    Submitted: April 17, 2010 By: Victor
  • The Things They Carried

    The Things They Carried

    Assignment 1 In Tim O’Briens The Things They Carried, the character of Mary Anne, in the chapter Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong serves as a metaphor for the loss of innocence that the soldiers lose during their time in the war. “The guys sometimes liked to kid her...- but Mary Anne would just smile and stick out her tongue”(96). As a child, you would stick out your tongue to make fun of someone or

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    Essay Length: 628 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 18, 2010 By: Stenly

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