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Sammys gift is his "assertion of principle": "His Queenie has been wronged, and he will stand by her" (Wells). Wells points out th...

war (OBrien). Martha is a symbol of what we might call the "all-American girl." Cross speculates endlessly on whether or not she ...

to be examined is Jimmy Cross. The narrator indicates that, "First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried letters from a girl named Martha...

incredibly exaggerated that his stories were immensely entertaining. But, in the case of OBriens novel one must perhaps insist tha...

with a wretched climate where theyre always hot and miserable, where they cant tell friend from foe, and where half their battles ...

attempt to keep some connection to that life, and to the sane reality of such a life, through the things they carry which remind t...

the last thing he says is "My boots are filling" and hes gone (Erdrich). Lyman jumps in and searches for him until the sun sets, b...

book of the same name is a moving account of a platoon of "grunts" in Vietnam. This paper discusses various aspects of the story a...

in Vietnam. As the war fades further into the past, its important that authors like OBrien continue to remind Americans of the dif...

to. He also carried a strobe light to illuminate their oftentimes-dark path, and he also carried "the responsibility for his men"...

A seemingly reliable third-person narrator tells these stories. In "Luck," a clergyman tells Mr. Clemens about a revered Crimean ...

to think about such things, yet memories continue to crop up in bits and pieces, in a haphazard fashion. He will start stories a...

old man talks about, nothing else. How he cant wait to see my goddamn medals" (OBrien, 1998; 36). In this the reader...

Jesus Christ is especially compelling in the character of Jimmy Cross. His initials of J.C. and his surname are calculated refere...

the slave mentality without thought it seems. As she develops in the book she comes to realize that it is very frightening how ...

without ever becoming preachy. Tim OBrien wrote Things They Carried, and not so coincidentally, the texts narrator was also named...

They Carried, this influence and perspective are most evident. OBrien mentions that most of the guys there called their life in A...

sense of purpose. An examination of this novel demonstrates that reading this novel would be, in all likelihood, totally demoraliz...

In five pages this paper discusses how the author is able to blur reality and fiction through his unique novel structure in The Th...

rather jumbled form in both of these novels proves to be the perfect medium for reflecting the chaotic psychological landscape of ...

In six pages this paper considers classical and contemporary examples of war literature. There are 3 sources cited in the bibliog...

This research paper examines Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises and how the characterization of this novel's main character denies thi...

the hero receives the call to adventure, which he initially rejects before crossing the threshold into adventure. Next comes initi...

sight of their original teaching passion, or the education system insists that teachers simply instruct, as though the children we...

front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...

B horror movies, or direct "Pee Wee Hermans Big Adventure?" Some what of a chameleon, himself isnt he? Lets see how much. Biogra...

sufficient enough pay to maintain his family. Bob becomes depressed, despondent and even suicidal. Bob is not alone, however. T...

The murderer is fully aware of the relationships. Also, it is hard to argue that the affairs do not matter. Today, there is a tend...

he appears sincere and supportive, such as when Richard asks what one has said of him, and Buckingham replies "Nothing that I resp...

In a paper consisting of 6 pages Richard's crown usurper is examined in terms of the differences between Richard and Bolingbroke a...