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torn apart, and how a part of them is destroyed. As an example, "Cross carried letters from a girl names Martha" (OBrien 1). Oth...
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 ...
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...
A seemingly reliable third-person narrator tells these stories. In "Luck," a clergyman tells Mr. Clemens about a revered Crimean ...
In six pages this paper considers classical and contemporary examples of war literature. There are 3 sources cited in the bibliog...
a certain credibility to what the reader ultimately experiences between the books covers. Indeed, it is often difficult to discer...
rather jumbled form in both of these novels proves to be the perfect medium for reflecting the chaotic psychological landscape of ...
of 2005 to determine "the most critical technology needs for law enforcement" (International Association of Chiefs of Police, 2005...
letters did help. The soldiers in Vietnam, at least in the book, carried around a variety of things. Like boy scouts on...
There are some who feel that working overtime is good because it allows an individual to get ahead at work, or that it allows them...
demonstrations and anti-Vietnam War protests. Majoring in political science at St. Paul, Minnesotas Macalester College, writing a...
Sammys gift is his "assertion of principle": "His Queenie has been wronged, and he will stand by her" (Wells). Wells points out th...
to war because they felt it was their calling to engage in warfare. They were all relatively innocent and ignorant about war and a...
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...
In five pages this report examines how lives were impacted by the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement in a consideration of ...
has Oedipus whipped by his driver and driven from the road. Oedipus retaliates and fights back. "With this right hand I struck hi...
Saigon; its the real-life slog of the guys out in the field, the ones who took the chance of dying every time they went on patrol....
watching Vietnam films, but if I had to pick one that seems to capture the horror, blood, panic, humor, and sheer waste of the who...
drinking, and want to get more for it" (Sinclair Chapter 2). In this the image of Jurgis is one that evokes thoughts of morality...
reality in many ways. In this work there are many young men in the war, men that are clinging to whatever they can in the devastat...
can imagine that carrying letters around are testaments to the fact that he has a life at home. Vietnam provides a backdrop of cha...
Kevin Sims "Four Hours in My Lai." A Rumor of War In Caputos work he states, in the beginning, "In a general sense, it is simply...
In five pages this paper examines how emotions are portrayed in the contemporary literary works The Things They Carried by Tim O'B...
lives. Ralph Rosnow, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at Temple University, comments, "If people arent talking about other people,...
crashes several hours flying time from a scientific research station in the Arctic. An Air Force crew is ordered to go and pick up...
In five pages this report examines how existential reality and daily life's transitory nature are depicted in the 1983 short story...