"The Things They Carried" is a short story by author Tim O"Brien. ... "They carried the land itself -Vietnam, the place, the soil They carried the sky. The whole atmosphere, they carried it, the humidity, the monsoons, the stink of fungus and decay, all of it, they carried gravity." ... Pattern is exemplified with repeated references to the things carried by the soldiers and also the repeated emphasis on the weight of the things they carry. ... They carried infections." ...

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Being that Bubbly Little girl I always was carried me through the hard times I have recently went through. ... If I cant I direct them to the proper place/person whom they should submit to. ... When asked what my "higher purpose- in life would be, It would be me setting out on a mission to help people get through personal rough times. ... I am most vivacious, or alive when I am in a setting with a lot of fun people. ... Grant it I will do anything for anyone if and only if they are deserving of my time. ...

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Why He Feigns Insanity Hamlet feigns insanity because it allows him to do several things that he otherwise would be unable to do: With respect to Ophelia, Hamlet would like to express his intense, irrepressible anger towards her without arising suspicion in her or in others that he is in a hostile rational mental state. ... This might make them support Hamlet in his endeavor, thus providing him with the psychological support he needs to carry it out. ... Ordinarily, Hamlet would not greatly resent women, but since in this case they have cornered him into an extremely stressful situa...

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His eyes shift from the gossiping women to a cluster of businessmen laughing while they smoked cigars inside a restaurant. ... People in the town were black and white, and they hadn't aspired for their lives to be anything unique. ... Among the many events that gave him inspiration, such as the rising power of upper-class America during the 1920s, his draft into The Great War would eventually push him to publish his first work, The Enormous Room. 1 The rest, as they say, is history. ... While Cummings fought in World War I, he experienced first-hand the chaotic destruction during bat...

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The meaningful settings, each individual character, and the psychology of it all clearly illustrate Romanticism. The Romantics believe that society teaches conformity, and it dictates the way people see things. ... Grand Isle is a place for relaxation and escape, and it becomes the perfect setting for Edna Pontellier's Romantic Journey. ... Edna is also free from the burdens of all labor, as she has servants to carry out any necessary tasks. ... They have fun together and share many close moments. ...

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When he suggests a weekend away to Annie to celebrate her birthday, they only get as far as Brooklyn, where they visit Alvy's childhood home. ... Rural lives are cyclical, dictated by the seasons, and generations within a family would have carried out the same tasks. ... They glance at each other, and then she walks on, swept up by the crowd. ... Indeed, it seems one of the things that Alvy hates about California is that he loses this contact with street life - he comments at one point that his feet haven't touched pavement for a week in LA. ... On one of Alvy's early dates with...

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