The Things They Carried by Tim O' Brien, Pub.1990/paperback 2. ... The author alternates between these two settings to demonstrate what lead him to the war. ... Later he changes the setting back to the war and then back to after the war. He does this setting change to let the reader compare and contrast the two. 5. ... It is not for veterans or anything like that, although they might also enjoy the book since they might be able to relate to some parts of the novel. ...

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The Devil Carries Himself Through History Hatred has been prevalent through out the history of our country. ... The people of Salem, the setting for The Crucible, were deeply afraid of witches and the devil. ... (Hal Sterns 1) But through the years things had changed slightly. ... It was used to carry out deeds against unwanted people in the society. ... Those who did know of it were turned against the Japanese, feeling as though they were some sorts of criminals although they had committed no crime. ...

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The isolated rural setting creates standards unlike those of a more sizeable community. ... The teacher, Miss Ralston, comes from River Hibbert, where they had fancy things like Grade 11. ... More prominent than who got to read what was who would carry the water for the next week. ... The setting inevitably contributes to how they respond to these situations and ultimately how the next generation will. ... Alma is a deep enough thinker that she wonders why it is accepted that the boys get to carry the water. ...

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The post-apocalyptic setting has become one of the most prevalent settings in modern film making and literature. ... The setting always gives off this depressing and hopeless mood. ... As hard as it gets and as much suffering as they will have to endure they will survive because they are carrying the fire. ... During the movie the same setting described in the book is conveyed. ... Colors fill humans' everyday lives, they add character and emotion to regular day things. ...

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The interrelationship between characters, themes and setting provides a strong message that first appearances are deceptive. ... Similarly, they learn to feel comfortable with exterior beauty and turn away from, but be aware of the corruption at the heart of all things. ... Sydney is the character that carries the heavy issues explored in the novel and it is an open door for every other aspect of the novel to stem from. The city brings forth to the responder an opportunity to become drawn into the story, relises that even things so beautiful have hints of corruption. ... Marele Day's use...

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Also the different settings in which Salinger has placed Holden and various writing techniques he has used, must also be analyzed as they contribute to the over all effectiveness of the story. ... Holden at the complicated age of sixteen begins to show signs of the complexities associated with an inner conflict that he battles when he refuses to let go of hid childhood ideologies and wants to remain a child, one of the few things he discerns as not "phony". ... Due to any lack of support from family or friends Holden is forced to carry the burden of all his problems , feel alone and different....

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Also, Kubrick provides an accurate setting around American soldiers by using war code and racist slang such as "Charlie", "grunt", "dogpatch", "gooks", and "zipper-heads". ... Thus, factual occurrences were used to provide a realistic setting. ... e.2 If they found it necessary to lie in order to gain backing for an already unpopular war, they must have feared defeat at early stages. ... These actions are carried out in the movie by one of the toughest privates in Joker's platoon, Animal Mother. ... This type of disturbing behaviour, while comical to some, was commonly carried out in ...

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When they open their papers, they find that Tessie has now drawn the paper with the black dot on it. ... From the first sentence on, it is described that the setting of The Lottery takes place in what is thought to be a pleasant day filled with traditions and celebration. The surroundings told are associated to certain things that would be usually seen as a positive thing, as if they were gathering for an exciting event actually conveys the opposite by a hidden feeling of panic and fear amongst the villagers. ... Therefore, this story shows a lot of irony right from the setting, showing that ...

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When I was praised fro my conduct I felt a guilt that in some way I was doing something that was really against the wishes of the white folks, that if they had understood they would have desired me to act just the opposite, that I should have been sulky and mean, and that that really would have been what they wanted . . . everyone praised me and I was invited to give the speech at a gathering of the town's leading white citizens." ... In Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" Poe reveals part of the setting in the beginning parts of the story, and continues to disclose more information abou...

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Each culture defines and maintains health in a different way according to where they came from and how they were raised. ... These health approaches I believe also correlate to someone's culture because the things you were taught or done for you when you were younger carry over to when you become independent. ... It has made realize that we should always be conscious about our surroundings, especially in the hospital setting. ... In order to achieve this goal, I set the plans of setting an alarm to remind me to go nap, setting Thursday as my set day for napping, and reading a book before ...

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It can be seen through the settings of the novel, the development of characters and religious aspect of the novel. ... Dunstan home or place of settlement changes from Deptford to a battlefield which are contrasting settings. ... Liesl transforms and change Dunstan by tempting him to do new things and a live a life which does not tie him to his past. ... So as a child I had to carry the weight of my mother's madness as something that was my own doing. ... Even though Paul still carry the scars from his childhood, he is now better off in life than he would if he had stayed in Deptford....

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Every author has a personal style of writing, which is generally carried out in every literary piece composed by that author. ... Even the first image of the story is one of an upside down reflection of the gloomy setting of the Usher mansion. ... Thus, they have several similarities with each other. All of which are of a bad feeling, showing how bad things are for the people and the house. ... He uses a couple of things to try and make you feel negatively about this place. ...

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He used setting in a huge way to tell about how everything happened. ... "They were equal every which way. ... Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else" ("Vonnegut 167) This quote shows that the Government is trying to be stronger than everyone else and they are scared that people would be able to overrun the government and would be stronger and smarter than them if they didn't change things and make people stupid and try to control things more than what they are controlled right now. ... They had no freedom, they were made to carry around weights and had an ear piece that would ...

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Pollution released by processing plants in on nation with poor natural gauges can result in issue in neighboring countries, actually when they have harder laws and higher benchmarks. ... They incorporate the 1976 Bathing Water Directive (overhauled 2006), which looks to guarantee the nature of the waters that individuals use for amusement. ... Under the CWA, EPA has executed contamination control projects, for example, setting wastewater gauges for industry. ... Section of the Noise Control Act in 1972 created components of setting discharge norms for basically every wellspring of commotion i...

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We, the readers, when being unaware of its complexity, may be very easily carried away and fall into all the traps provided by the intricacies of the text. ... The author was very likely to be attracted by the idea of placing his main characters in new settings and of watching their reactions, the stages of their response process. ... The governess becomes unworthy of our trust by the way she describes the setting in the first chapter. ... Her hesitations and contradictions imply that she is under the pressure of the scenery; we don't know whether the setting is as she describes it, as ...

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Browning chose the Renaissance as the historical setting of many of his poems because it was a time of great energy and change. ... They are too busy concentrating on themselves and their own needs to think about their role in history. ... Here too the Duke carries on a sort of dialogue with the listener by anticipating his questions and responses. ... However Lippo Lippi believes that art, which attempts to represent things as they really are, is itself a path to the spiritual. ... Therefore Browning is maintaining that if the artist or poet represents things truly and objectively, those thin...

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It shows something almost chaotic in the people 'slipping and sliding since the day broke (if they day ever broke)', and this chaos, again, shows what Dickens thought of the city. ... There is 'fog up the river' and 'fog on the Essex marshes', there are literal, and it carries on as such for a little while, until the switch comes with the fog being 'in the eyes and throats' and 'cruelly pinching the toes and fingers of his shivering little 'prentice boy on deck' to the metaphorical. ... The fog is representative of obscurity and it is...

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When most people hear the word "nurse," they picture a woman dressed in white in a hospital setting. ... Examples of other practice settings include home care, private practice, public health, extended care centers, clinics, offices, schools, military services, corporations, health related industries, hospice, occupational settings, and health and wellness centers (Whitehead, Dean Pg. 490). ... But the things we don't have time for are the things the patient really needs now. ... Voice activated technology would eliminate the need to constantly write down things. ... They don't h...

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O'Nan kept the plot very smooth and I think it's one of the things I appreciated the most other than his attention to detail. ... The last thing that struck me the most about the reading was that if the setting during the wintertime was intentional? ... If the Gap does really care about equality for all, then why don't they practice what they preach on for its roustabout workers? ... Why aren't they getting the same equality? ... But should we ignore the fact that he's a cheater and unfaithful to a woman who is carrying his child? ...

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They can be seen as foil characters since they take very different approaches to similar situations. ... He is demonstrating the dangers associated with becoming engulfed in things that are false. ... I misrepresent things to them. ... Here Blanche reveals why she pretends to be things she is not. ... Furthermore, all actions and thoughts that take place inside the apartment are carried through the apartment door into the outside world. ...

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As seen when he returns from the war, Krebs is somewhat of an outcast and carries on his lonely way. ... The setting of a mid-western town in the early 1900's shows hardly any change before and after the war. ... It would be safe to assume that because he was active in a war, the setting changed each time Krebs was in a different country. ... Girls and foreign countries were only a couple of things that made life more interesting while at war. ... But the world they were in was not the world he was in" (281). ...

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There are things that have been proven immensely effective in slowing the spread of this lethal disease. ... In Zaire, it is estimated that over twenty percent of the adults currently carry the virus. ... While RNA viruses are not that uncommon, very few RNA viruses reproduce by setting up the flow of information from RNA to DNA. Such reverse or "retro" flow of information does not occur at all in any DNA virus or any other living things. ... The AIDS virus is extremely fragile, and is killed by exposure to mild detergents or to Clorox, among other things. ...

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Tolkien uses his unique use of language to tell the story of the One Ring and more importantly; the theme of change, both in the setting and the characters. ... It also shows that though things do, and will, change not everything will, and something's at least will remain untouched. ... He also sees that the task is too great for him to carry out and so he is unsure whether or not he will be successful. ... The settings in The Lord of the Rings' were designed to be areas around Europe, this enables all readers to relate to the settings and find their own parts of Middle-Earth. .....

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As children grow older, they develop a distinct curiosity of what things around them are and mean. At the Child Care Centre where I carry out my practical work, I was holding 18 month old Brock. ... Brock, and children the same age, will carry out the "endless questions" with the family to learn language and satisfy their sudden curiosities. ... The setting for reading is often bedtime, or on a quiet afternoon, when the child is feeling calm. ... In a Child Care Centre setting, language is everywhere. ...

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Setting: After-School Program Explain how play contributes to learning and development. ... In the after-school setting the child's day would be very structured. ... As a child in an after-school setting, this need for industry can be fulfilled in a variety of play activities. ... In terms of their ability to make a diagnosis, write a prescription, and create a cast for a broken leg, using concrete things they have seen an adult do. ... The play that Kendra and Mario engage in stems from prior experiences in a medical setting. ...

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