"The Things They Carried" is a short story by author Tim O"Brien. ... Jimmy is constantly daydreaming about a girl he loves, who does not love him. ... "They carried the land itself -Vietnam, the place, the soil They carried the sky. ... 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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In "The Things They Carried" by Tim O"Brien, the most important character is a Lieutenant Jimmy Cross. ... Also if he did not change how he was leading the platoon they would not make it out alive. ... The death changed his whole out look on the war. ... He did not care anymore if his soldiers loved him or liked him, but they would be ready for anything that happened. He took away a lot of there personal things that they did not need. ...

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Here we live in a world where money is the most important thing to everyone, where as honor and how you carry the family name are important to the characters in the book. ... It takes a toll on everyone involved; it is like when the person sick is not doing so well, that everyone else around them is feeling the same. ... But even though they live in the same culture they do three totally different things. ... Throughout the entire story, all the characters are faced with honor. ... We find that the lifestyles in which they lived in are based on things other cultures don't believe in. ...

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There is so much more that outsiders do not see between two people, including how sometimes one of the outsiders could actually be a person in that relationship. ... I found it a little weird that they called the main character by her last name and with a "Mrs" title, but her sister was referred to only by her first name. ... Mallard may be older than her sister, or that her sister is not married, because using a Mrs. or Mr. is usually used by someone younger to show respect to an older person, but this still does not explain why the narrator does not refer to Mrs. Mallard by her first name,...

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When they separate and Paula tours around the East she writes him letters, "When he saw a man's name in her letters he felt more sure of her and a little disdainful- he was always superior to such things."" ... (p.207) Paula's death is not important to Anson, for it does not concern him. Anson's lack of respect for women makes him unconcerned about anything that does not have a connection to himself. ... She is not given a name because it does not matter what her name is. ... Anson does not change throughout the story, and his confidence is what attracts the girl in the red t...

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The Importance of Being Earnest (A Trivial Comedy for Serious People) Oscar Wilde said "We should treat all the trivial things of life seriously and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality." ... Jack and Algernon are characters who lie in order to be Ernest, but in doing so they are not being earnest. ... (Act 3 line 436), which says much of Gwendolen's true character. ... The implication is that the aristocracy do not understand the meaning of true love. ... Jack asks the Canon to Christen him if he has "nothing better to do" that afternoon. ...

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Ophelia is a weak and innocent character with no thoughts of her own. ... When her father asks her if she thinks Hamlet really loves her, she responds with: "I do not know, my lord, what I should think." ... Ophelia does not fight them and she, instead, "did repel his letters and denied his access" (II.ii.1476). ... Especially since Ophelia does not seem to miss him, he thinks that it is important to avert all his focus and energy to his revenge. ... Hamlet's love for Ophelia changes and goes full circle; he loves her, he doubts it, he claims that he doesn't love her, and he realizes...

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The three most annoying but essential things of life. ... Jacques Bernis is the main character of this novel. ... She engages with a man, and they have a son together. ... Not many people would be able to do that just for mail. ... After two months, no one has changed, and nothing has been done. ...

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He goes on to explain that a little cruelty for those deserving of punishment, for example criminals and malcontents, they suffer alone. Through their suffering, they are also made as an example to display the potential cruelty of the prince so that it instills fear among the subjects. ... He does not make known his true intentions and so his advisers should not be able to convince him to change his mind. The prince should not accept unsolicited advice nor allow his advisers to convince him to change his mind. ... There are no limitation as to what and who God can rule over because he do...

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Women were not permitted to cut their hair, and when out in public they must wear a scarf. ... Today as well as then, nothing has changed. ... The character makeup of an earthly father should not only be as a husband but the spiritual head of the household. ... Once again Hester has committed adultery because she makes it very clear that she does not love Chillingworth. ... No one carried the guilt of their action as well and sincerely as he did. ...

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This is a great Disney movie where they go outside the box and add twists and turns. ... No power on Earth can change it!" ... I feel that if it was possible Jolie could have carried some parts of the movie alone. ... No power on Earth can change it" (MovieQuotesandMore). ... She's not just an animated character. ...

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Nanny does not want Janie to have to live a hard life like she did. ... Logan does not provide Janie with the romantic and dreamy lifestyle that she envisioned that day under the pear tree, he instead treats her un-affectionately, like a possession. ... When yo pull down yo" britches, you look lak de change uh life." ... Not even a year after Jody's passing, Janie decides to marry Tea Cake and together they move to the Everglades where they work together harvesting beans during the season. ... Janie has changed though, instead of taking offense to the snide com...

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The Romantics believe that society teaches conformity, and it dictates the way people see things. ... Edna is also free from the burdens of all labor, as she has servants to carry out any necessary tasks. ... Pontellier is punishing his wife for not being a more attentive mother, but he does so in a cruel and condescending manner. ... She does not smother her sons with affection, as the other mothers at Grand Isle do. ... Although she does not realize it yet, these feelings of freedom will drive her to break away from the evils of society. ...

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Nel has an attraction to Sula's environment, which does not have "the oppressive neatness of her home (Morrison 29)." ... They both had something that the other did not. This lack of something is at the core of the character of these girls. ... The Morrison characters are so strong that they risk creating dysfunctional families because they are seldom able to transfer their strength to the generations that follow them. ... Sula would do such things as cut the tip of her finger off to prove her friendship to Nel, which just made Nel feel uncomfortable. ...

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They both blind to the truth by reject the good children and favor the bad ones .All Shakespeare's tragedies has a tragic hero which carried a tragic flaw: For Lear is pride and Gloucester is Lust. ... He let's his anger control his judgment by judging people from the current situation and ignore the things they have done in the past. As we can see, he get a chance to change his decision but rather listen to people who trying to help him, he banished them for questioning in him. ... They could not perceive between good and evil, so they both deceived by their evil children. ... Toget...

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• Grade Level: High School