The Things They Carried War is hell. ... In The Things They Carried, Tim O"Brien and Jimmy Cross carried many of the same items for survival and sanity, but their personal items and those hidden deep within the thought and consciousness separate the two soldiers and the men that actually returned from the war. ... The war had already done that; they left as boys and returned as men. ... O"Brien could let things go, while Jimmy still held tight to the same people and ideas after the war. ... Although they physically carried different items, their similar items lead to some of the sa...

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However, in "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien, the ambiguity is displayed with irony to demonstrate that death is one of life's most challenging obstacles. ... "The Things They Carried," by Tim O'Brien, is about struggles, pain and sadness of war. ... About the things they carried O'Brien uses creative details as information about the soldiers.  ... He describes the things soldiers carry with them to show not only the exact meaning of what they carried but also symbolically the burdens that they had emotionally. ... The ambiguity of "The Things They Carr...

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My mother has spent endless nights in the hospital with me, screaming at doctors because they are doctors, and they are supposed to know what is wrong. ... She missed out on things with my brother because she was with me wherever I needed to be. ... They know they will always matter to me, and I will always be there for them. ... This means trying to try several things until we get it just right. ... I use to judge people by the way they walked, dressed, and even who they surrounded themselves with. ...

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She found strength and was determined to carry on with her life. ... The jilting built a strength she would carry with her for life. ... She had great confidence in herself, and proved that things would be okay. ... Her strength no longer focused on surviving, but on being with her children and remembering what good times they all had. ... In every circumstance she kept the memories she enjoyed and carried on with life. ...

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"It was becoming a habit-this concentration on things behind him. ... He does not know himself, or his past, and he is unable to find flight, life, without knowing those things. ... They stay with you anyway, in your mind.' " (p 208) A person cannot just go on living as usual if he kills someone. ... Only then can the person return to the skies to fly, to carry on with his life. ... Just as the consequences of Milkman's own stupidity would remain, and regret would always outweigh the things he was proud of having done. ...

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I have not increased my wealth, except with such things as are my possessions.*1 If the commoners live by this code they theoretically get into the Field of Rushes. ... Things that often accompanied them however was food and sandals. These things were a nacessity for their journey to the underworld, As far as the funerals went, they were small, but the mourning that went on afterwards was thought of as a very important part. ... The mournings purpose was to help carry the spirit through the journey of the underworld. ... On all these regards these cultures saw death and dying as...

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They would choose to be re-born with people whom they had wronged in a previous life so they could make amends for their past actions. ... Another prominent study that has been carried out is that by Dr Ian Stevenson a professor of psychiatry at the University of Virginia Medical School. Dr Stevenson carried out a study of young children who spontaneously remembered apparent previous existences. ... The children he interviewed remembered dozens of particulars including their name, names of family and friends, where they lived, what they did for a living, how they died, where they hid money be...

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The only other way I can put it is by saying that there are a thousand things running through a person's head when they hear such shocking information, and when that person tries to speak or say something all there is, is silence. ... When she describes these, she uses details as if this is the first time she is seeing these things. ... The next sentence reads as, "It was Brently Mallard who entered, a little travel-stained, composedly carrying his gripsack and umbrella" (KM 73). ... She loved her husband sometimes, but yet things just weren't perfect or complete. ... Chopin leav...

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Without a second thought we will all at one time or another dishonor the same things that pay tribute to us. ... In that pack on her back she carries the burden of feeding and caring for those that depend on her, and yet she manages the load without any glory. ... In the 19th paragraph the narrator states, "She had to scheme all of her life about getting things fed- (25). ... She watches over the eggs in the barn to be sure they don't freeze. ... The dogs were waiting for me to die just as they had waited for the old woman that night- (28). ...

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Nature is the creator of life, and if they are striving for eternal life, they cannot be opposed to nature. ... "Gilgamesh took up a kid, white without spot, and a brown one with it;and he carried them into the presence of the sun. ... These are all things which humans need in the world to survive and enjoy life. ... The Mesopotamian people know, just as gods do, what they are and what they can do, except that they are also uniquely aware that life is not eternal and that they must appreciate and get the most enjoyment out of it before they die and go to "the house whose people sit i...

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As Mr Nolan, the headmaster of Welton, says to Neil Perry "We expect big things from you this year." ... The boys regularly smoke and drink, and come in contact with girls from the township, all things the school would frown upon. They are absolutely amazed by a soft porn picture of a nude woman, and laugh with absolute cheek because they know how the school and their parents would view such a picture. ... It was very easy for most of these boys to carry on with life with others telling them how to live it. ... People nowadays live life too fast and hurriedly, whereas it is touching to see a ...

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An individual's vitality is the characteristic, principle, or force that distinguishes living things from nonliving things. ... Hannah was not raised well by her mother Eva, and it shows with how she carries herself around Sula. ... The other women agree and say that children are a pain even though they love them. ... When killings occur, they show that sometimes the instinct to kill cannot be overcome by common sense. ... She catches flame to her dress while burning things in her yard and out of ignorance; runs about instead of smothering the flames by rolling on the ground. ...

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Many Pro Life arguments appear to be very valid, but many times they appear to be more philosophical than religious arguments. ... Another potential criticism is that suicide interferes with the natural order of things, which have been ordained by God. Though when looked at again, this criticism fails because we as humans interfere with the natural order of things all the time? ... Hume argues that there is no relevant difference between these sorts of things, which cause great changes in the natural order of things, and a person taking his own life, which could be seen as being a very smal...

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But in fact they are laying down their lives for you,"" (Endo 136). ... It was to share men's pain that I carried my cross,"" (Endo 171). ... First, we shall look at the protagonist in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. ... Things then fall apart: Okonkwo accidentally kills one of his kinsmen and is banished from his tribe for seven years. ... The rage which Okonkwo has for his enemies stems not from the true injustices they have done to his society, but simply from the things they have done to dishonor him. ...

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Wheelock share his wishes, they expressed they wanted life sustaining measurements taken if needed. They stated Mr. ... The family (plaintiffs) state they pleaded for the resuscitation efforts to continue. ... In doing so, the Defendant felt he was truly carrying out the wishes of the Decedent. ... The family stated they pleaded with staff to continue CPR. ...

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Together they formed Hemlock Society and with that explained the proponents of euthanasia. ... This was only to be carried out when there is no other "rational" decision. ... Doctors may get carried away and prescribe lethal overdose to patients with out consent. ... According to Derek Humphry and Ann Wicket in The Right to Die, religions do so because they realize "that active euthanasia is both a complex and explosive question theologically." ... It called for people to view things from suffering patient's perspective with personal experiences and/or insights. ...

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He believes that as terrible as death is, there is still love and it will carry on forever. ... Thomas says, "because their words had forked no lightning they / Do not go gentle into that good night [,]" which means that because they have not completed everything in life they wish to, that they will not submit to death without a fight (5-6). In the second of the four stanzas Thomas addresses "good men" who, like the wise men, have not lived their life to the fullest and still have things to accomplish. ... They do not blink an eye at death because they have done everything that they wanted ...

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When a patient has a terminal illness, they are suffering greatly. ... Torre suggests that Euthanasia, assisted suicide, carries a negative connotation and is assumed to be murder. ... The criteria includes things such as: two independent doctors being satisfied with the diagnosis and the person being aware of the help that is available. ... The person with the terminal illness has to think every day that they are going to die and that they have no hope for life. ... No one should have to suffer from an illness if they do not wish. ...

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Relating to this idea, people fearing of time propose them to do many inferior things depending on their jobs. ... In ancient Egyptian culture , people especially Pharaohs used Mummification to express their beliefs in life after death , for example; they used to mummified their kings and superiors with their jewelry , life enhancement and treasures , as they believed in the rise after death , so they will find what they earned before death in after life. ... However, they meet in their eternal life after death, they used to burn the bodies and bury it beside each other, which burned bodies fa...

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What can they do? ... This affects their work negatively as they do not work to their full potential because they feel outraged that after so many years of service, they are going to be replaced regardless of what they say. ... The inability to perform specific duties on a timely fashion and not appearing at work will put pressure on other workers to carry "the slack" left to them. ... Also it gives the senior squad a sense of importance and that they are wanted. ... It is simple to replace but things will not be the same. ...

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Carol believes they are alike in the way that they put on their own kind of show, to prove to an audience the life they both possess. ... Val is constantly questioning his purpose in life and expresses to Lady that he is waiting for something to happen to "make things make more sense." ... It is not until later that the two realize the feelings they have for each other. Lady faces her past in order to move towards the future and confronts David by informing him that she carried his child. ... (63)" They died together, proving Val wrong, and at the same time they escaped from human and e...

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They undermine human dignity and are morally wrong. ... What people choose when they think about a good death for themselves is often beyond what medicine can provide-for instance, an affirmation of love, a completion of important work, or a last visit with an important person. As a physician, I can't always make those things happen. ... To protect oneself they may have, in a written statement, their predicision for themselves of what they would like to proceed in their treatment in case of an accident or illness. ... Whether the patient, or family, chooses for euthanasia to be carried ou...

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It is expected that we would want to hold on to someone if they were all that we knew. ... They also felt that she held "her head high" to prove that she deserved dignity because of her family's last name (85). ... He was around "daily, monthly, yearly", carrying out the same tasks for over forty years (81). ... It is through a person's actions that we see how they accept or deny change. ... People could also lose reality because they are afraid that things might possibly change in the future. ...

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He thought things that had never before been thought. ... No one knows what death entails, they do however know that once you find out you never return, and that is a strange and gut turning fact. ... He has no reason to carry on. ...

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