The ending of "The Things They Carried" finishes off the duration of the novel, with stories that concentrate on death along with the role of stories and memories in managing the burden of death on a person's conscience. ... Particularly at the end of the book, O'Brien explains that in Vietnam, the soldiers created ways to make the people they were close to that died seem less dead – they kept those people alive in their head with stories, like those O'Brien wrote of his friends Ted Lavender, Curt Lemon, Kiowa, and Linda. ... I think that this is an interesting point becau...

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In the novel "The Things They Carried," the theme of death shows up multiple times when the author, Tim O'Brien, talks about his experience in the Vietnam War. ... Linda is his love during elementary school so when he explains his thoughts and experiences they are portrayed as the fourth grader, Timmy. ... He makes up dreams of real situations they he could find himself and Linda in. ... In the book, The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien tells how he deals with death starting from the events of the war and going to his childhood in the last chapter. ...

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The Things We Choose Not To See The topic of violence is a recurrent theme in the media today. ... You get into an argument about him being on your turf and things get out of hand. ... It's just a shame things had to end so quickly This is just a random scenario of the way things are on the street, but it's a very true realization of the way people will act when they feel they have no other choice but to survive. ... Try to think a little further into the things you see on the news next time. ... There's a chance that if they were in your position and you were in thei...

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They live in a world of competition and of constant invasion. If they don't take steps to protect their future, such as successful reproduction, they will become extinct. ... Flowers, as well as other plants, depend on the wind to carry the seeds to different areas. The dandelion seeds have fluffy parachutes attached to the seeds so it can be carried for miles. ... Most plants, however, require other living things to distribute the seeds. ...

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On the first Tuesday they meet they talk about the world. ... Always dwelling on things they didn't succeed at or didn't get. ... Things aren't always perfect, but you work it out. ... It is such a burden to carry around hate or bad feelings for someone else. ... Morrie's idea on forgiveness boils down to, that forgiving lightens the weight you carry through life. ...

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That makes people unhappy and they become regretful and more and more surround themselves with the dream world rather then reality. When in fact they should be working on making there dreams a reality. ... It is also thought that the more one has been reincarnated the more knowledge is imprinted or carried in his genes. ... Because if we are the only things that limit our own dreams, what is holding us back from becoming the most important. ... So he puts down his deepest yearnings into this hole immortality bid, which gives insight of the common bond of all living thin...

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These things present decaying, of both humans and of nature. ... The "sheaves- and carried away on a bier (cart), which can also be interpreted as being a coffin. ... Carrying "summer's green- away on a bier is like carrying it to its grave because its life has been cut . ... But he brings up a touch of hope when he says, "And die as fast as they see others grow." ... The rhyming couplet says that no one can stop time's scythe; a tool with which to mow down things. ...

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Carrying arrows for the natives weren't on hand to harm the pilgrims, when in fact those bows and arrows were always carried with them (natives) to hunt, and for protection. I believe this because the natives respected all living things and were open minded. They show that they are open minded by actually accepting what to them are "new creatures" on to their land. ... Therefore because of all of that they came to America for religious and cultural freedom, and upon settling they wanted the natives to change their way of life. These pilgrims went against everything they just wanted to...

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These things give me reasons why I believe it contains life. ... It is believed they were dissolved in the water at the planet surface, and carried into the rock through tiny cracks. ... However, they are also similar to other structures not related to living organisms. ... After studying the meteor I believe it does contain life, because it has all the things a living organisms needs to live. ...

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Those who are compassionate are more capable of giving spare change while others carry on with their busy lives. ... , the author contends that humans and animals only carry out acts of altruism because they have a hidden agenda (Dingfelder, 44). In particular, we commit acts of kindness because we want good things to happen to us in return but this is not always true. ... When we are young, we do things naturally to please others such as picking up an item that is dropped, opening doors for others when their hands are full or simply sharing toys. ... For example, if a person felt the need to ...

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We see this in all living things. ... In Robert Lowell's poem "Skunk Hour," the speaker carries these same qualities. ... By letting the things she buys fall it shows that she is in decline in her life. ... They carry themselves proudly as "[t]hey march on their soles up Main Street" (39). ... They just go after what they want and don't have a worry. ...

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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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A few phrases Christian symbolism are mentioned throughout the story including things that hint at Christmas. ... She describes the red and green electric lights and the red, green and silver wrapped gifts that a lady in the crowd is carrying. ... As a reader would read this story, they might start to realize that life is full of mental and physical challenges, deaths and rebirths. The symbolism in this story helps to remind the readers that everyday is a struggle and if they have a good enough cause not to give up, they could be, if not physically, mentally or spiritually revived. "The Lotter...

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They choose how they will carry themselves through life and with that choice they create opinions that will be used to make the decisions that are best for their lifestyle. ... Their lives will have been a pointless struggle and in the end they will only cease to be with no prize awaiting them. ... The man imagining that God will come and carry him to heaven, he speaks foolishly of what others do wrong, even though his own life is full of pestilence. ... The man says that all men, no matter how they live, will receive the same truth. ... After everything you learn there will always be an...

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Although life can be good, a great majority of the population believes that life is always a struggle; this idea has been carried out for generations and many years everywhere. Always seeking more income, more items, more love and more of what they just don't have. ... If one is caught up in the world of material things, they will never escape suffering because they're so attached to the present world; instead of the next one. ... Rather than dwelling on the bad things of life, looking on to the next makes life makes existence seem less unfortunate. ... However, they believe that th...

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This is the first sign that something might happen and is great foreshadowing of things ahead to come. ... Louise began to whisper such things like, "Free, body and soul, free!" After she says these things to herself, it got me to thinking. ... After her prayer, she opened the door for Josephine and together they began to walk down the stairs. Louise carried herself unwittingly like a goddess of Victory, with a feverish triumph in her eyes. ...

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This is important because in the present individuals are too concerned with meeting ends meet that they forget to enjoy the simpler things in life. ... Countries such as China have such standards in place, but we cannot afford to wait as long as they did to implementing our own. ... We have reached the earths carrying capacity and if we continue to support everyone extinction is inevitable. ... The driver enabling our numbers to shoot so far over long-term carrying capacity has been the one time gift of erodible soils and the vast store of nutrients they contained- until we began to irreversib...

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From a 1992 edition of the Texas Monthly, Lawrence Wright mentions that "unlike women who carry two x chromosomes, men have an X and a Y. ... On the behavioral side of things, these traits can be determined biologically and environmentally. ... On the other side of things, males exhibit much more aggressive behaviors than women do. ... Women, in my opinion (as much as I hate to admit it), are the more rational of the two, considering they are not as sexually driven as men even though in recent history they have become more sexually active. ... They give birth to our children and, as long as th...

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She as well offers guidance in "nature is the thing that we see" by suggesting that like nature, people can not foresee things in life that appear to be going admirably and dependably remain they way they are. ... In spite of the fact that her poems were unexplained, they caught the advantage of Emily Dickinson where she communicated statements of affection in her poems. ... It has roused numerous individuals the way that she carried on with the life that she needed to live. ...

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When I had first learned I was pregnant I was ecstatic. Children are such an important part of society and I was going to have one of my own. I knew I was in for something special, but I had no idea. I never knew how such a small person could change my life so much. His personality showed through wh...

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As the oldest of three sisters, I carry a huge responsibility. ... I worked primarily with children between the ages of five and twelve and assisted them when they needed help, and would also explain to them the mistakes they made and teach them the correct way so as not to make the same mistake. ... This summer I have the chance to see the same things I saw as a camper, but through the eyes of a counselor. ...

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Maggie, the younger of the two sisters, was badly burned when the house they used to live in caught fire. ... They will both be successful, but Maggie will appreciate it, and Dee will not appreciate it. ... Dee, never having any want or need seemingly ungratified, allows material things to come between her and the love of her family. The quilt shows through time everyone changes, but it is those that value the symbols of the past, that will carry on the heritage of the family. ...

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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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However, they also play with an idea of continual motion ("As in a season of autumn," "The clouds go, nevertheless, /In their direction). ... The first line's use of "contracts" carries also the connotation of a mother's violent contractions in birth. ... Stevens's "The Death of a Soldier" faces the fact that some things--like death and nature's cycle, can not be changed. ...

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Living withougt these things could make anyone feel the way she did. ... "Brently Millard who entered, a little travel stained, composedly carrying his gripsack and umbrella." ... This can mean many things. They believe that she died because she was so happy to see him that she couldn't take it. ...

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