The brigade believed they could win this war quickly, if they were allowed to fight. They believed they could win in a matter of a few months. Men enlisted thinking the war might be over before they were able to fight. ... The Vietnamese endured the hardship of the war because they were used to bad harvests, disease, and random violence, as they attained an ability to accept and suffer what Americans would not. ... One soldier did not have a chance to become a hero, as he stepped on a mine and he was carrying 40 mm grenades that killed him instantly. ...

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Tim O'Brien, the author of The Things They Carried, shows his idea with himself as an example. ... The piece of writing that best fits my definition is The Things They Carried. ... In the excerpt from The Things They Carried, a chapter titled "On the Rainy River," O'Brien tells the story of when he was drafted for the U.S. ... They knew that they were looking in a dangerous area for bodies only, and yet they struggles day and night to recover any remains they could. ... We cannot call someone a coward until they say they are one. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Both Kurtz and to an extent Marlow struggle with this, once they are outside of "civilization- and have no one to answer to, they question what it is keeping them from becoming barbaric like the savages. ... When Marlow just arrives he sees the slaves being worked to the bones and only when they are hours away from death are they allowed to withdraw into the gloomy tree grove to live out their final days. ... It was unearthly, and the men were "No, they were not inhuman. ... The book most likely had much more relevance back when it was first published as a reform tool, but it still ca...

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This shows how Paul finds money and power to be the things most desired in life. ... Paul didn't want to become anything in particular; "what he wanted was to see, to be in the atmosphere, float on the wave of it, to be carried out, blue league after league, away from everything" (Cather 206). ... Paul loses his job at Carnegie hall and soon escaped to New York City; "when they had taken away his bone, the whole thing was virtually determined" (Cather 208). ... In the end however, Paul got what he wanted; he was carried out away from everything, "and Paul dropped back into the immense ...

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The injustices committed by the Europeans were amplified by frustration that they could not naturally dominate in the Congolese environment (Adelman 26). Rather, they had to hide their ineptitude behind the shimmery veil of philanthropy and the "White Man's Burden-. ... For example, concerning the Eldorado Exploring Expedition: Their talk, however, was the talk of sordid buccaneers: audacity, and cruel without courage; there was not an atom of foresight or serious intention in the whole batch of them, and they did not seem aware these things are wanted for the work of the world. ... (Co...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

One must take refuge in Buddha, then in the acceptance of the natural order of things (dharma), and finally, one must take refuge in the Buddhist ordained community (samgha) (Dhammapada, 14:190). ... Devotees can carry out these principles with varying degrees of involvement in the samgha as lay people and still be considered a part of the samgha in the wider sense. ... Though they are on the path towards Nibbana they will eventually have to be ordained to complete the spiritual quest. ... They have vowed to become enlightened. ... Buddha advocates the Middle Path in all things. ...

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Pearl had intended nothing but the best for herself and her family but things did not seem to happen the way they "should" have. ... She only intends for the best of things for herself and her family now that Beck is gone. ... Though Pearl thinks that she is doing things right, what she fails to see is that the same things she did to alienate her husband Beck she is now doing to her children. ... Pearl always questioned Jenny about what she wore, the way she fixed her hair, and for the way she carried herself. ...

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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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When he shoots the grandmother in the chest, he simply wipes his glasses and carries on like it was a trivial event. ... He is implying that if he actually saw Jesus with his very own eyes and if he had seen the things that Jesus has done, he would have been a believer and live a good life. ... Many do not believe in Jesus because they did not personally witness his life and see firsthand weather or not he did all those things that are told in the bible. ... Also when Christians or Catholics pray, they refer to God as the Holy Father or Father in Heaven. ... She is always talking about how thi...

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When they recieve their vocation they spread the christian gospel throughout the world. ... They both faced opposition. ... In the places he evangelised he did not change people's culture; he became "all things to all men", adopting his message to suit different audiences. ... He converted many and had quite a number of decendants who carried on his message, for example Aiden of Lindisfarne, who was a hugely successful missionary in Northern England. ... Paul always visited the Jews first because they were God's chosen people, then, if rejected, they turned to the gentiles. ...

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African Americans have interiorized three hundred years of racism and allowed it to warp the way they think of themselves. ... Troy, even as a runaway, carried with him his father's virtues. ... That was the way things were. They refused to let the White people hold them down and stop them from doing what they loved to do. ... Together they sing a song about Troy's childhood pet dog, Old Blue. ...

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When a teen does this they have low self-esteem. ... A lot of things can run through his/her heads like; maybe he/she was not good enough, maybe being a better student in school, then maybe their parent's wouldn't get a divorce. I know my friend from work, her parents are breaking up and they have been together since they were fifthteen years old. ... Most teens don't have to take this responsibility until after they graduated high school, because they are being pampered and spoiled. ... Change in sleeping or giving away things that they value, 6. ...

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They worked on the estates of the nobles. They could be punished in any form by the nobles. ... They were also refered to as peasants. ... In the bottom of the peasant's heart, he or she carried a deep, imbedded bitterness and hatred for the government. ... The Revolution created in 1905, caused two things. ...

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What do all men with little power want, even though they might not realize it? ... ""They"ll be painted! ... "Shorts, shirts, and different garments they carried in their hands; but each boy wore a square black cap with a silver badge on it. ... The sow collapsed under them and they were heavy and fulfilled upon her." ... Jack was driven to do all of the horrible things he did to the other survivors because of this very reason. ...

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Everyone he sees he says that they are having the most boring time. ... They annoy the hell out of me, if you want to know the truth." ... These kinda of lies come from lying about things constantly. ... He carries on a long conversation with her. ... As soon as they leave, he is off on another reason why the world is bad. ...

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The very hot nature of a frontier is that it is the demarcating area where things come together with all their differences. ... Led astray by Magua, they encounter the white woodsman Hawkeye and his two Mohican companions Chingachgook and Uncas where upon the villainous Huron escape. ... I think that, first of all, the war is an important factor in the novel because it sets a time period with Indians trying to decide who will give them the land and freedom they want and who wi...

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They"d move down the road to another farm where they were needed and appreciated, leaving us shorthanded"(Grisham 75). ... Cowboy took his revenge on Hank by following him down the road when he left and attacking him with the pocketknife he carried with him. ... But, secrets were not the only things that weighed on Luke's mind. ... Every year they took out a loan to plant the cotton, and struggled to pay it back. ... When a person is put into a difficult situation, they grow and mature as they learn how to handle it, j...

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Even though the two pieces of literature were written many centuries apart, they both have these themes of predestination, as well as the themes of faith and irony. ... If it was not for Owen believing in God and the things that God had shown him, it is quite possible that the rescue of innocent children or numerous other events in his life would not have taken place. ... In the end, Oedipus and Jocasta, lost faith in the oracles even though they knew their oracles predictions had come to reality. ... "Where on earth are they? ... The audience is laughing to themselves because they know ...

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• Grade Level: High School