Theme Of The Things They Carried By Tim O Brien

A Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office investigator on Tuesday outlined a motive for the Dec. 12 fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man along State Route 255 in Manila, saying three of the five suspects admitted to taking part in the shooting. The day after the shooting, Cesar Valenzuela-Campos, 23, admitted to riding in the car that pulled up behind Tyson Claros minutes before he was shot, investigator Todd Fulton said. Tamara Thompson, 18, allegedly admitted the crime to a jail-house informant and Brandon Mitchell allegedly told a family friend, who called the detective, he’d become remorseful over the killing. “He said that he knew that Catie had lied to him and that he basically killed somebody for no good reason, and he could spend the rest of

Biography Questions: Tom Thompson QUESTION #1 : What do you learn about Tom Thompson in the first paragraph? From reading this biography I learned in the first paragraph that many canadians know the group of seven but they are not familiar about Tom Thompson, a Canadian who had played a very important role on how the group of seven came about. QUESTION

Their sacrifice to this country should never be forgotten. John F. Kennedy said it best when he said, “A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers.” Tim O’Brien and all the Vietnam Veterans should never be forgotten and deserve honor. War doesn’t only change people it can also change a

When Will Graham wakes up, he's surprised. Not surprised at where he is, but surprised that he's anywhere. Was it simply a vivid dream that he had tumbled off the cliff clutching onto Hannibal? Was it all in his mind that he had plummeted closer and closer to the water below. He remembered blacking out, but he assumed he had died then.

In “How to Tell a True War Story”, the main theme is how to tell whether a war story is true or made-up. The author explores the conflict within reality and fiction by arguing that true war stories are hard to believe. In O’Brien’s view, he points out that “A thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may not happen and be truer than the truth. ”(p.80). Moreover, to make his point, the author spins between facts and fiction causing difficulty for the readers to believe if those stories actually happened or

When he leaves Vietnam, he carries with him the weight of the war. He carries the fear, the guilt, the grief. At the end of the day though, that’s not the point. The point is not that he went to war

Many reader many sit and think “is this story even remotely true?”. I believe that it’s up to the reader of the novel to decide. Everyone sees things differently. A story that might seem completely true to one person may seem completely bogus to someone else. Others may think that not a word of The Thing They Carried is true based on O’Brien’s claim that he made up a large part of the

In “The Things They Carried,” Tim O’Brien writes, "there's no place to go. Not just in this lousy little town. In general. My life, I mean. It's almost like I got killed over in Nam . .

The Marine Corps Core Values are Honor, Courage, and Commitment these are the cells that make the marrow that's in the bones of the Marine Corps. They’re more than just a guideline on how to conduct yourself as a marine on and off duty, their a way of life. From day one of recruit training until our twentieth year in service we are expected to live by and constantly exercise these three values. With Honor you are meant to be loyal to the corps and all of its beliefs. With Courage you are expected to live up and beyond your potential to grow learn and test your limits.

The narrator is insane based on these actions. One action is that he had killed a man just because of his eye because on page 89 of telltale heart the narrator said that the man had the eye of the vulture it was a pale blue eye with film all over it. And when the man gazed upon the vulture eye the man blood went cold. My second reason why the man is insane is on page 93.

In Scott Fitzgeralds novel “The Great Gatsby” it gives many examples of how Jay is not so great. Everyone in New York (in the story) thinks that Jay Gatsby is wonderful and “great”, but as you read along you notice that Jay Gatsby is not all that great. He makes himself look so good in front of everyone but in reality he's not. He started out as nothing and became something big, but no one really knew besides Nick, he could see that there was nothing great. Why is Gatsby so great?

Emmett Till’s story and Tom’s story are very much similar and different at the same time. Emmett Till’s story is real and it actually happened in real life, but Tom’s story was not real even though it might have seemed real though the book. Tom Robinson’s story was sad to read in the book, even though it was not real. His story was being falsely accused for assault and rape of his owners wife.

Do fiendish morals and corrupted power always lead to harsh retribution? In Macbeth they certainly do. Throughout the play Macbeth exhibits a disturbing metamorphosis from a heroic and upstanding protagonist to a morally compromised and devious anti­hero. This sudden change is brought upon by his increasingly fiendish and horrific deeds. Ultimately Macbeth’s fiendish actions bring upon a well­deserved punishment.

Today, we will be giving our presentation on the greek god Asclepius. But we thought we 'd take a different approach on getting our information through. We will be telling the story of how Asclepius became to be (slight pause) Asclepius. Our story starts with Apollo, the god of music, and Coronis, a simple mortal. Coronis had been happily married to Apollo and was now pregnant with Asclepius or Vejovis (his roman name).

If these above-quoted opening lines by the protagonist are anything to go by, the readers are in store for many more shocking revelations as the book takes it course. The readers sense something strange with the protagonist right from the very first line. Why is it so? Is it because he isn’t sure when his mother died? Is it his indifference towards his mother passing away or the nonchalant way in which he admits it?