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Tim Feels Rainy River War
544 wordsWhen a Man's Dignity Controls His Life Future, past, and present friends standing along the shore with shouting enemies and fate. These are some of the images seen by Tim in Tim O'Brien's "On the Rainy River." The character has a vivid hallucination that encompasses all of his rivaling thoughts about going to war. The hallucination describes all of the reasons Tim feels embarrassed. He is embarrassed to go to war because he thinks war is somewhat barbaric and below his level of thinking. On the ...
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U S Senate Tim Obrien
1,434 wordsThe Vietnam War was the subject matter of many debates during the 1960 s and the 1970 s. War advocates and anti-war activists voiced their opinions all throughout the nation about our countrys involvement in Vietnam. People from all walks of life spoke out about the war, from politicians to hippies, making it clear that everyone had their own view on the war, although, not everyone agreed with one another on the decisions and outcomes that were made for our country. Demonstrations and rallies we...
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Things They Carried Tim Obrien
1,106 wordsDecisions are an inevitable part of life. The effects of our decisions that we make will have a significant impact on our lives. In The Things They Carried, Tim OBrien was faced with a critical decision. My senior year of high school, I too was faced with a decision that would effect where I would go, what I would do, and who Id be with. Every senior in high school was faced with this same big Senior Decision of which college to choose. We all realized quickly that there were so many choices out...
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Things They Carried Rainy River
2,255 wordsDecisions are an inevitable part of life. The effects of our decisions that we make will have a significant impact on our lives. In The Things They Carried, Tim O? Brien was faced with a critical decision. My senior year of high school, I too was faced with a decision that would effect where I would go, what I would do, and who I? d be with. Every senior in high school was faced with this same big? Senior Decision? of which college to choose. We all realized quickly that there were so many choic...
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U S Senate Rainy River
1,475 wordsShould I stay or should I go? The Vietnam War was the subject matter of many debates during the 1960? s and the 1970? s. War advocates and anti-war activists voiced their opinions all throughout the nation about our country? s involvement in Vietnam. People from all walks of life spoke out about the war, from politicians to hippies, making it clear that everyone had their own view on the war, although, not everyone agreed with one another on the decisions and outcomes that were made for our coun...
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Things They Carried Henry Dobbins
616 wordsCourage means a lot of things. Sometimes courage is the will to fight and overcome; sometimes it is the foresight to run away. And maybe, when the past obscures the present like the shadow of a ghost, courage is the strength to forget. In his compilation of short fiction, The Things They Carried, Tim O? Brien uses the Vietnam War, a shadow of his own past, to illustrate courage in many ways. ? Stockings? is the story of Henry Dobbins, whose courage to fight comes from a good luck charm: his girl...
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