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A Comparison of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving and Sleepy Hollow by Tim Burton (1420 words, 2 pages)

SLEEPY HOLLOWThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a short story by Washington Irving. Based on a well-known legend, this story tells the tale of the disappearance of the main character, Ichabod Crane. An effective ghost story, Irving leaves you guessing what the truth is behind the ending. The movie Sleepy ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Going After Cacciato by Tim O’Brien (941 words, 4 pages)

It is generally recognized that Tim OBriens Going After Cacciato (1978) is most likelythe best novel of the Vietnam war, albeit an unusual one in that it innovatively combines theexperiential realism of war with surrealism, primarily through the overactive imagination of theprotagonist, Spec Four Paul Berlin. The first chapter of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Literary Style, Themes, and the Characters’ Way of Dealing with Death In “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien (1125 words, 2 pages)

The Things They Carried was a story about soldiers caught in the confusion of the Vietnam War. There are a lot of apparent themes that are dealt with when writing a story about war, especially about death. I enjoyed reading this story, however there were some things about it that ... Read More

The Theme of Death in Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried (1138 words, 2 pages)

The Things They CarriedHow does death affect the behavior of people? Although death affects everyones behavior differently, knowledge of ones imminent death is a main force behind behavioral changes. This knowledge causes emotions that motivate people to act in ways that they normally would not. In Tim OBriens The Things ... Read More

An Analysis of In The Lake of the Woods by Tim O’Brien (1015 words, 2 pages)

In the Lake of the WoodsIn the Lake of the Woods is afictional mystery written by Tim OBrien. Through the book we learn that ourlovers, husbands, and wives have qualities beyond what our eyes can see. JohnWade and Kathy are in a marriage so obscure that their secrets lead to ... Read More

A Comparison of Soldier’s Home by Ernest Hemingway and Speaking of Courage by Tim O’Brien (833 words, 1 pages)

Many people worry about what happens during war but no one realizes what happens to the young people coming back from war. The young people that go to war will change them dramatically when they come back. In the short story Soldiers Home, by E. Heimingway, he writes about a ... Read More

A Plot Analysis of Tim O’Brien’s in “The Things They Carried” (831 words, 3 pages)

Tim O?Brien wrote a story that is known as "The Things They Carried." It is a carefully crafted, detailed account of a Lieutenant and his men, the time period being right in the middle of the Vietnam war. In most war stories the author spends most of his or her ... Read More

Attention to Detail in The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien (575 words, 2 pages)

Nickolas Kreger Kreger 1 Mr. WakosonEnglish II21 September 2000ATTENTION TO DETAILThe things they carried, is a fictional story of a group of soldiers in the Vietnam War. The story is so realistic that one might forget that it is fiction.This fictional story seems real because of the attention to detail ... Read More

An Analysis of the Effect of Primary Elections on the General Presidental Elections in the Article by Patrick Kenney and Tom Rice (549 words, 1 pages)

Patrick Kenney and Tom Rices article explores the effect of primary elections on the general presidential elections. Kenney and Rice attempt to determine whether supporters of losing primary candidates refrain from voting for their party in the general election. In order to better understand this concept of divisive primaries, it ... Read More

The History of Charles Babbage’s Difference and Analytical Engines and the Biography of Tim Berners-Lee and Marc Andreessen (1889 words, 5 pages)

COMPUTING HISTORYIn 1842 Babbages Difference Engine and the Analytical Engine Convinced his machine would benefit England, Babbage applied for and received one of the first government grants to build the difference engine. Hampered by nineteenth century machine technology, cost over runs, and the possibility his chief engineer was padding the ... Read More

An Analysis of Vietnam War Stories in The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien (1623 words, 5 pages)

In 1959 Americans saw that Vietnam was experiencing a civil war that had split the country into North and South Vietnam. Reasons for American involvement in the war stemmed from the threat of the Communist party found in North Vietnam. The United States believed that if the South Vietnamese fell ... Read More

An Analysis of Moral Confusion in On the Rainy River by Tim O’Brien (677 words, 2 pages)

Tim OBriens "On the Rainy River is a true story told by a 41 year old of his life at the age of 21. The fact that OBrien is writing this 20 years later adds a new aspect to the story. He describes himself as a young man with the ... Read More

A Review of Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins’ “Tribulation Force” (887 words, 3 pages)

Tribulation Force written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. It was published in association with the literary of Alive Communications, INC. in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1996. I got this book at the Thomasville Public Library. Jerry Jenkins is an experienced author. He has written or co-written more than ... Read More

An Analysis of War Stories in Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien (310 words, 1 pages)

THINGS THEY CARRYThrough the novel we have understood what OBrien thinks of true war stories. OBrien statements about war stories is a true war story is never moral, you cant tell a true war story. Its beyond telling. In a true war story, nothing is absolutely true. A true war ... Read More

An Analysis of Soldier Experiences in The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien (1502 words, 2 pages)

Reflections on The Things They CarriedTim O'Brien's, The Things They Carried, is not a novel about the Vietnam War. It is a story about the soldiers and their experiences and emotions that are brought about from the war. O'Brien makes several statements about war through these dynamic characters. He shows ... Read More

Lestat’s Morals and Understanding in Anne Rice’s Memnoch the Devil (677 words, 1 pages)

Memnoch the Devil by Anne RiceKilling, kidnapping and battles, all parts of Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice. The main character, Lestat, is a well-known and flamboyant vampire. In Memnoch the Devil, Lestat is faced with a grim reality, causing his world to collapse around him. He learns throughout this ... Read More

An Analysis of the Senior Thesis Show By Tim Rutledge (576 words, 2 pages)

Adv. Essay WritingTuesday, April 17, 2001Tim Rutledge - Senior ThesisTim Rutledges Senior Thesis Show is a series of nine untitled works that are very dramatic in the kind of lighting he uses along with the classical style from which he paints. All the works in the show emit the feeling ... Read More

An Analysis of the True Nature of War In “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien (360 words, 1 pages)

They carried all they could bear, and then some, including a silent awe for the terrible power of the things they carried.The men in this story were subjected to things that changed their lives drastically. And the things they carried were some of the heaviest things they will have ever ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien (212 words, 1 pages)

The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienTim O'Brien's The Things They Carried is not a novel about the VietnamWar. It is a story about the soldiers and their experiences and emotions thatare brought about from the war. O'Brien makes several statements about warthrough these dynamic characters. He shows the violent ... Read More

Death’s Effect on People in Tim O’Brien’s the Things They Carried (1147 words, 2 pages)

The Things They Carried a story by Tim O'Brien The Things They Carried How does death affect the behavior of people? Although death affects everyones behavior differently, knowledge of ones imminent death is a main force behind behavioral changes. This knowledge causes emotions that motivate people to act in ways ... Read More

Analyzing the Craftsmanship in Tim O’Brien’s Story “The Things They Carried” (885 words, 1 pages)

Reflections on "The Things They Carried"Analyzing the storys craftsmanship Tim OBrien wrote a story that is known as "The Things They Carried." It is a carefully crafted, detailed account of a Lieutenant and his men, the time period being right in the middle of the Vietnam war. In most war ... Read More

A Process Analysis of Making a Rice Rocket (775 words, 3 pages)

A thunderous roar echoes throughout the once quiet neighborhood. I hear the revving of engines. Suddenly there is a loud screeching of tires pealing out across the pavement. The sound of the engines becomes even louder than before, and then quickly decreases as the cars speed away. There is quiet ... Read More

Mystery and Suspense in the Lake of the Woods by Tim O’Brien (724 words, 2 pages)

IN THE LAKE OF THE WOODS A MYSTERY?Almost from this novels first page we know that Kathy Wade will vanish, and it is not long before we discover that her disappearance will remain unsolved. We then ask ourselves, how is this novel considered a mystery if we never even find ... Read More

The Power of War as Described in Tim O’Brien’s Book “The Things They Carried” (382 words, 2 pages)

When we first got here--all of us--we were real young and innocent, full of romantic bullshit, but we learned pretty damn quick. This quote was extracted from the book The Things They Carried by Tim OBrien, and exemplifies the power that the war had in exploiting ones innocence. The Vietnam ... Read More

An Analysis of the Use of Courage in Many Ways in the Compilation of Short Fiction The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien (606 words, 1 pages)

Courage 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 ... Read More

The Effects of Vietnam War as Depicted in The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien (551 words, 3 pages)

Subject Tim O'Brien's-The Things They CarriedEating Them AwayFor young people, the Vietnam War is a thing of the past and they can only learn about it from second hand sources. In Tim O'brien's The Things They Carried, it becomes very apparent that the Vietnam conflict has proved to be one ... Read More

Embarrassment in the Story of Samantha’s Last Date with Tim (1100 words, 2 pages)

It had been about two years since Samanthas last date with Tim. They had gone out for dinner to a three-star Italian restaurant downtown. Tim had, all of the sudden, remembered that he had not brought his wallet along so Samantha had to charge it to her credit card, herself. ... Read More

The Violent Nature of Vietnam in a Tim O’Brien Novel the Things They Carried (220 words, 1 pages)

Tim OBriens The Things Thy Carried is not a novel about the Vietnam War. It is a story about the soldiers and their experiences and emotions that are brought about from the war. OBrien makes several statements about war through these dynamic characters. He shows the violent nature of soldiers ... Read More

The Fear and Courage That Characterized Tim O’Brien’s Life (1358 words, 2 pages)

Tim O'BrienThe terms fear and courage played a major role in the life experience of Tim O'Brien. Like most other young males who just graduated college, in 1968 after graduating from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, he sought different opportunities in hopes of becoming independent and gaining a career. ... Read More

An Analysis of Field of Rice (800 words, 2 pages)

What is a hero? A hero is a person noted or admired for nobility, courage, or outstanding achievements. In the two stories I read the two main characters, although much different from each other in rank, had many things in common.In the story Field of Rice- Buck, the character Wang ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013