in the Vietnam War, O’Brien blurs the distinction between fact and fiction. The reality is that Tim O’Brien is a real person and he is the author of The Things They Carried. O’ Brien did actually serve in the Vietnam War as a soldier. Unfortunately, it is impossible to know whether or not any given event in the stories truly happened to O’Brien. Through writing about his experiences in Vietnam, O’Brien’s character is able to sort through his emotions, since “by telling stories, you objectify your
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person’s style is one feature that can tell someone what one’s personality is like. It also depends on the person’s feelings or action, to tell a person how one may feel about something or someone. In both stories the author's style of writing creates a tone, that gives the reader insight to the characters feelings. Which makes the characters act and say what's really on their minds. They show this by explaining why they act the way that they do throughout the stories. The character's feelings are shown
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in teaching the future generations. Soon, all the survivors will be gone and it will be in the hands of our generation to tell the stories of the Holocaust. Several books and movies have been produced in memory of the Holocaust such as the Yizkor books. About “1,300 books have been published since the end of WWII”(Dr. Neil Jacobs) and they are great outlets of telling the stories of specific towns. For example, my Yizkor book project was on the city Dzialoszyce which was a thriving community in Poland
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7. How was social media (Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, other) used to enhance the storytelling or promote the story? The use of social media is an integral component that adds depth to the article by providing the audience with an immersive experience through the use of Spotify, a popular online streaming service that allows people to create and share playlists. In the article, “Echoes from the Jungle” by Mike Hixenbaugh and Joanne Kimberlin, Spotify is used as a digital “jukebox” that provides the
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on when the going gets tough. When somethings are bothering you it often helps to talk about it. In the short story “Wood Grouse on a High Promontory Overlooking Canada” published in 1996, we meet Gary who is deeply affected by his memories from the Vietnam War. He stay closed up almost the entire story but he learns that there are ways to cope with this pain he is feeling. The story takes place on a high promontory. The Promontory overlooks Canada on one side and USA on the other. It’s a lovely
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Case Study: Women in World War Two After reading on these eight women I have chosen to do my compare and contrast from this Library of Congress Exhibition of Women in World War II story which was detailed with photography to tell their stories; for others to not only read their story, but to experience it through visual documentation. These three women, Toni Frissell, Esther Bubley and Therese Bonney were able to connect with millions of people through their images that they documented. From
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In Tim O’Brien’s “On the Rainy River”, Tim’s use of imagery affects the tone of his story. The tone doesn’t just explain how Tim feels, imagery helps show the tone of the story, and with the effects of the choice of words Tim uses throughout the story. Tim describes the pig factory and the shore in the story, these are some examples of imagery in this story. The descriptions of these scenes are important for showing Tim’s tone in these scenarios. Firstly, the imagery of the pig factory shows
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Muhammad Ali Awan Professor Wood Eng 102-24 02/03/2012 The Raft The essay, “The Raft,” by Peter Orner tells of his encounter with his grandfather who, yet again, wants to tell him a story he has told him many times before. A story from his past, from the days of World War 2 during which he was on active duty in the United States Navy. Orner uses vivid imagery and afferent details in his essay to make the deeper meaning he presents in this essay more definite to the reader. He does so at
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nature. We see it in our own history of wars and genocide that the violence in us can grow to extreme proportions. These two stories, “The Destructors” by Graham Greene, and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, show us that some of the violence can be brought on by people simply following blindly. Whether we look at the past or the present, these two short stories, show us the mob mentality can be very dangerous. The long dead tradition of “The Lottery” tells of the town people forgetting most of the
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found in most of the the stories from O’Brien. It’s not simple to find out exactly what happened in war from the war story you read or told by the soldier himself. The description of what happens get exaggerated to much and it makes you think of it like it was a video game and not true. What you imagine in your mind is not the whole true story because the story teller leaves a lot of the parts out and your mind doesn’t get to process the exact story. Without the full story your brain thinks it is
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