...In the novel "The Things They Carried," by Tim O' Brien explains the difficulties and horrific scenes that each individual, mostly soldiers, had to experience in The Vietnam War. They present to the audience their challenges and also how they overcame them by including "the things they carried." The character Kiowa carried many things throughout his journey, in which many believed they did not belong in, such as his bible and his faith. Kiowa's most significant physical object that he carried was his bible, this bible defines Kiowa as a person and his character. As stated in chapter one, "Kiowa, a devout baptist, carried an illustrated New Testament..." Kiowa is immensely dedicated to his religion. He enters the brutal and vengeful Vietnam war with his passed down Bible from his...
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...Tim O’Brien’s book, “The Things They Carried,” provides valuable insight into the minds of soldiers, and enlightens us to the emotional and psychological costs of war. Specifically, the stories of Mary Anne, the baby water buffalo and the chapter, “In the Field,” help us to relate to the metamorphosis that soldiers undergo. While the obvious correlation for O’Brien’s novel is to speak about the physical objects each soldier carried were much more significant, including such things as personal doubts, fears, and dreams. The soldiers have a crazy amount of mental baggage. O’Brien wrote this novel as a type of therapy for himself as a way to deal with everything he had experienced in the Vietnam War. They carried all they could bear, and then some, including a silent awe for the terrible power of the things they carried....
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...In Tim Obrien’s short story “The Things They Carried” Martha is a very important character. There are many symbolic things in this story but the most important is what Martha symbolizes. In this paper I will explain the reason why Obrien included a woman in this war story, the significance of Martha, and the connection between love and war. The reason why Obrien inserts women in in this war story is because of their meaning to the soldiers. Many of the soldiers had a significant other like Henry and Cross. These women were what kept them sane. For example, Henry Dobbins would wear his girlfriend’s pantyhose around his neck. Even after they had separated he would still wear them. The reason he does this is because of a “illusion of protection” (397). So, even though she has lost love for him, those pantyhose still symbolized love he once had. This makes him feel loved and protected hence “illusion of protection”. Another example is that Jimmy Cross had received a good luck charm from Martha and it was just a pebble, but he would always have it on him (396). This shows that these women are what keep these men together and by having a “piece of them” it keeps them safe. From all the hate within the war, the ladies “Love” is what kept these soldiers from falling apart....
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...Everyone carries luggage literally or figuratively, people carry a variety of things with them, wallets with pictures of family, credit cards, small trinkets etc. The things they carried by Tim O’Brien can be looked at in two different ways, are what they’re carrying merely items or do they have a deeper meaning for each individual. The items carried by the men in this story serve several purposes for each individual, whether its superstition, sentimental or essential to their military jobs. By using cataloging and paying close attention to the details, in The things they carried there are several characters in which we can look deeper into the items they carry, and how they affect each character and how that plays into who they are outside of their military life. Before we look into each individual character, first it is important to look at how each character is the same in what they carry. The story has an extensive list of items that each person carries as basic military items. General items they carried include P-38 can openers, pocket knives, heat tabs, wrist watches, dog tags, mosquito repellent, chewing gum, candy, cigarettes, salt tablets, packets of Kool-Aid, lighters, matches, sewing kits,military payment certificates, C rations and Two or three canteens of water. These lightweight items are the basic essentials that a military man needs and thusly they do not burden the soldier too much. However throughout the story the mentioning of weight is repeated several...
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...evil, right and wrong, civilized and uncivilized, freedom and oppression for Vietnam, according to American standards; then it traveled the long physical distance to Vietnam and attempted to make its own notions about these things clear to the Vietnamese people—ultimately by brute, technological force. For the U.S. military and government, the Vietnam that they had in effect invented became fact. For the soldiers that the government then sent there, however, the facts that their government had created about who was the enemy, what were the issues, and how the war was to be won were quickly overshadowed by a world of uncertainty. Ultimately, trying to stay alive long enough to return home in one piece was the only thing that made any sense to them. As David Halberstam puts it in his novel, One Very Hot Day, the only fact of which an American soldier in Vietnam could be certain was that "yes was no longer yes, no was no longer no, maybe was more certainly maybe." Almost all of the literature on the war, both fictional and nonfictional, makes clear that the only certain thing during the Vietnam War was that nothing was certain. Philip Beidler has pointed out in an impressive study of the literature of that war that "most of the time in Vietnam, there were some things that seemed just too terrible and strange to be true and others that were just too terrible and true to be strange." The main question that Beidler's study raises is how, in light of the overwhelming ambiguity that...
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...truth may sometimes be more righteous than revealing it. There is also righteousness in bearing the truth on your own, carrying to weight for yourself so others can experience light. There is Honesty can be a difficult thing to define. It is heavy and weighs people down, but it can also be light and uplift people. I like to think of myself as a very honest person, whether this is a positive...
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...It’s Not Just Physical: The Things They Carried Through Vietnam Soldiers of the Vietnam War marched miles and miles through the humid broiling forests of Vietnam. So the question every soldier asks themselves is, to hump or not to hump, though maybe not in those exact words. As Tim O’Brien so eloquently puts it in his novel, The Things They Carried, “To carry something was to hump it” (O’Brien 3). Already carrying twelve to eighteen pounds of necessities, an item must be of great significance for a soldier to lug the extra weight. Ted Lavender carried six to seven ounces of “premium dope” and an extra twenty pounds of ammunition, Kiowa carried an illustrated New Testament, and Henry Dobbins carried his girlfriend’s pantyhose wrapped around...
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...If something exciting, horrific, or life changing happens in our lives, then what do we do? What we do is that we tell the people that did not see or has not experienced it, and just like that, the soldiers from the book, “The Things They Carried,” tells their own happenings and experiences. So many ways the storytellings are examined, but it all sums up and makes sense. There is a lot we can get from the way Tim O’Brien writes about storytelling and how he portrays it. In the end we can understand why the stories are so important. Just from the way storytelling is portrayed we can understand that it is something hard for anyone to retell the way it is supposed to be, for many different reasons. While reading the different stories being told...
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...Learning activities improve my knowledge by providing me with new ideas, it gives me the opportunity to learn new things and apply them in my work setting and it allows me to build better self-confidence | Reflecting on a situation can improve my knowledge more by providing personal insight on a subject, which leads to a better understanding of a topic, i can reflect on how well i performed and in what ways my performance can be improved. | | Skills | Gaining self-confidence is great for learning new skills and helps enable me to learn at my own pace, and also enables me to better the skills i have learnt. | | | Understanding | Learning activities also give me new areas of learning, such as topics that i may have not covered yet. And coursed on things that make the job easier or even legally required courses that produce great new areas of learning that allow me to perform my job role, such as manual handling or medication training. | By reflecting i can examine how effective my practice is by thinking about people’s reactions to me and think about other potential outcomes, and how to reach those outcomes, eliminating any mistakes and highlighting the more positive conclusions, in hope of reaching them the next time you face the same situation. | | Complete the diagram below identifying the standards that influence the way adult social care job roles are carried...
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...an active listener and I showed initiative when things become flat by building up rapport to help maximize performance and I also did look delegate their authority when appropriate and follow up on any points after a task has been attempted or completed , id encouraged my team members to reflect on the task and I coordinated multi-agency responses such as emergency service together to achieve a common goal. What task we did is the children in need and that carried out effectively in a positive effect on people in the college because we sponsored silent a whole long 4 hours so people can donate money that were collecting for basically children in need and we also did man vs female vs food which grabbed a whole of bunch of students attention and that helped us in the way that the student donated a lot of money we did completed the task and carried it out efficiently and effectively. I’ll talk about the leader skills I’ve used and I will explain that why its important and why it’s needed. Planning I was able to plan effectively not just so they can deal with the task at hand but also so that they can deal with anything unexpected that crops up. I shared my plans with other so I can get some feedback that something might me missing that I must fill-in. Communication I was able to tell the team what they are going to be doing and be certain they have understood this is where effective communication becomes important SMEAC comes in place Situation Mission Execution...
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...organizations. It examines the stakeholders and how a change which in this case is downsizing would affect them. The paper also looks at how downsizing affects people with interests in a company, that is to say the stake holders who are adversely affected. The reasons why change in most cases results in these effects is examined. Then the report also looks at the methodology that could be used in the implementing changes in the organization in a managerial level so as to minimize the re-occurrence of the effects that are not good to the business and those with vested interests. Introduction There are many ways in which a business can be affected by change. Some examples of changes that are made in the organization include downsizing; changes made in the structure of the organization, and at times even change in processes carried out in the organization. All these changes are usually necessary to enable the organization or business adapt to some of the changes in its operating environment (Kreitner, 2008). All these can be summarized using one word, ‘restructuring’. It could also be referred to as re-engineering. In order to be successful in today’s competitive world, an organization has to embrace this important aspect in its day to day operations. This change can be for the whole company, or can only involve certain parts of company. Restructuring involves changes in the strategy of the company, the procedures it uses and even the structures or facilities used in achieving particular...
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...the spoils. Rats bring with them all kinds of disease. Rubbish clog drains, and clogged drains will not let water flow through, increasing the risk of floods. Filthy toilets leave me very-very pucat if I had an emergency 2. In your opinion, what are the factors causes of the cleanliness in Malaysia? Firstly, I have to say something about the restaurant. I don’t know why there are so many cats around the restaurants. I really don’t like the cats click the plates, I think it will cause the germs spreading. Secondly, I don’t know why there are only a few dustbins o the streets. I have to hold my rubbish for a long time. This is not convenient. Thus, some people throw their rubbish on the streets, causing the dirty of the streets. Finally, the consciousness of people for cleanliness is the most important factors. If everyone holds that we must do our best to protect our environment, I think Malaysia will be much cleaner than before. 3. Do you think that Malaysian have carried out their responsibilities as a citizen of Malaysia? Yes, I think so. Most of the Malaysian has carried out their responsibilities as a citizen of Malaysia. Most of them will pay attention to the environment they lived in. Some of them even advertise...
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...Research Process and Terminology December 15, 2013 CJA 334 Working in the Criminal Justice System requires one to have a well versed knowledge and understanding in not only the Criminal Justice field, but also in the language and terminology. To be successful in the Criminal Justice department proficiency in terminology is a must, however even more important than proficiency in the terminology is having a greater proficiency in the understanding of the terminology and research process. The main source from which new terminology was learned was from the textbook: Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology by Frank E. Hagan. Knowing these terms will be an asset to one when evaluating and analyzing research studies or data because one will have a capability of sharing what is being evaluated or analyzed using the terminology that is shared among others in the criminal justice field. Reading the various chapters from the Hagan’s book as led to a new understanding of criminology and that specific actions of research and theory are labeled with specific words to maintain a level of differentiation from other fields. A majority of the terms used in regular everyday conversation have originated from research in social science (Hagan, 2010). Hagan describes terminology fairly new in topics of qualitative and quantitative research. According to Hagan (2010), science is more over the scientific method that places a greater amount of emphasis on observation, measurement...
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...Formanyof us is a question the why people behave how does it. For many years humanity has sought to understand the behavior of man. In our daily life we face situations that make us think that we are different people, with different characters and attitudes. Companies are mostly composed of human beings, all with different ways of thinking and perhaps an interpretation of things very differently from ours. This makes me wonder, if a company's vision is that all work in harmony to achieve the same goal?, then how important is understanding the behavior of people in an organization? I am convinced that the study of organizational behavior is a tool that will give us a way of understanding human behavior within an organization in a systematic and scientific way. There is no doubt that organizational behavior (which is abbreviated CO) is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups and structures have on behavior within organizations, in order to apply this knowledge to the improvement of the effectiveness of such organizations. Furthermore, it is a field of study, this statement means that it is a specialty delimited and with a body of knowledge. What are you studying? Studying three determinants of behavior in organizations: individuals, groups and structures. If studying the individual and behave within an organization will be able to analyze the behavior of groups, with greater clarity because groups are composed by individuals who use structures...
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...Tuesday, but has a long to go if he wants to beat Trump. What seems likely now after Super Tuesday is that from the Democratic Party we will see Hillary Clinton, and from the Republican Party we will see Donald Trump. * Donald Trump has done much better than generally expected: Discuss possible reasons for Trump`s success: I think that the number one reason for Trump’s success is that he is a businessperson more than he is a politician, which means a lot to some people in the US. “Make America great again” is a quote that Trump is famous for. Trump has made many promises and proposed many solutions to existing problems that resides in the US, and therefore many people support Trump because of his promises. The UK and the EU: * Why do many Brits seem quite negative to the EU /”Europe”? Many Brits are negative to the EU because they feel that the EU is...
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