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The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien

A brief summary of the war novel Then Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien.

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The Things They Carried: On the Rainy River Analysis

In Tim O’Brien’s short-story “On the Rainy River,” the main character, Tim, deals with the issues of whether the war he has been drafted into is right and if he should go to the war or be a coward and run away from the war. The story takes place during the Vietnam War when Tim is drafted into the war.

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O Captain! My Captain!

Analysis of this famous poem written by Walt Whitman.

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The Things They Carried

A look at how some of the characters from O’Brien’s the short novel “The Things They Carried” cope differently with the burden they bear.

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The War Novel Revisited

A Comparison of HG Wells’ The War of the Worlds and Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried.

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Book Review: The Battle of Mogadishu

For fans of the movie and book “Black Hawk Down,” this book tells the tale from the soldiers themselves.

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Romeo and Juliet

A look at the effect falling in love has on Juliet’s character in the play “Romeo and Juliet”.

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Animal Farm

The connections of how Napoleon treated everyone, by the use of animals. The whole story takes place on a farm somewhere in England named Manor Farm.

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Stolen Distractions

A summary and essay of Markus Zusak’s novel “The Book Thief”.

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Catch-22

Yossarian is promoted to captain after a mission where he misses a bomb target, but went back to hit the target. To cover up the mess, the General Dreedle and Colonel Cathcart decide to give Yossarian a medal of honor and they promote Yossarian to captain.

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