Tim O'Brien
•Download as PPT, PDF•
2 likes•230 views
Tim O'Brien is an American novelist known for writing about his experiences in the Vietnam War. His writings focus on the abstract psychological effects of war on soldiers, depicting characters without heroism or family lives. By drawing on dialogue and vivid descriptions of warfare, O'Brien's works seek to make readers feel as though they are part of the depicted platoons. While some of his novels do not explicitly focus on the Vietnam War, there is often an undercurrent related to the events and atmosphere of the time period. O'Brien continues to teach and write today, still influenced by his experiences in the war.
Report
Share
Report
Share
![By ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Recommended
Renaissance literature paper 1
The document is about the poem "Sweetest Love" by John Donne. It provides background on Donne and describes the poem. The poem is written by Donne to his wife Ann Moore to reassure her as he prepares to leave on a journey. Through logical arguments, Donne expresses his passionate love and argues his wife should not fear for his safety while gone. He compares his journey to the daily path of the sun and emphasizes the power of their enduring love.
Lost art of letter writing
The document discusses the lost art of letter writing and provides examples of types of historical letters that can provide insight into people's lives, personalities, and the development of communication over time. It lists various collections of letters from different time periods, locations, and genres, including governmental, war, love, narrative, and humorous letters that give perspectives on events like the American Revolution, the Civil War, and World War II.
Paper 13 New Literature ; Themes in "The Sense Of an Ending"
This document summarizes the themes in the novel "Sense of an Ending" by Julian Barnes. The central theme is the weakness and imperfection of human memory. The narrative attempts to portray memory as fragmented. Other themes explored include the unreliability of history, death, existentialism, and Freudian concepts like Eros and Thanatos. The novel questions what we can truly know about the past due to flaws in memory and documentation.
Austen feminine
This document provides information about Jane Austen's novel "Sense and Sensibility" including major characters, plot points, and Austen's attitude towards women and society. It introduces the main characters of the Dashwood family including Elinor, Marianne, and their mother Mrs. Dashwood. A love triangle is discussed between Marianne, Willoughby, and Colonel Brandon. The document also analyzes Austen's portrayal of women, arguing that she depicts their frustration within society and discrimination despite their desire for education and independence beyond marriage.
Whitman (1)
The document contains 3 discussion prompts about Walt Whitman's poetry and his role as a national prophet of America. The first prompt asks the reader to create a recruitment poster illustrating Whitman's poem "Beat! Beat! Drums!". The second asks the reader to analyze the poem "O Captain! My Captain!" about how it reflects grief over Abraham Lincoln's death. The third prompt discusses whether Whitman was an accurate national prophet, asking the reader to find a contemporary poem fulfilling his vision of America's future.
Metaphysical poem "The Dream"by John Donne
This document is a paper analyzing John Donne's metaphysical poem "The Dream". It was written by Parmar Jinal B. for a Renaissance Literature class. The paper discusses Donne's use of metaphysical elements like far-fetched images and conceits in the poem. It analyzes specific lines where Donne uses conceits comparing the beloved to lightning and a torch, and comments on the metaphysical style of the poem.
American Lit 201-05
This document provides a summary of the next week's assignments for an American Literature class. It lists that there is no class on September 6th due to Labor Day and deadlines for the 4th blog post and Works Cited page. Students are asked to read the second half of a text by Mary Rowlandson and identify a blog for their second graded post. The document also provides the name of an author and articles for further research.
God Is My Co Pilot
Robert Lee Scott Jr. was a pilot in World War II who wrote an autobiography about his experiences. The book details his path to becoming a pilot through training in Texas and becoming an instructor. It then covers his combat missions as one of the first ace pilots in the Army, fighting in various locations in Burma and China as part of the 23rd Fighter Group led by General Chennault. The book was adapted into a successful 1945 war film considered a classic of the genre.
Recommended
Renaissance literature paper 1
The document is about the poem "Sweetest Love" by John Donne. It provides background on Donne and describes the poem. The poem is written by Donne to his wife Ann Moore to reassure her as he prepares to leave on a journey. Through logical arguments, Donne expresses his passionate love and argues his wife should not fear for his safety while gone. He compares his journey to the daily path of the sun and emphasizes the power of their enduring love.
Lost art of letter writing
The document discusses the lost art of letter writing and provides examples of types of historical letters that can provide insight into people's lives, personalities, and the development of communication over time. It lists various collections of letters from different time periods, locations, and genres, including governmental, war, love, narrative, and humorous letters that give perspectives on events like the American Revolution, the Civil War, and World War II.
Paper 13 New Literature ; Themes in "The Sense Of an Ending"
This document summarizes the themes in the novel "Sense of an Ending" by Julian Barnes. The central theme is the weakness and imperfection of human memory. The narrative attempts to portray memory as fragmented. Other themes explored include the unreliability of history, death, existentialism, and Freudian concepts like Eros and Thanatos. The novel questions what we can truly know about the past due to flaws in memory and documentation.
Austen feminine
This document provides information about Jane Austen's novel "Sense and Sensibility" including major characters, plot points, and Austen's attitude towards women and society. It introduces the main characters of the Dashwood family including Elinor, Marianne, and their mother Mrs. Dashwood. A love triangle is discussed between Marianne, Willoughby, and Colonel Brandon. The document also analyzes Austen's portrayal of women, arguing that she depicts their frustration within society and discrimination despite their desire for education and independence beyond marriage.
Whitman (1)
The document contains 3 discussion prompts about Walt Whitman's poetry and his role as a national prophet of America. The first prompt asks the reader to create a recruitment poster illustrating Whitman's poem "Beat! Beat! Drums!". The second asks the reader to analyze the poem "O Captain! My Captain!" about how it reflects grief over Abraham Lincoln's death. The third prompt discusses whether Whitman was an accurate national prophet, asking the reader to find a contemporary poem fulfilling his vision of America's future.
Metaphysical poem "The Dream"by John Donne
This document is a paper analyzing John Donne's metaphysical poem "The Dream". It was written by Parmar Jinal B. for a Renaissance Literature class. The paper discusses Donne's use of metaphysical elements like far-fetched images and conceits in the poem. It analyzes specific lines where Donne uses conceits comparing the beloved to lightning and a torch, and comments on the metaphysical style of the poem.
American Lit 201-05
This document provides a summary of the next week's assignments for an American Literature class. It lists that there is no class on September 6th due to Labor Day and deadlines for the 4th blog post and Works Cited page. Students are asked to read the second half of a text by Mary Rowlandson and identify a blog for their second graded post. The document also provides the name of an author and articles for further research.
God Is My Co Pilot
Robert Lee Scott Jr. was a pilot in World War II who wrote an autobiography about his experiences. The book details his path to becoming a pilot through training in Texas and becoming an instructor. It then covers his combat missions as one of the first ace pilots in the Army, fighting in various locations in Burma and China as part of the 23rd Fighter Group led by General Chennault. The book was adapted into a successful 1945 war film considered a classic of the genre.
12 daniel defoe
The document is a presentation on Daniel Defoe as a novelist. It provides biographical details about Defoe such as being born in London in 1660 to a butcher father, initially serving as a soldier and journalist. It notes he had an interest in politics and wrote on both sides. His most famous novel, Robinson Crusoe, was published in 1719. The presentation divides Defoe's works into political writings and fiction, listing some of his major works in each category such as The True-born Englishman and Robinson Crusoe.
Development of Prose and it's Prominent Writers
This document discusses the development of prose and prominent prose writers during the Neo-Classical Age. It notes that prose became more popular during this time period with the rise of newspapers. The four major prose writers covered are Jonathan Swift, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, and Daniel Defoe. For each writer, it lists some of their most famous works from that era.
22 praful ,b ghareniya
This document summarizes two metaphysical poems by John Donne: "The Flea" and "The Dream." It provides background on Donne as the master of metaphysical poetry. It then analyzes each poem in 3 stanzas or less, explaining the themes, symbols, and rhyme schemes. For "The Flea," it describes how the poem uses the biological image of a flea to represent the joining of two lovers. For "The Dream," it likens the lover's heart to a coin impressed with the image of his beloved.
31 paper 6 tennyson and browning
This document provides biographical information about two English poets, Alfred Tennyson and Robert Browning. It notes that Tennyson was educated at Grimmer School and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was born in 1809 in Lincolnshire, dying in 1892. For Browning it notes he was born in 1812 in Camberwell and was educated by two private teachers and his father, dying in 1889 in Venice. The document also summarizes some of Tennyson's themes like exploring women's rights and roles, and notes he was an artist and teacher. For Browning it summarizes he showed dramatic qualities like Shakespeare in his works and explored morality and inner conflicts.
Literary Terms Vocabulary
This document defines and provides brief explanations of 10 key literary elements: 1) climax, 2) conflict, 3) essay, 4) mood, 5) narrator, 6) plot, 7) point of view, 8) resolution, 9) setting, and 10) theme. It explains that the climax is the turning point where the outcome becomes clear, conflict is the problem, an essay is a written piece with a beginning, middle, and end about a real topic, and mood is the emotional quality that is conveyed. It also defines narrator, plot, point of view, resolution, setting, and theme.
Book review instructions
This document provides an agenda and assignments for a 7th grade language arts class. It includes an overview of different literature genres such as informational texts, biography, autobiography, poetry, and drama. It asks students how they feel about the novels they are reading and if they would recommend them. It prompts students to write a book review for one of their independent reading novels. It also asks what common characteristics professionals use when writing book reviews.
B.Quintanilla Power Point
The document compares and contrasts a trip to New York City and Seoul, Korea by Yunmi and her grandmother Halmoni. Yunmi grew up in the USA and was worried Halmoni would want to stay in Korea after their visit. However, Halmoni reassured Yunmi that she was happy to return to New York where she had made her home, though she still had family in Korea. Students are assigned to complete a Venn diagram and character analysis comparing Yunmi and Halmoni using details from the text.
Literary criticism
Wordsworth focused on simplicity, nature, and the lives of common people in his poetry. He reflected on country yards and used the spontaneous language of ordinary people to find poetic pleasure and remain true to tradition. The document is a paper prepared by Kuvadiya Deepika for her English literature course that examines Wordsworth's themes of nature, rustic life, and use of common language in his poetic subject matter.
The title of the sense of an ending
The three sentence summary is:
The document discusses the title of the novel "The Sense of an Ending" by Julian Barnes, noting that the title is borrowed from a 1967 book by Frank Kermode about making sense of our lives. The title invites multiple interpretations and symbolizes the sense and end describing many things. The document appears to be a paper analyzing the meaning and symbolism of the title of Barnes' novel.
Yi Sang Powerpoint
Yi Sang was a Korean poet born in 1910 who published most of his surrealist works during the 1930s under Japanese colonial rule. His poetry collection "Crow's-Eye Views" was controversial for its bizarre themes and imagery responding to Korea's struggle to conform to Japanese modernism. Yi Sang's works addressed the difficulties faced by Koreans during this time and increased in prominence after being reprinted in the 1950s.
Langston%20 Hughes[1]
Langston Hughes was an influential African American poet and writer born in 1902 in Missouri. He began writing poetry in the 8th grade and was inspired by blues and jazz music on his travels around the world. Hughes is best known for his poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and was a major contributor to the Harlem Renaissance through his writings based on life in Harlem in the 1920s. He wrote 16 books of poems, 2 novels, and other works before passing away from cancer in 1967 in New York.
Cambridge International exam question bank AS LEVEL poetry
This document outlines poetry questions that have appeared on AS level English literature board exams from 2011-2015. The questions are divided into two categories: general questions and passage-based questions. The general questions ask students to compare how two poems present various themes such as loss, friendship, the passage of time, and change. The passage-based questions provide a specific poem and ask students to comment closely on how the language and structure convey themes related to the subject, narration, the effects of time, developing understanding, friendship, motherhood, humanity, grief, emotion, relationships, love, and admiration.
Mrs Donatis Rdg Class 2
Mrs. Donati's reading class covered many novels and short stories throughout the year including Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, A Tale of Two Cities, and My Brother Sam Is Dead. When studying short stories, the class focused on elements like plot, character, setting, point of view, tone, and theme. As an example, when reading The Dinner Party the class studied plot, and when reading A Nincompoop and Charles they examined theme and character respectively. The Raven provided a challenge as it required understanding of all story elements.
Fielding’s art of characterization
Fielding was renowned for his ability to create realistic characters that depicted a wide range of human life, similar to Shakespeare. He used both flat and round characters effectively and portrayed typical English men and women of his time through dramatic characterization methods. This document is a summary of Fielding's skill in developing characters for his novel Tom Jones, prepared by a student for their English department at Bhavnagar University.
Letters From Vietnam
Thomas Kingsley wrote letters home from Vietnam describing his experiences. In the early letters, his mood seems somber as he adjusts to the challenges of serving in Vietnam. Later letters to different audiences, such as his parents and a friend, have differing perspectives on the same subjects. The last two letters may have shown if his perspective changed or challenges intensified over time, but specifics are not provided. Thomas Kingsley likely faced difficulties with the conditions of war and being away from home in Vietnam.
All of ernest hemingway written works has been affected by events in his life
Ernest Hemingway was affected by events throughout his life that influenced his writing. He was born in 1899 and came from a large family, but his father died by suicide when Ernest was 10, leaving him emotionally scarred. During WWI, he served as an ambulance driver in Italy and was wounded. These experiences influenced his early short stories. He gained fame in the 1920s-1930s for novels depicting masculinity and war. However, he struggled with depression and alcoholism in his later years as his fame declined. Plagued by inability to write, Hemingway ultimately died by suicide in 1961, mirroring his father's death. Though he took his own life, his works continue to impress readers
Simulating Enterprise Architecture Models
The document proposes a lightweight method and domain-specific language (LEAP) for simulating enterprise architecture models. It argues existing EA methods are too large and complex. LEAP combines service-oriented architecture and event-driven architecture concepts. It supports specifying logical and physical EA models and simulating the impact of changes. A case study applies the method to model UK university information requirements. The method uses existing techniques and LEAP provides a unified language for specifying and establishing conformance between models.
Ch.4 Pp 2
Patents last 17 years and protect inventors from having their products copied, while copyright protects creative works for the life of the creator plus 50 years. Trademarks like logos and symbols are associated with specific companies or products. Monopolies give a single business control of a market, and while public utilities may benefit consumers, monopolies are not regulated on pricing. Tax rates are amounts individuals pay on purchases, income, property ownership, and sales.
Bojangles Franchise Project
Bojangles was founded in 1977 in North Carolina by Jack Faulk and Richard Thomas. It serves Cajun-style chicken and buttermilk biscuits to customers across the Southeastern United States. Currently, Bojangles owns 154 company locations and franchises 277 stores in the United States, with a total investment to open a new franchise ranging from $280,000 to $560,000 including a $25,000 franchise fee and 4% ongoing royalty fee for 20 years.
Talegjenkjenning
Oppgave om (maskinell) talegjenkjenning til exfac i It, språk, logikk, psykologi 2003.
More Related Content
What's hot
12 daniel defoe
The document is a presentation on Daniel Defoe as a novelist. It provides biographical details about Defoe such as being born in London in 1660 to a butcher father, initially serving as a soldier and journalist. It notes he had an interest in politics and wrote on both sides. His most famous novel, Robinson Crusoe, was published in 1719. The presentation divides Defoe's works into political writings and fiction, listing some of his major works in each category such as The True-born Englishman and Robinson Crusoe.
Development of Prose and it's Prominent Writers
This document discusses the development of prose and prominent prose writers during the Neo-Classical Age. It notes that prose became more popular during this time period with the rise of newspapers. The four major prose writers covered are Jonathan Swift, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, and Daniel Defoe. For each writer, it lists some of their most famous works from that era.
22 praful ,b ghareniya
This document summarizes two metaphysical poems by John Donne: "The Flea" and "The Dream." It provides background on Donne as the master of metaphysical poetry. It then analyzes each poem in 3 stanzas or less, explaining the themes, symbols, and rhyme schemes. For "The Flea," it describes how the poem uses the biological image of a flea to represent the joining of two lovers. For "The Dream," it likens the lover's heart to a coin impressed with the image of his beloved.
31 paper 6 tennyson and browning
This document provides biographical information about two English poets, Alfred Tennyson and Robert Browning. It notes that Tennyson was educated at Grimmer School and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was born in 1809 in Lincolnshire, dying in 1892. For Browning it notes he was born in 1812 in Camberwell and was educated by two private teachers and his father, dying in 1889 in Venice. The document also summarizes some of Tennyson's themes like exploring women's rights and roles, and notes he was an artist and teacher. For Browning it summarizes he showed dramatic qualities like Shakespeare in his works and explored morality and inner conflicts.
Literary Terms Vocabulary
This document defines and provides brief explanations of 10 key literary elements: 1) climax, 2) conflict, 3) essay, 4) mood, 5) narrator, 6) plot, 7) point of view, 8) resolution, 9) setting, and 10) theme. It explains that the climax is the turning point where the outcome becomes clear, conflict is the problem, an essay is a written piece with a beginning, middle, and end about a real topic, and mood is the emotional quality that is conveyed. It also defines narrator, plot, point of view, resolution, setting, and theme.
Book review instructions
This document provides an agenda and assignments for a 7th grade language arts class. It includes an overview of different literature genres such as informational texts, biography, autobiography, poetry, and drama. It asks students how they feel about the novels they are reading and if they would recommend them. It prompts students to write a book review for one of their independent reading novels. It also asks what common characteristics professionals use when writing book reviews.
B.Quintanilla Power Point
The document compares and contrasts a trip to New York City and Seoul, Korea by Yunmi and her grandmother Halmoni. Yunmi grew up in the USA and was worried Halmoni would want to stay in Korea after their visit. However, Halmoni reassured Yunmi that she was happy to return to New York where she had made her home, though she still had family in Korea. Students are assigned to complete a Venn diagram and character analysis comparing Yunmi and Halmoni using details from the text.
Literary criticism
Wordsworth focused on simplicity, nature, and the lives of common people in his poetry. He reflected on country yards and used the spontaneous language of ordinary people to find poetic pleasure and remain true to tradition. The document is a paper prepared by Kuvadiya Deepika for her English literature course that examines Wordsworth's themes of nature, rustic life, and use of common language in his poetic subject matter.
The title of the sense of an ending
The three sentence summary is:
The document discusses the title of the novel "The Sense of an Ending" by Julian Barnes, noting that the title is borrowed from a 1967 book by Frank Kermode about making sense of our lives. The title invites multiple interpretations and symbolizes the sense and end describing many things. The document appears to be a paper analyzing the meaning and symbolism of the title of Barnes' novel.
Yi Sang Powerpoint
Yi Sang was a Korean poet born in 1910 who published most of his surrealist works during the 1930s under Japanese colonial rule. His poetry collection "Crow's-Eye Views" was controversial for its bizarre themes and imagery responding to Korea's struggle to conform to Japanese modernism. Yi Sang's works addressed the difficulties faced by Koreans during this time and increased in prominence after being reprinted in the 1950s.
Langston%20 Hughes[1]
Langston Hughes was an influential African American poet and writer born in 1902 in Missouri. He began writing poetry in the 8th grade and was inspired by blues and jazz music on his travels around the world. Hughes is best known for his poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and was a major contributor to the Harlem Renaissance through his writings based on life in Harlem in the 1920s. He wrote 16 books of poems, 2 novels, and other works before passing away from cancer in 1967 in New York.
Cambridge International exam question bank AS LEVEL poetry
This document outlines poetry questions that have appeared on AS level English literature board exams from 2011-2015. The questions are divided into two categories: general questions and passage-based questions. The general questions ask students to compare how two poems present various themes such as loss, friendship, the passage of time, and change. The passage-based questions provide a specific poem and ask students to comment closely on how the language and structure convey themes related to the subject, narration, the effects of time, developing understanding, friendship, motherhood, humanity, grief, emotion, relationships, love, and admiration.
Mrs Donatis Rdg Class 2
Mrs. Donati's reading class covered many novels and short stories throughout the year including Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, A Tale of Two Cities, and My Brother Sam Is Dead. When studying short stories, the class focused on elements like plot, character, setting, point of view, tone, and theme. As an example, when reading The Dinner Party the class studied plot, and when reading A Nincompoop and Charles they examined theme and character respectively. The Raven provided a challenge as it required understanding of all story elements.
Fielding’s art of characterization
Fielding was renowned for his ability to create realistic characters that depicted a wide range of human life, similar to Shakespeare. He used both flat and round characters effectively and portrayed typical English men and women of his time through dramatic characterization methods. This document is a summary of Fielding's skill in developing characters for his novel Tom Jones, prepared by a student for their English department at Bhavnagar University.
Letters From Vietnam
Thomas Kingsley wrote letters home from Vietnam describing his experiences. In the early letters, his mood seems somber as he adjusts to the challenges of serving in Vietnam. Later letters to different audiences, such as his parents and a friend, have differing perspectives on the same subjects. The last two letters may have shown if his perspective changed or challenges intensified over time, but specifics are not provided. Thomas Kingsley likely faced difficulties with the conditions of war and being away from home in Vietnam.
All of ernest hemingway written works has been affected by events in his life
Ernest Hemingway was affected by events throughout his life that influenced his writing. He was born in 1899 and came from a large family, but his father died by suicide when Ernest was 10, leaving him emotionally scarred. During WWI, he served as an ambulance driver in Italy and was wounded. These experiences influenced his early short stories. He gained fame in the 1920s-1930s for novels depicting masculinity and war. However, he struggled with depression and alcoholism in his later years as his fame declined. Plagued by inability to write, Hemingway ultimately died by suicide in 1961, mirroring his father's death. Though he took his own life, his works continue to impress readers
What's hot (16)
Cambridge International exam question bank AS LEVEL poetry
Cambridge International exam question bank AS LEVEL poetry
All of ernest hemingway written works has been affected by events in his life
All of ernest hemingway written works has been affected by events in his life
Viewers also liked
Simulating Enterprise Architecture Models
The document proposes a lightweight method and domain-specific language (LEAP) for simulating enterprise architecture models. It argues existing EA methods are too large and complex. LEAP combines service-oriented architecture and event-driven architecture concepts. It supports specifying logical and physical EA models and simulating the impact of changes. A case study applies the method to model UK university information requirements. The method uses existing techniques and LEAP provides a unified language for specifying and establishing conformance between models.
Ch.4 Pp 2
Patents last 17 years and protect inventors from having their products copied, while copyright protects creative works for the life of the creator plus 50 years. Trademarks like logos and symbols are associated with specific companies or products. Monopolies give a single business control of a market, and while public utilities may benefit consumers, monopolies are not regulated on pricing. Tax rates are amounts individuals pay on purchases, income, property ownership, and sales.
Bojangles Franchise Project
Bojangles was founded in 1977 in North Carolina by Jack Faulk and Richard Thomas. It serves Cajun-style chicken and buttermilk biscuits to customers across the Southeastern United States. Currently, Bojangles owns 154 company locations and franchises 277 stores in the United States, with a total investment to open a new franchise ranging from $280,000 to $560,000 including a $25,000 franchise fee and 4% ongoing royalty fee for 20 years.
Talegjenkjenning
Oppgave om (maskinell) talegjenkjenning til exfac i It, språk, logikk, psykologi 2003.
Chapter 1 Pp 1
This document discusses different economic systems and the goods and services within them. It identifies basic needs like shelter, food, and water, as well as wants like vacations and new items. Goods are defined as tangible products that can be purchased, while services involve activities that are consumed as they are produced, with examples like construction work or cooking. Resources that enable the production of goods and services are also outlined, such as money, buildings, equipment, and supplies.
Chapter 4 Pp
The document discusses the roles and responsibilities of several US government agencies:
- The FDA ensures foods, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics are safe and accurately labeled.
- The Department of Transportation aims to provide a fast, safe, and accessible transportation system.
- The EPA protects human health and the environment by leading science, research, and assessment efforts since 1970.
- The FTC protects consumers and promotes competition in broad sectors of the economy.
- State attorneys general enforce laws and ensure neighborhoods and schools are safe.
- BBB Online promotes trust on the internet by evaluating companies and allowing them to display a trustmark.
Small Business Project
The document summarizes the products and services, customers, employees, marketing activities, startup costs, and competition of a baseball equipment store. Products include aluminum and wood bats, leather gloves for various positions, helmets, catchers gear, batting gloves, and buckets of baseballs. The store welcomes customers of all ages interested in baseball. Employees must be 18-60, college graduates, and knowledgeable about baseball, with around 20-25 employees. Marketing includes billboard ads, TV commercials, and newspaper ads. Startup costs are $211,100 to $402,400 with an ongoing 5% royalty fee over a 10 year agreement. Main competitors are Dick's Sporting Goods, Omega Sports, Play It Again Sports
Chapter 1 Pp 2
The document discusses various economic systems and decisions related to education and career choices. It compares the opportunity costs of moving cities or choosing colleges. It also outlines a decision making process and applies it to deciding whether to attend college or get a job after high school. Finally, it defines and compares command, market, capitalist, and communist economies, noting advantages and disadvantages of each.
HoteLink
Interactive TV solution for hotels, Hospitals, residential compounds, SPA and GYM.
HoteLINK is middle ware solution based on IPTV technology standards
We Will Remember You All !!
We will remember you all as saying goodbye is difficult. Instead, let's say see you in the future and God bless you all. This message comes from Paula and Tim who are parting ways but hoping to reconnect someday.
Ch. 5 Pp 1
The document discusses several businesses - a proposed baseball academy, Subway sandwich shops, Microsoft, and Google. It outlines the author's plan to start a baseball academy to teach kids baseball skills and mentions their goals of passing classes and playing sports. It also provides brief histories of when Subway was founded and its growth, Microsoft being started by Bill Gates, and Google being founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
Cayman Islands Project
The document summarizes key economic and tourism statistics about the Cayman Islands. It notes that the Cayman Islands economy relies heavily on tourism, with attractions like Seven Mile Beach. While the Cayman Islands imports most goods, its economy has thrived as an offshore financial center with no direct taxation, resulting in a high GDP per capita and low unemployment rate of 4.4%.
Apple inc. Project
The document discusses the history and products of Apple Inc. It notes that Apple was founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, two college dropouts who introduced the Apple I personal computer. Today, Apple produces popular products like the iPod Touch, MacBook Pro, and iMac. The company is headquartered in Cupertino, California and creates thousands of jobs. Major competitors of Apple include IBM, Dell, and Microsoft. The document attributes Apple's success to considering customer wants, producing high-quality products, and continuously improving its offerings each year.
Viewers also liked (16)
Similar to Tim O'Brien
The themes and characters 1
The document discusses Tim O'Brien and his short stories about the Vietnam War such as "The Things They Carried" and "How to Tell a True War Story." It notes that O'Brien based the characters in his stories on real soldiers he encountered during the war. The document also provides brief summaries and praise of O'Brien's works from other publications and critics, asserting that O'Brien captures the truths of war through his storytelling.
The Things They CarriedTim OBrien is an Americannovelist well k.docx
The Things They Carried
Tim O'Brien is an Americannovelist well known for writing about the Vietnam War and the impact it had on the American soldiers who fought there. He won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction in 1979 for the Vietnam novel Going After Cacciato. However, his best known work of fiction is the critically acclaimed The Things They Carried, a collection of semi-autobiographical, inter-related short-stories inspired by O'Brien's wartime experiences in Vietnam.
O'Brien has held the endowed chair at the MFA program of Texas State University-San Marcos several times, from 2003 to 2004, then from 2005 to 2006, and a third time from 2008 to 2009. Upon completing his tour of duty, O'Brien went on to graduate school at Harvard University and received aninternship at the Washington Post. His writing career was launched in 1973 with the release of If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home, about his war experiences. In this memoir, O'Brien writes: "Can the foot soldier teach anything important about war, merely for having been there? I think not. He can tell war stories."
One attribute in O'Brien's work is the blur between fiction and reality; labeled "Verisimilitude," 真实性, 逼真性his work contains actual details of the situations he experienced. Although this is a common literary technique, his conscious, explicit, and metafictional approach to the distinction between fact and fiction is a unique component of his writing style. In the chapter "Good Form" in The Things They Carried, O'Brien casts a distinction between "story-truth" (the truth of fiction) and "happening-truth" (the truth of fact or occurrence), writing that "story-truth is sometimes truer than happening-truth." Story truth is emotional truth; thus the feeling created by a fictional story is sometimes truer than what results from reading the facts. Certain sets of stories in The Things They Carried seem to contradict each other, and certain stories are designed to "undo" the suspension of disbelief created in previous stories; for example, "Speaking of Courage" is followed by "Notes", which explains in what ways "Speaking of Courage" is fictional.
O'Brien won the 1979 National Book Award for Going After Cacciato.[1] His novel In the Lake of the Woods won the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Best Historical Fiction in 1995. His most recent novel is July, July.In August 2012, O'Brien received the Dayton Literary Peace Prize lifetime achievement award. O'Brien's papers are housed at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin.O’Brien writes and lives in central Texas, where he raises his young sons and teaches full-time every other year at Texas State University–San Marcos. In alternate years, he teaches several workshops to MFA students in the creative writing program.
内容One of the first questions people ask about The Things They Carried is this: Is it a novel, or a collection of short stories? The title page refers to the book simply as "a wo ...
Dulce Et Decorum Est
The document provides guidance for analyzing the war poem "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen. It includes background on Owen and characteristics of war poetry. It asks to explain each stanza, identify predominant images through quotes, and discuss the title's meaning. The response should analyze emotion, similes, metaphor, and opinion on the poem conveying war's harsh realities and criticizing its glorification.
War Poetry
War poetry originated during wartime as a way for soldiers and civilians to express extreme emotions during conflict. This type of poetry addresses large questions of life like identity, innocence, and death. War poetry is considered "anti-war" but also discusses personal experiences during moments of national crisis, giving it extra-literary importance. Some war poets, like Rupert Brooke and John McCrae, wrote famous poems that became important to their national identities.
Presentation1
The Things They Carried focuses on a platoon of American soldiers in the Vietnam War. It depicts the physical and emotional burdens soldiers carry with them into battle and how the horrors of war leave lasting psychological scars. Through interconnected short stories, it explores themes of the conflict between morality and survival in war, the detachment soldiers feel from civilian life, and how storytelling helps veterans process their trauma.
Tim O’Brien
Tim O'Brien is an American author known for writing fiction that incorporates his experiences serving in the Vietnam War. O'Brien believes fiction can convey emotional truth better than facts alone. He has said the war inspired him to write and that themes of courage and the struggle of emotions towards war feature in his work. O'Brien served in Vietnam from 1969-1970 and has incorporated his experiences into novels like "The Things They Carried" and "In the Lake of the Woods."
Dispatches
The document provides an overview and analysis of the book "Dispatches" by Michael Herr. It summarizes the book's depiction of the author's experiences as a journalist covering the Vietnam War, including vivid descriptions of battles and profiles of fellow correspondents. It also discusses how the book influenced later films like Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket through its use of real-life stories and gritty language to capture the intensity of the war.
Presentation war poetry
War poetry emerged during World War 1 and was written by poets like Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. These poets sought to depict the horrors of war and show its destructive nature. They portrayed the experiences of soldiers and themes of death, injury, and how war affected troops. Famous poems from this era include Owen's "Dulce Et Decorum Est" and Sassoon's "The Redeemer." Sassoon's poems satirized those responsible for prolonging the war and described the horrors faced by soldiers in the trenches. Poetry provides a valuable first-hand account of the soldier's experience of war, though primary sources are generally considered the most reliable for historians studying a specific war period.
A. Glass, Tim O'Brien Slide Show
Tim O'Brien is an accomplished novelist and educator who draws on his experiences serving in the Vietnam War. He graduated from Macalester College summa cum laude and earned a degree from Harvard before teaching at Texas State University for over 50 years. O'Brien enlisted in the Army during the Vietnam War and was later awarded the Purple Heart for injuries sustained in combat. His novels including If I Die in a Combat Zone, The Things They Carried, and In the Lake of the Woods explore the realities and aftermath of the Vietnam War through multiple narrative styles. O'Brien continues to share his stories to help veterans and civilians understand the experiences of those who served in Vietnam.
War Poetry
War poetry originated during wartime as soldiers and civilians wrote poems to express the extreme emotions of experiencing conflict. This genre asks large questions about identity, humanity, and morality. Poets from the First World War like Owen, Rosenberg, and Sassoon wrote some of the most enduring works that have become "sacred national texts." While war poetry is not inherently anti-war, it examines the human experience of war through its impacts on life, death, duty, and national identity. It provides insight into the societies that produced such representations of soldiers and conflict.
Things They Carried Essay
The Things They Carried Essay
Things They Carried: Summary
The Things They Carried Essay example
Essay on The Things They Carried
Similar to Tim O'Brien (11)
The Things They CarriedTim OBrien is an Americannovelist well k.docx
The Things They CarriedTim OBrien is an Americannovelist well k.docx
Tim O'Brien
- 1. Tim O’Brien The Reflection of His Experience in the Vietnam War and How it Affects His Writing