Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried letters from Martha. Someone that he knew he could never be with. He loved Martha and knew that she did not love him back. He eventually burned these love letters because he knew they were not going to save him. He realized that what were going to save him were the heavy things that he was carrying; weapons and machinery.
It may mean paper is the people and the paper weight is big brother and how he presses on them. The paperweight is room he was in …. Page 154. Represented beauty he is drawn to the carrel as he is drawn to Julia. Do you consider this state that Winston had with Obrien when he was tortured do you consider it as re-birth or brainwashing?
While in prison Malcolm would try to write letters to Elijah Mohammed but would become frustrated because all he knew was slang and street life.” I commanded attention when I said something. But now trying to write simple English, I not only wasn’t articulate, I wasn’t even functional’. Malcolm’s frustration prompted him seek and learn a Homemade Education while in prison. Malcolm X learned that the library was a breeding ground for knowledge. While serving time in Charleston Prison Malcolm x had a friend that was very knowledgeable and Malcolm envied that.
Lieutenant Jimmy Cross' platoon of soldiers are a group of very young men, most of whom are unprepared for the Vietnam War. They carry heavy rations and supplies, and pictures of their girlfriends, and fear and sadness and confusion. They often pretend that they do not feel as much as they do, because they don't want to look silly to the other soldiers. Jimmy Cross loves a girl named Martha who he knows will never love him back, and he continues to love her long after the war ends. The men do sometimes reveal their emotions, in heartfelt or comical ways.
With a crippled hand, Johnny cannot find sufficient work and he allows himself to feel sorrowful. Almost giving up all his hope, Johnny almost commits a crime. Yet, with his new job with the Boston Observer, the Whig newspaper, and his friendship with Rab, the Lornes, and the leaders of the revolution, Johnny takes a more truthful path. Inspired by their generosity and dignity, Johnny finds himself changing from a selfish boy into a dedicated man. On a conscious level, he models himself after his new best friend, Rab, trying to copy Rab’s quiet, meek confidence and mild temperament.
Kattie Shull Katherine Minott English 102 August 24, 2012 The Things They Carried The Things They Carried was written by O’Brien and was published in 1986. O’Brien was drafted into the Vietnam War which gives him some knowledge on war and what happens during it. In this short story he wrote about Lieutenant Cross and how he was in love with a women named Martha. He was also the leader of his squad and was always on lookout for the enemy since he was responsible for his men’s lives. Cross is responsible for the death of Lavenders life because he was day dreaming of Martha, not keeping his mind on War and he loved Martha more than he loved his men therefore his only way to keep his mind clear he was to burn the letters that Martha
Tim O’Brien writes his short story How to Tell a War Story in 1990, giving him plenty of time to reflect on his past experiences in Vietnam fighting alongside his buddies. The author has compiles some of own personal stories of the field, telling them in first person. He uses other soul dredging stories from his friends creating a deep sense of despair. The author never strays from the purpose of his story. He uses the stories in his short story as an example—almost like a template to show his point of the importance of telling a true war story—to show the true depth of the event.
Malcolm X was an articulate hustler in the streets. He was very popular when he was speaking but very frustrated with himself when it came to writing what he talked about. His biggest problem was his hillbilly language, Malcolm always used slang words, and knew if he would write the same way he spoke then no one would be able to read or understand what he was talking about. Malcolm was a very good speaker, people who heard him speak would be in shock when finding out he only had an eighth grade education, not knowing how much he had taught himself in prison. In the Charlestown Prison a man named Bimbi made Malcolm realize his knowledge.
Dill Character Essay In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” the author Harper lee introduces characters that are faced with racism, stereotypes, snap-judgments, and scarce money, while growing up in the 1930’s. Dill or Charles Baker Harris is a very optimistic young boy who draws friends easily with his imaginative stories. Two of these friendships include two well-known characters in the book, Jem and Scout. Lee creates in dill a character that is very curious and confident, but ironically seem to be struggling with abandonment, which he starts to come face to face with throughout this unforgettable novel. Dill was the only child of his parents.
Grendel’s torture is even more painful because he is so close to the humans and yet always kept away at a distance. The humans even acknowledge that Grendel speaks their language when Grendel talks to Unferth “His eyebrows shot up. He’d understood me, no doubt of it now. ‘You can talk!’ he said. He backed away a step.” (Gardner p.83) but they still refused to accept him.