(O’Brien 117). Consequently, they also carried emotions like fear, love, and dreams. These emotions determined what each soldier carried with-in his soul. To begin, the use of flashback in the story told us what each soldier carried. Ted Lavender carried tranquillizers and dope that helped him relax.
This means he had both positional authority and ranking authority, which I say because one does not dictate the other. Now that we know what Lt. Cross position was, we need to determine what his obligations were. Well the narrator tells us fairly early in the story, “As first lieutenant and platoon leader, Jimmy Cross carried a compass, maps, code books, binoculars and a .45-caliber pistol that weighed 2.9 pounds fully loaded. He carried a strobe light and the responsibility for the lives of his men.” This alone does not condemn Lt. Cross because it has not yet been intimated the circumstances of Ted Lavenders death. However we soon find out how Mr.
Platoon Leader: A Memoir of Command in Combat by James R. McDonough Corey James: There are other books out there that pertain to our current operational environment, but not many that cover leadership like Platoon Leader. A relatively short book, it covers many timeless leadership principles from the perspective of a platoon leader in Vietnam. From this book I learned the basics of what it means to “take care of Sol52 ARMY I February
Jimmy even had a special routine for reading the letters and kept them folded in plastic. I think this was to show not only the importance of Martha to him but also how important such a small thing as a letter could be to soldier at war. Jimmy read the letters from the girl everyday and let the thought of her consume him. The story talks about each soldier and the certain items they carried such as their rations and weapons but also how each soldier carried personal items that comforted them in some way or another, for Jimmy his comfort items were Martha’s letters and thoughts of her. Jimmy loved Martha and would fantasize about her constantly.
It also can encourage the mentee to open up and speak more. Good listening skills can promote trust and respect. Active listening has several benefits. It forces people to listen attentively to others, and it helps avoid misunderstandings. Restating what the speaker has said makes certain that there is a common understanding between the listener and the speaker.
The most important way to stop this erosion is to ensure that the next generation understands what the American Flag represents. I believe that the American Flag is more than just a three foot by five foot red white and blue piece of material. We need to remind our children as well as ourselves that the American Flag is more than this. It represents not only the freedoms and liberties that we sometimes take for granted, but also all of the true American Heroes that have served underneath it. The flag represents the soldiers that have fought at home and abroad to ensure that we retain the very freedoms that allow us to protest the wars that they are fighting.
The Things They Carried, a novel written by Tim O’Brian is a series of twenty-two short stories dealing with the Vietnamese war. The protagonist, Tim O’Brian, who shares the name of the book’s author, is faced with many challenges and tragedies while going through life before, during, and after the war. In The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brian uses both reality and fiction when narrating his stories, thus leaving the reader to determine what is fact and story among the many excerpts of the book. Storytelling is key in the fictional aspects of the novel; as for it deals with character O’Brian’s self-healing process from his memories of the brutal war by writing war stories. As O’Brian explains, story telling is effective because "by telling
Any problem or situation that he or our squad faced he would have an answer for. So in this essay I will discuss the characteristics that I believe make a quality Non-Commissioned Officer based on my experiences in my military career so far. I will also discuss the type of judgment he should display both at work and at home. There are several characteristics that make a major difference between an average NCO and a quality NCO. There are few words that really stand out in my mind that make a quality NCO: decisiveness, dependability, military bearing, initiative, knowledge, and discipline.
Additionally, Ho developed his identity through his culture, values and shared suffering with the Vietnamese population. In order to comprehensively analyze this individual, his upbringing, his personal beliefs and his experiences during the August Revolution will be discussed in order to outline the actions Ho Chi Minh took to express his identity. His time in power and his legacy afterwards will be focused on in order to convey that Ho Chi Minh was ultimately treasured and admired by the people he led. Culture and cultural beliefs contributed to Ho Chi Minh’s distinct identity. Ho shared the Vietnamese language and way of life with his family, village and nation and his cultural beliefs were shaped by the exploitive rule of the French colonists.
Just the fact that he joins the British army tells a lot about his identity. As an example, it tells us that he doesn’t want to be passive. He wants to be where things are happening and make a difference. CHARACTERISATION 2. Which characters change throughout the course of the storyline?