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Amalie's Epic Response to the Introduction and Chapter 1

When reading the first chapter of The Elements of Journalism I was mostly impressed by how the book actually came to fruition, all four editions. This...

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RE: Visions of War Reading Response #1

Your first quote is very similar to a flashback my main character has where he describes going into a home and experiencing seeing dead bodies. These ...

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RE: Visions of War Reading Response #3

My book is called Sparta by Roxana Robinson."War and it's impact will never leave" my novel shares a very similar idea throughout the story. The endin...

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RE: Visions of War Reading Response #3

The main character in my story, Conrad, also struggles with getting better and attempts suicide because he loses hope and changing. He tries to get a ...

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RE: Visions of War Reading Response #3

The "war changes all" theme is similar to my book, my book uses a lot of description to draw out the story and have us get into the perspective of som...

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RE: Visions of War Reading Response #2

There is a moment in Sparta that's very similar where Conrad actually goes to a restaurant and begins to panic because he couldn't see the door and it...

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RE: Visions of War Reading Response #2

The theme of it affecting you mentally and physically is extremely large in my book as well. In Sparta Conrad (the main character) struggles with PTSD...

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RE: Visions of War Reading Response #1

At the end of the book Conrad struggles with failing his tests, failing his economics class, the VA hospital providing little help and increasing suic...

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RE: The Things They Carried

For my story I chose Tim O’ Brien’s When Engaging Targets, Remember. “You watch gratefully as another gunner a few trucks down opens up as well.” (B...

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RE: Visions of War Reading Response #2

In the second third of the novel it starts to pick up, Conrad begins to exhibit more harmful symptoms of trauma and of PTSD. He shows aggression for n...

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RE: Fire and Forget Reponse

In the story When Engaging Targets, Remember the two main literary devices used were Juxtaposition and Paradox. In the beginning when quickly describi...

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RE: Visions of War Reading Response #1

My novel does the has a similar understanding of the grueling training soldiers go through and the absurdity of it from the outside. After returning h...

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RE: Visions of War Reading Response #1

In the first 100 pages of Sparta not much happens, he comes back home from Iraq and struggles with nightmares, family conflict, routine, changing surr...

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RE: War Poetry Response

In The Last Lie by Bruce Weigl the literary terms point of view and character are especially crucial to conveying the message of the poem. When obs...

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RE: Reading Response #4

In what ways does Alexandra help Scout succeed? She tries to teach Scout to be a lady but is that harmful or necessity? Atticus agrees but doesn't say...

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