Chapter O Brien: Chapter Analysis

To someone just picking up this book, this scene would simply look like some poor soldiers developing a temporary and innocent coping mechanism to deal with Death as they face him head on. But

In the book, Teach Like a Champion 2.0 the author states how important building ratio through questioning is. The author breaks down chapter seven into five techniques; each technique has a specific target. Additionally, technique thirty-two is waits time; allow students time to think before answering the questions. If the students are not able to use that time wisely then the teacher must narrate them toward being more productive. Affording students significant periods of thinking after each question a teach ask increases think ratio. Also, they are several benefits of waiting a couple of seconds between questions and answer enabling more students to participate, supporting better answers and increasing the use of evidence within

In “They Say I Say”, chapter 11 may perhaps be the most important chapter in the entire book. Chapter 11 emphases on how important it is to revise and edit your writing. Some students may say that reading over you essay and getting somebody to edit it is pointless but I think that it’s a vital step. It’s simple. Revision and editing could turn your awful essay into a superior essay. When I read over my work I always consider changing it to improve it, should I add more complex sentences? “What [do I] need to do to make it better” (Graff 139). In addition, I would constantly find grammar and punctuation errors that weakened my essay. After I guaranteed that there were no more grammar mistakes my student editor would find one.

In the beginning of The Fill-In Boyfriend Gia Montgomery and her then-boyfriend Bradley are in the parking lot of her senior year prom. Bradley breaks up with her there leaving her in the parking lot alone moments before she goes into prom. She finds a boy in the parking lot who was dropping off his sister at prom and asks him to pretend to be Bradley so she can prove to her friends that Bradley does exist. Gia wants to prove to her friends, Jules, Claire, and Laney. Jules is Gia’s frenemy that is always trying to get Gia to show her bad side and cause things between her and the other girls. During the prom “Fill-in Bradley” spots his sister and has to pretend that he cheated on Gia with her. After prom she goes home to her parents who know

Chapter 21 of Everyone's An Author with Readings (Andrea Lunsford et al.) focuses on the synthetization of ideas from the author and the referenced work. The sources should be properly cited and tie into your argument or idea. In research based areas it's important to have sources that are able to support your stance. The sources can be from the same viewpoint or from another view. The origin of the sources should be credible in their area of expertise or from a credible source. By balancing both the stated argument can be improved. The chapter then gives an example of a Synthesis. War, Cartoons, and Society: Changes in Political Cartoons between World War II and the Iraq War by Julia Landauer is an essay from her second year writing course at Stanford University. It first starts by referencing a relative cartoon then tying it into the effects and uses of such cartoons. However, the chapter cuts it off as the essay starts to bring out the main questions it's analyzing.

Friends are a blessing, especially when friends are found within the madness of war. In the novel, the narrator and author, Tim O’Brien, discusses fictionalized war stories from his experiences in Vietnam. All of the stories are very different. Some deal with death, some deal with love, and some don’t actually deal with the war at all, but they are all connected. They all exemplify, in one way or another, a “true” war story. In one of O’Brien’s stories, he discusses the bond between two men on their journey from enemies, to friends, to loss. The story is appropriately titled, “Friends”. The truth that O’Brien discusses in “Friends” deals with the randomness and chaos of war. War is unexpected, yet the unexpectation of war can lead to serenity

In this passage Tim O’Brien uses personification so beautifully and simply to become the Earth itself. He describes himself to be a part of the night and the land itself. The night could symbolize being at peace as well as a tinge of loneliness. The land could symbolize being at war with himself internally. Later in the passage he tells the reader that he is Nam itself, the horror and the war. He wants the reader to become engulfed in his war story and to understand his pain.

Tim O’Brien, while having actually fought in Vietnam, did not write down entirely factual accounts of his experiences there. Due to this, the novel cannot be considered non-fiction and is instead distributed as a fiction title. This is not to say that the stories contained are not, to some degree, similar to what may have actually occurred to the author or other veterans. Many of the stories in the novel are inspired by actual experiences, but it is fiction.

soldiers and what they experienced. He tells us that these stories he has written may be true or may not be. In the chapters “How to Tell a True War Story and “The Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” he presents them as true because all of these details and the things he tells us.To make up this stuff is unreal and he tells us in the two stories that if the soldiers who went to Vietnam make it and come back alive they are never the same again.

“ ‘I won’t run into anything I can’t deal with on my own.’ ” (Krakauer 6)

As a liberal arts student, I find that my version of reality is often challenged. This sounds like a frightening statement, and it is; however, this is the fate of an avid learner. Every sensation and perception one experiences changes our perspective; in other words, alters our reality. This distortion of reality is taken to the extreme in times of war, as O’Brien is faced with atrocities associated with war, death in particular. As O’Brien often changes perspectives between chapters, is it apparent that his description of death changes as he is progressively exposed to new and strange side of human nature that has been previously unknown to him.

The text given is the extract of chapter one of the book “Into Thin Air” by Jon Krakauer. The extract is aimed to introduce the setting, making the atmosphere as well as to introduce the character. The book was inspired from the author real experience because the author was indeed is the main character in this book. The author wish to share his deathly experience to the world therefore the intended audience are all the people in the world.

In chapter 10, Germany was receiving food from other countries. This is because the disagreements between some countries divided Germany. Joseph Stalin liked the idea of “collectivization.” As a result, many people died due to the lack of food. Mao Zedong did the same thing, and even more people died. Both of them wanted to promote communism, but they ended up killing millions of people. I thought this chapter had a lot of interesting facts like when it talked about Americans feeding the children in Berlin by flying and dropping candy into the area. I had no questions about the chapter.

The introduction to this chapter was an enjoyable read. When reading the introduction, the reader can visualize everything that is happening in their head. The introduction passage is a story of a teacher, Mrs. Firpo, and how she goes about teaching a phonics lesson. There are even examples that the reader can follow along with throughout the introduction as if they were in the actual class watching Mrs. Firpo teach the lesson.

Good Enough to Eat tells a lot about Mel's life changing because of food. She used to be the size of two of her current self. "At about 275 pounds herself, she was my partner in crime, quick with a midday candy bar or cookie, the first to suggest an order of onion rings to accompany after-work martinis"(Ballis 17). These two were once really close friends; both were large women. Losing weight is a journey in itself. Adding in her ex husband, he actually liked the fat girl she used to be. We know this because he cheats on Mel with Charlene, her former friend who is also coincidentally