Jimmy Valentine Research Paper

He begins by explaining that Jimmy Cross has an obsession, and her name is Martha. “First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried letters from a girl named Martha, a junior at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey. They were not love letters, but Lieutenant Cross was hoping, so he kept them folded in plastic at the bottom of his rucksack” (pg. 1, line 1). Although Jimmy Cross wished they were love letters he would still continue to go crazy about them. ”He would sometimes taste the envelope flaps, knowing her tongue had been there.” (pg.1, line 9) Jimmy Cross could not wait to see Martha as he continued to constantly have her on his mind. While constantly thinking about Martha, Lavender continues to be briefly mentioned then after, Jimmy Cross starts blaming himself for the death of Lavender, but the platoon knows they must move on, as the emotional effect of this story begins to lean towards the physical state of mind on the war, such as the weapons and explosives. This starts to calm down the narrator and his emotional level, however the constant reminder of not seeing Lavender, triggers his emotions and finally continues to bring up more detail about what happened after the death. This brings out the more emotional side of the story and the narrator explains what Lieutenant Cross thinks about the death of Lavender since he could not stop thinking

Jimmy Cross carries a picture of his love, Martha, with him every step he takes has he fights in the Vietnam War. He has a picture of her playing volleyball and a picture of her leaning against a wall. As he daydreams about Martha, Jimmy Cross feels hope and motivation to fight through the war and make it home to see his love. Martha does not love him back but Jimmy still fantasies about all the things he wants to experience with Martha. Because of Jimmy’s love for Martha and how he can look at the photos all night and day, these pictures symbolize hope and motivation but also distraction. The photos are a distraction to Jimmy. While he is thinking about the photos and dreaming of Martha, his men have died due to his distraction. The morning after Ted Lavender died he burned the pictures and the letters, but he knew he “couldn’t burn the blame” (494). After he burned the letters he remembers that, “...his

I find myself one of George Washington’s soldiers fighting for the rebels at Valley Forge. Valley Forge is a hard place to live and especially fight, but something’s make more of an impact than other things here. One is that our hearts are constantly filled with smoke and our eyes are constantly affected by this. Another is a sickness, we have thousands of men sick here and many have already died. And one of the main things is that we are running very low on meat and quality food and we are eating low protein food. But despite those things I still have a hard decision to make soon I will have to decide to reenlist or not and go home to my family. I believe that I will reenlist for three reasons which are I need to provide for my family and

To become a president you must be 35 years old. You must be a resident of the United States for 14 years. Must be a natural-born citizen of the United States (can be born abroad of parents who are American citizens).When you become president you serve as commander in chief of the armed forces, commission officers of the armed forces, receive ambassadors, and appoint officials to lesser offices. The president is responsible for the execution and enforcement of the laws created by Congress.

In the passage Justin Carter was arrested for making a terrorist threat on league of

Timothy Vanable is a freshman in high school student currently attending Nottingham High School. He was born and raised in Syracuse, NY, and is surprisingly still residing there. Timothy was born on April 4, 2002 at St. Joseph’s hospital. Currently, he is very involved in music both as a jazz guitarist and as a singer. He hopes that you enjoyed his autobiography and that you now know a little bit more about him.

Jimmy's transformation begins when he decides to burn the pictures and letters of his girlfriend, Martha. To be a leader in war was meaningless to Jimmy Cross compared to the love he had for Martha. Cross' subsequent burning of Martha's letters suggests that he's determined to put such romantic ideas behind him. He repeatedly convinces himself that there will be no more fantasies about Martha. The burning of Martha’s things is symbolically used by O’Brien to signify a turning point in Cross’ development. Cross realizes that Martha's feelings for him were not those of love, for she is an English major, a girl who lives in the world of words. Cross was rationalizing his un-requiting love for Martha to create a “home world” inside his mind so that he could mentally escape from the war when he needed to.

When I move into my dorm for my first year of college, there is no question of which quote I would put onto my wall. Jimmy Dean, one of my favorite old school country singers, once said "I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." This quote has really stuck with me. It reminds me that life will not always go my way and it is imperative that I learn to do deal with whatever the world may throw at me.

Fred Hampton was born on August 30th of 1948 in Summit, New Jersey. As you are wondering, who exactly is Fred Hampton and why did you choose him? Fred Hampton was an American activist and revolutionary, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, and deputy chairman of the national BPP. The reason I decided to do my research about Fred Hampton was for the reason of how much he cared about his future. He did an excellent job in high school, and then excelled from there to college.

In Valley Forge there is a big war for the capitol. I usually have no shoes but this time I am staying. It is cold and no meat. No Meat! No Meat! (Waldo,151). With the congress supporting and the army needing healthy men would you have quit? I would have stayed.

Jimmy Cross was ashamed of himself for thinking about a girl that did not love him over thinking of his brothers that he was fighting with. He felt so much shame that he ended up burning the pictures and letters that Martha had sent him. The difference with Cross is that he got over it. In the book it says, “It wouldn’t help Lavender, he knew that, but from this point on he would comfort himself as an officer. He would dispose of his good-luck pebble. Swallow it, maybe, or use Lee Strunk’s slingshot, or just drop it along the trail. On the march he would impose strict field discipline” (24). This is the only case that someone gets over how they are feeling; he uses it to better himself.

Jimmy Valentine was trying to live a moral life because he showed honesty. On page 5, paragraph 14 it says, “Get away from the door… He set his suitcase on the table.” This shows that Jimmy was just trying to help Agatha get out of the safe and he wasn’t trying to steal any money like he used to do. Secondly, when Jimmy was writing a letter to his friend, he mentioned that Annabel, his fiance, believed in him. This shows that Jimmy was honest about wanting to marry Annabel because he truly loved her, not just because her father owned the local bank. Lastly, after Jimmy moved, he promised to himself that he’d give away his tools to a friend, showing that he no longer wanted to be

In the novel The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien, the character Jimmy Cross carries the heart of his love, Martha, with him as he does his service in Vietnam. Jimmy Cross is the lieutenant of a platoon in Vietnam, where he has trouble focusing on the war. Instead, he thinks of Martha, a woman he met and fell in love with before he was drafted. Unable to think of anything else, he finds himself thinking of her knee which he had touched in a dark theater, or who took the pictures of her that she sent to him. Although he is supposed to be in charge of his platoon and making sure to protect his men, his mind keeps wandering back to Martha. After the death of one of his soldiers, Ted Lavender, he tries to change this. Jimmy Cross's feelings

But the moment she escapes and is driving across the arroyo, she knows her life will be better remaining loyal to her children. On the other hand, Jimmy Cross wasn’t indecisive about letting Martha go. The moment Ted Lavender was killed, he knew he had to do something about it. Jimmy burned the letters he admired so much, and turned to despise Martha, "He hated her. Yes, he did.

The first settler and permeant occupant went by the name John Van Vlack and when he purchased 69 acres of land near the Nottawasaga River and started to turn the land into a better living environment. Unlike some plots, this sand sore was unattractive because of the sandy soil so John Van Vlack took that challenge and ran with it. He became a commercial fisherman, opened up a little convenient store and was the first postman in this settlement of his. That was in 1870 but in the 1820’s a man by the name of Jon Goessman started selling parts of the land for four shillings an acre. The land was unsuitable for farming but it did have a perk because Wasaga beach was full of lushes green trees and was the start of the logging industry that will