Tell Me Something By Michelle Cacho-Negrete

I was in high school the first time I had to write a narrative. I was a freshman. This was Ms. Bradley’s first time teaching at Union Christian Academy. On her first day, she gave us our syllabus and said, “I do not accept late work, especially on writing assignments.” We, literally, sat there stunned. My freshman class had it very easy during eighth grade year. We were not expecting this. As I looked through the syllabus, I saw that our first assignment was due in a week and it was a narrative. At this time, I did not even know what a narrative was. Ms. Bradley explained that a narrative was an account or story of events. It could be either true or false. Our narrative had to be true. It had to be a true account of something that happened to us over the summer. She wanted to gauge how are writing skills were. Our narrative had to be at least two to two and a half pages long. I chose to write my first ever narrative on my trip to Fort Worth, Texas. Once again, I was plagued with writer’s block. I had the story in my head, but everything I

The short story that will be discussed, evaluated, and analyzed in this paper is a very emotionally and morally challenging short story to read. Michael Meyer, author of the college text The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature, states that the author of How to Tell a True War Story, Tim O’Brien, “was drafted into the Vietnam War and received a Purple Heart” (472). His experiences from the Vietnam War have stayed with him, and he writes about them in this short story. The purpose of this literary analysis is to critically analyze this short story by explaining O’Brien’s writing techniques, by discussing his intended message and how it is displayed, by providing my own reaction,

In the text, “How to Tell a True War Story” Tim O’Brien expresses his thoughts about the true war story and how the war story is changed according to the person who tells it. Jon Krakauer illustrates Chris McCandless’s journey into the Alaskan wilderness and reasons for McCandless’s gruesome death in an isolated place, in his book “Into the Wild.” O’Brien relates introspection and a soldier’s war story by saying that the war story portrays the feelings of a soldier. A soldier’s war story is not the exact war story; it is the illustration of that particular soldier’s perception. Narrating a war story is not like inundating others with facts and numbers however, it is about the introspection of a soldier, because that soldier determines

The author effectively makes war more realistic and understandable for those of us who have never fought. One of the best techniques he uses is creating personable characters, who are interesting and relatable. These stories show the actual effects of the war on the soldiers and that they’re real people. The book does not contain all fighting, shows actuality, and is heroless, as compared to other war stories. The author creates attachment to the characters and an emotional and hilarious ride for the reader. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this

“War is hell, but that 's not the half of it, because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love. War is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling; war is drudgery. War is what makes you a man; war makes you dead.”In the autobiography “The things they Carried”author Tim O’Brien, gives his readers insight to the trials,horrors and romances of the Vietnam war.As a young man Mr.O’Brien was forced into the war by the Draft lottery a Selective Service System of the United States conducted to determine the order of call to military service in the Vietnam War for men born from 1944 to 1950. Entering into the Vietnam War Mr.O’Brien, knew he was neither prepared nor made for the harsh realities of armed combat.However after taking a life awakening journey to the Tip Top Inn Mr.O’Brien knew what he had to do, so he went to war.In the story “The things they Carried” Mr.O’Brien not only tells his account of the war but gives account to his fellow soilders version of the war like the young medic Marc Fossie who flew his high school sweetheart May Ann Bell to the base, transforming the book into a love story. Or when fellow soldier Curt Lemon dies and the story turns into somewhat of a shakespearean tragedy.Even when the War is over writer Tim O’brien explains to his audience about how savilians respond to his “war story” and how he told a true war stories are not about living in the moment but surviving for

The Story has great ways of describing events of losing loved ones. The author words his story vividly and clear enough that people can accurately picture what he is saying while keeping the thoughts war, family love, and hope in the story.

My narrative essay was an assignment that I struggled picking a topic for and eventually settled on the story of my first concert. It’s a story I have told many times, so I felt passionate about it; however it was a struggle for me to write my essay through showing and not telling. It was difficult for me because it is something I don’t do naturally when speaking or writing. Writing a narrative essay was something I had not been formally taught before this year, so it was more of a challenge than my other essays. I did well focusing on my central

The author attempted, perhaps successfully, to convey the guilt that survivals of such tragic events like a war face. He is the prime example himself. The author seems to jump from one topic to another without a conclusion to the previous topic. He then goes back to the previous topic. This makes it a bit challenging to keep track of the story.

The theme of this story is to show that war impacts everyone a certain way. I think the author wrote this to explain how it feels to be forced into war. This story can teach people that your comrades are always there for you and that they are all essential. I don’t think the theme was very obvious until the very end of the

It was such an incredible story of brother’s love and it gave me more insight of what has happened to people’s life during World War II. It also gave me the knowledge of our country his story. This book wasn’t boring to read when I started read the first chapter. Because it is about the love of family and the history of our country and our heroes. I found this book very informative and helpful tips of learning how the soldiers have struggled and suffered for their

I think that this story is about dealing with the loss of a friend in times of war and how the veterans will forever be bonded together, not just because of war but also because of a good friend of theirs. People who have suffered loss of friend, especially veterans

Earlier I said that this story can't be told just with words but to truly understand you would need pictures. In this panel you can see what the causes of war are. In this panel you can see how they look like while carrying their family member that's dead. The theme is illustrated here because they have to go through death and that is life changing, especially knowing that there will be more lives taken in the war. If you were to read this just with words and no pictures you wouldn't be able to understand the pain and fear in them. You can see the fear and pain drawn in their faces.

Narrative Essay: Part of learning who you are as a person comes from facing challenges and learning to work through them. Some of the issues come from outside forces, and others come from within one’s own mind. The actions you take to overcome these experiences reveal who you are as an individual.

The first thing before any story can begin is to have a story, but even before that, one must understand that they have to make it their own. Now, this can be difficult for anyone. The story could be real-life and basically impossible to make original, or the author themselves will accidently (or purposely) copy from other authors. The second is a major problem, because no one will want to read a story that they have already read by another author. You have to be entirely original, by try to be as much as you can.

The story is mainly based on war and how it can alter or even destroys one's mankind. The book is based on four main characters and what they face during the war, an artist who sees his companions killed when he watches out of his window grabs his cello and plays at the site where they were killed, for twenty-two days, one day for every companion who was killed two other men the initial, a more established man hunting down nourishment, the second, a more youthful man putting his own life in threat to discover drinking water for his family. The last is a very talented sniper. The character's mindset and how they feel changes significantly from the beginning of the war till the end of the novel.The novel primarily focuses on the statement of “Conflict diminishes one's humanity”. In this case, the conflict is war and the people are greatly affected by it. Imagine how we would feel if the