Who Is Sacrifice In 'Major Callicles By Tim O' Brien

The narrator’s background of education conflicts with the current situation of war that he is in. The narrator has “graduated in law from St. Petersburg University”, giving him higher ground among soldiers with not only the education he possess but also the moral capacity he has. His fellow soldiers are on the other side of the spectrum in relation to the narrator. They have endured the tragedy of war, giving them vulgar personalities that allows them to express ideas and thoughts with no filter: “go and mess up a lady . . . and you 'll have the boys patting you on the back”. These contrasting personalities and cultures has set up the narrator to get test his singular moral standings to fit in with the other soldiers. Otherwise, the narrator would have to endure embaressing behavior such as: “went over to my little trunk and tossed it out at the gate . . . [and] emitted a series of shameful noises”.

Life can bring unexpected events that individuals might not be prepared to confront. This was the case of O’Brien in the story, “On the Rainy River” from the book The Things They Carried. As an author and character O’Brien describes his experiences about the Vietnam War. In the story, he faces the conflict of whether he should or should not go to war after being drafted. He could not imagine how tough fighting must be, without knowing how to fight, and the reason for such a war. In addition, O’Brien is terrified of the idea of leaving his family, friends and everything he loves behind. He decides to run away from his responsibility with the society. However, a feeling of shame and embarrassment makes him go to war. O’Brien considers

With this part of the story, O’Brien is able to inject the theme of shame motivating the characters in the book. This chapter is about how the author, who is also the narrator, is drafted for the war. He runs away to the border between Canada and the United States, he stays in a motel with an old man for about a week and finds that he should go to war for his country. In the beginning it was about shame, he didn’t want to look like a coward because in truth he was scared. He was afraid to face the pressures of war, the humiliation and the fact of losing “everything”. This man was an average person who lived an average life with no problems, until he got the notice about the war, which caused the shame and fear of being seen as a bad person to come out.

The results of one’s involvement in society’s conflicts can be devastating. The short story “Gregory” by Panos Ioannides creates a setting where the characters are involved in the 1925 revolutionary conflict between Britain and Cyprus. Consequently, the plot focuses around an executioner who has the order to kill a British captive named Gregory, who became his friend. To make matters worse, fellow soldiers inform the executioner that he must to kill Gregory or else the Headquarters will execute him for failure to obey orders. Therefore, he struggles with the decision to either please his society or stay true to his friendship with Gregory. The author emphasizes this difficulty with use of mood, stream of consciousness, foreshadowing and visual imagery. Thus, Panos Ioannides short story “Gregory” develops the idea that society’s expectations and relationships can influence one’s moral decisions and create consequences.

Being brave requires massive strength of mind, body, and spirit. It is being prepared to face adversity. It allows people to face their greatest enemies without fear. Out of all of the characteristics that Odysseus portrays, bravery stands out above all. There are many cases in which this shows up in The Odyssey by Homer. Specific examples that represent Odysseus's bravery are the battle of Cicones, the events at the cyclops cave, and the events with the lotus eaters.

The sun is just setting over the men of the Third Army. They are overtaking one of the most prized Nazi strongholds, Metz. These men who will wage war within the hour are heroes in their own right but the hero they all look up to is their general, George S. Patton. He truly is the hero of this theatre of war. These, and all heroes, look at danger as little more than an obstacle to overpass. General George S Patton and Odysseus from The Odyssey, by Homer, are both heroes. They reached fame at very different times but they both exhibited the same qualities and abilities that allowed them to overcome any and every challenge thrown at them. Patton fought Nazis in North Africa and Western Europe, Odysseus battled Cyclops and other beasts

20) O’Brien tells how these young men were drafted which were constantly in fear, they wished to be there obliviously but war takes up all of one’s attention; it played a big role in their life, changing their tactics, personality and becoming a new person. O’Brien uses this to show the stressful moments in war where one has pressure to be alive and in this case to fit in with everyone else and feel part of something, in a lonely place such as the war.

He calls himself a coward for going to war which sounds very weird. The quote means it is very hard to be brave during a war like Vietnam. Since the author turned in to a coward right when he was on the edge of the border, this quote relates well to this story.

8. What does the simile at the end of the first paragraph suggest about the lieutenant?

"Speaking of Courage" in Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, is more than a story about a soldier's personal experience of the Vietnam War. It is more than a story about his fight for his country, God, and fellow soldiers, and not to mention his return home. "Speaking of Courage" is not only an allegorical story about the disconnection between Vietnam and the rest of the world, but also an allegory about the disconnection between the soldiers and the life they once led.

After being released from the hospital, O’Brien reminisces about his relationships with the other soldiers in the war. He realizes how much he misses being in real danger when he was in Vietnam. O’Briens experience in the war caused him and the other soldiers to see the world more clearly and appreciate the people surrounding you more than in a normal situation. O’Brien states, “You make close friends. You become part of a tribe and you share the same blood-you give it together, you take it together” (O’Brien 183). O’Brien does not feel that the word friendship can accurately describe the relationship between the men. He feels more compassionate about his fellow soldiers then a friend would, therefore he considers the other soldiers as brothers. The soldiers’ brotherly love is expressed through their selflessness in shedding blood but also protecting each other by taking the enemies blood as well. The quotations proves the novel is a love story because O’Brien shares his love with the other soldiers by treating them like brothers and as part of a tribe. Hence, the novel represents a love story of a brotherhood because of the soldiers’ sacrifices and understanding of one another while in

In difficult times, a person's actions that are misconstrued as logical and cautious can lead to dangerous and unfortunate events for many when their actions are really signs of cowardice and convenience. In, Homer’s The Odyssey, Eurylochus, Odysseus’ second-in-command, is often at odds with Odysseus because he always chooses the more cowardly actions to get the crew home safely instead of the more loyal and brave choice. After witnessing Circe’s ability to turn men into swine and telling Odysseus about it, Eurylochus tries to persuade Odysseus to leave. Eurylochus says: “‘Don’t force me back there, captain, king...

O’Brien had two choices: either go to war or escape to Canada. If O’Brien chooses to go to Vietnam, he is considered a coward for not standing up for what he believes in, and he is considered a hero in his community. But if O’Brien chooses to go to Canada, he is a coward for draft dodging, but he stands up for what he believes in. One afternoon, O’Brien storms out of his workplace and decides to go to Tip Top Lodge. While O’Brien is at the lodge, Elroy helps him by giving him money and giving his a discount because Elroy knows what O’Brien is going through. On the last day, Elroy takes O’Brien out “fishing”. Elroy rows up to the border of Canada 20 yards away. There, O’Brien has a hallucination he is trying to make a decision. O’Brien decided to go to war, even though he thought “ if one nation goes to war it must have reasonable confidence in the justice and imperative of its cause”

How maybe he was a scholar and maybe his parents were farmers.  Then O'Brien goes on to talk of maybe why this young man was in the army, and maybe why he was fighting;  these are something’s that are taught in the schools.  O'Brien states that the man may have joined because he was struggling for independence, juts like all the people that were fighting with him.  Maybe this man had been taught from the beginning that to defend the land was a mans highest duty and privilege.  Then on the other hand maybe he was not a good fighter, and maybe in poor health but had been told to fight and could not ask any questions.  These reasons are all reasons that are taught in textbooks; they go along with the idea of the draft.  Some people go fight because they want to and others go because they are told they have to. How do you tell these people apart in the heat of battle or when they are dead?  The way that O'Brien starts to describe the young man as someone who was small and frail, and maybe had plans for a bright future puts sorrow in the readers heart, in that all his plans can not happen for him or maybe the family that is longing for his return.  It also shows the regret that maybe going on in the killers’ mind.  For O'Brien to be writing on how this young mans life has come to a sudden end and his plans for the future is over is intriguing.  Then to add to that he had the story written through the eyes of the soldier that ended this young mans life.  The

In Othello, there are many love interests that happen between the characters and many sacrifices are made. This is what the poem revolves around Othello sacrifices his relationship with Desdemona by choosing to believe everything that Iago tells him. In the play, Othello and Desdemona fall in love and decide to secretly get married. This causes Iago to be overcome with envy.