Abstract
Weight is an important metaphor in "The Things they carried." This paper explains that at the outset of the short story, by Tim O'Brien, the reader is given an account of the burden each soldier is carrying. With this physical burden the themes of his story began to grow. It discusses how with this effective metaphor O' Brien is able to mold the reader's understanding of the mental burdens being carried by the men in his story, for it is the mental burden which far outweighs the physical to men on the battlefield.

From the Paper
"The mental burden defines a soldier's experience, and the mental burden exacts the most exhausting suffering on all soldiers. Soldiers learn early in their careers that physical burdens and physical suffering can be endured no matter the weight carried or the pain felt. As a soldier serves, his tolerance for these types of burdens grows and eventually becomes a sensation rarely reflected upon. The physical burden of equipment can be put down and physical pain endured is weakness leaving. It is the burdens which can not be relinquished that ware a soldier down. It is the mental weight of their experiences that cannot be let easily go. It is the description of these burdens that are most profound in the theme of the story and reveal the psychological experience of war. Soldiers carry much more than their equipment into battle. "

Tags:mental, battle, experience, battlefield, war

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This paper will deal with the ethical and psychosocial issues associated with the modern nursing systems of today. A focus will be held on terminal illness and the general scope of some of the decisions based around it. By addressing the main reasons how a nurse takes in these very important factors, the improvement of health care can be better practiced.

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This paper focuses on the care-giver burden of a patient who cannot afford to be taken care of because of lack of insurance or lack of funds in general. In the paper, care-giver burden is addressed using several articles concerning care-giver burden and three theorists; Martha E. Rogers, Imogene King, and Dorothy E. Johnson. Specifically, the approaches to this problem of the three theorists are discussed and a look at ways to use these approaches, the implications of these approaches, and their benefits are described.

Outline:
Client Concern
Three Approaches to the Concern
Ways that Approaches are Congruent
Ways of Using These Approaches in Practice
Implications for Using these Approaches in Practice
Three Benefits Gained from Using Nursing Models

From the Paper
"King's theory lies in the clients' perception of self. This perception ranges from their body image to their own growth and development before and after surgery or during care-giver visits. As such, the crux of King's theory is that of communication. Her theory subsists of human beings as, "...open systems interacting with the environment" (Williams, Imogene King's Interacting Systems Theory, 2001). Throughout the relationship of nurses and clients communication is the key to better health. This occurs through the patient forming several relationships with different people around them; these include personal systems, interpersonal systems, and social systems. Thus, King's ultimate goal stated in the theory is goal attainment."

Tags:Martha, E., Rogers, Imogene, King, Dorothy, E., Johnson, nursing, clients, communication

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This paper shall discuss the "burden" of identity in terms of the beliefs of three authors: Henry Louis Gates Junior (through Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man and his selection from Loose Canons: Notes on Culture Wars) , Gloria Anzaldua (through her selection from Borderlands/La Frontiera) and Philip Roth (through selections from The Human Stain). All have very different means of how they communicate their own "burden" of identity; some through commentary on race, upbringing, tone but all, ultimately, through a universal human condition to seek out answers about the idea of identity.

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The "Burden" of Identity: Anzaldua, Gates and Roth. Abstract This paper shall discuss the "burden" of identity in terms of the beliefs of three authors: Henry Louis Gates Junior (through Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man and his selection from Loose Canons: Notes on Culture Wars) , Gloria Anzaldua (through her selection from Borderlands/La Frontiera) and Philip Roth (through selections from The Human Stain). All have very different means of how they communicate their own "burden" of identity; some through commentary on race, upbringing, tone but all, ultimately, through a universal human condition to seek out answers about

Tags:race, culture, identity

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This paper provides a summary and critique of William Easterly's assessment of why Western aid to poor nations has failed to promote economic development and lifestyle change for people in recipient countries in his book, 'The White Man's Burden'.

From the Paper
"In William Easterly's 'The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good' the author argues that aid to the nation's poorest countries has been ineffective over the past half century because of a misalignment over incentives. Easterly's economic world scenario is divided into two types the planners and the searchers. Planners are the bumbling bureaucrats that keep aid from functioning properly much like bureaucrats who misgovern keep markets from functioning. Planners implement ..."

Tags:World Bank, International Monetary Fund, IMF, strategy, assistance, Third World, poverty, health

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The paper argues that the United States space program is a financial burden on the economy, and therefore, the current program budget should be reduced tremendously. The paper clarifies that this is not to say the space program does not have scientific and educational value, however, the price of such knowledge is just too high for American taxpayers to foot the bill.

From the Paper
"The United States space program is a financial burden on the economy, therefore, the current program budget should be reduced tremendously. This is not to say the space program does not have scientific and educational value, however, the price of such knowledge is just too high for American..."

Tags:space, exploration, budget

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The paper focuses on the effects illegal drivers have on the economy. The paper discusses the state's loss of tax revenues, the danger these drivers pose to all those around them, the rise in insurance costs for everyone else, the need to increase police presence on the roads and the lack of tax revenue when a car is purchased. The paper then examines illegal aliens' burden on the healthcare system when they use emergency rooms at a local hospital that cannot refuse them treatment. The paper contends that illegal aliens take advantage of the privileges of driving and healthcare every day and cost the legal American citizens money.

From the Paper
"The privilege of driving is probably the greatest influence on the nation's economic well being at all levels. Any Florida resident, who qualifies, may be issued a driver's permit by the state. When a person takes the time to obtain a permit they pay the state for the privilege. Funds are generated at the local level and are returned from the state and federal levels for building the infrastructure necessary to accommodate those who have paid their way. An illegal alien is not permitted to obtain a driver's permit by law. That does not stop those people from driving. Not only has the state been deprived of pay for the driver on the road but also funds have not been sent back to account for the driver."

Tags:taxes, revenues, driving, license, emergency, rooms, treatment

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This paper describes the poem "White Man's Burden" explicitly taking in view the past and the effects.

Tags:rudyard, kipling

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This paper takes the position that while the movie,"White Man's Burden", is not a fine piece of cinema, its one major device, that of reversing the color of the dominant and minority races, is an effective way of forcing people to see the world in a very different light.

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This paper discusses Basil Davidson's book, "The Black Man's Burden: Africa and the Curse of the Nation-States," illustrating the inappropriate path towards nationalism in Africa. The paper presents the author's own account and theory about how, in the midst of an almost politically free African region, its peoples have yet to experience true freedom in the sense that they cannot govern themselves effectively, often falling prey to the promises of nationalism, but failing to live the ideal model of a nation-state.

From the Paper
"Throughout history, the most marginalized race in most countries in the age of capitalism and technological advancement remains to be the African race. Driven to live a life of bondage through slavery in most Western societies and being colonized in their own land, the Africans have not yet defined their true sense of identity as peoples. Instead, what was developed in their psyche is the feeling that they were indeed a race that would inevitably experience prejudice and discrimination in any society in the world."

Tags:capitalism, technology, western