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Joseph O'Brien's "Boss of the Bosses:The Fall of the Godfather", 2002.
Reviews Joseph O'Brien's account of Paul Castellano's life in the "Boss of the Bosses: The Fall of the Godfather".
1,442 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper discusses O'Brien's historical account of the mafia godfather Paul Castellano. It explores the focus of the book and O'Brien's motives and messages in the book. This paper also reviews the information provided about the Gambino family and O'Brien's methods of obtaining the information.
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"Because of the sensitive nature of some classified information that surfaced during the investigation, O'Brien had to curb his writing style to meet legal approval. He and Kurins had developed a relationship with Castellano while they were brining about his downfall. At one point O'Brien states, "a relationship developed between us. We were friends. It's hard to believe that." O'Brien also let's his readers know that Castellano was not an "irrational, ruthless boss" but rather a businessman. And that's one of the key points that he drives home in the book. Castellano was even against drug trafficking, which O'Brien assumes to be one of the reasons why he was gunned down. In many resects, he did not fit the image of a powerful Mafia don. O'Brien began to feel a grudging sympathy for this proud man, who tried to overcome the pressures he faced from rival mobsters."
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Tim O?Brien?s ?The Things They Carried?, 2004.
This paper reviews Tim O?Brien?s ?The Things They Carried?, a novel that depicts the horrors of fighting in the Vietnam War.
2,600 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 78.95
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This paper explains that Tim O?Brien?s novel, ?The Things They Carried?,
illustrates that the greatest weight soldiers bear comes from nothing they can physically carry, but rather their emotions, grief, terror, and love. The author points out that O'Brien utilizes the composite novel form, which allows him to play with multiple settings, characters, the theme of storytelling, and even allusiveness, in a way that most fully incorporates the whole of humanity into his story. The paper relates that, through his unique narration, stylistic technique, and attention to detail, O?Brien captures the psychological aspects of war.
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"The psychological burden of war goes far beyond that of simply fighting. The struggle of staying alive was always emphasized after encountering a battle for which they found themselves alive. ?For the most part they carried themselves with poise, a kind of dignity. Now and then there were times of panic, when they squealed or wanted to squeal but couldn?t? (19). The fear of losing life was compounded by the idea of being a brave and courageous soldier. The fact of surviving always brought a sense of life to the soldiers. The psychological pressure of fighting and surviving was always followed with a sense of reassembling themselves as soldiers. O?Brien states that for the most part, the soldiers were ?afraid of dying but they were even more afraid to show it? (20). Coping with the pressure of war was discovered by way of telling jokes and creating a ?hard vocabulary to contain the terrible softness? (20). Their encounters with death were instances where ?irony was mixed with tragedy? (20). These statements illustrate how the soldiers did their best to cope with the psychological pressure of the war."
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Tim O?Brien, 2004.
A review of the literary works written by Tim O?Brien.
1,550 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper begins with a brief history of Tim O'Brien's life and background before he fought in the war in Vietnam. The writer then looks at the process that led O'Brien to become a writer from his time in Vietnam to his university years at Harvard. The paper looks at the recurring themes evident not only in ?If I Die in a Combat Zone?, but his other novels as well.
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"Fear and fears is also one of the center points of the novel. Obviously, in wars and in the Vietnam War in particular, the utmost fear is the fear of dying. However, surprisingly or not, the fear of dying seems to be occasionally surpassed by other fears. One of them is the fear of getting lost at night. As O?Brien puts it, this fear refers to the terrible sensation of ?of becoming detached from the others, of spending the night alone in that frightening and haunted countryside? . This description of the fear of getting lost draws an interesting angle on what collectivity is in a war. Practically, you begin to refuse your existence as an individual and begin to exist as a group, because, as the quote underlines, it is the fact of being separated from the others that is most traumatizing in getting lost."
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Tim O?Brien?s "The Things They Carried", 2004.
Analysis of the theme of truth in O'Brien's fictional novel, "The Things They Carried".
1,174 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper examines the theme of truth and the lack of truth in Tim O'Brien's fictional story about the Vietnam war. The paper looks at the message, delivered in O'Brien's story, that we should never trust what the government tells us about the war because no one knows for sure what really happened. To further illustrate the truth theme, the paper contrasts O'Brien's approach to truth depiction with the approach of Oliver Stone in "Platoon". While acknowledging that there are similarities in both authors' approach to truth depiction, the paper points out that there are significant differences too.
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"In most war stories, the main purpose of authors and directors is to represent the truth by building their works on universally known facts. Most of them try to stick with facts to lend more credibility to their fictional work. They would get inspiration from some real events and then mould them creatively to add their own views and ideologies. However in Tim O?Brien?s ?The Things They Carried?, the author has no such objective in mind. Instead he urges his readers to question the so-called truth that authorities give us. We are repeatedly reminded of the fact that this work is pure fiction that nothing is real and not a single event mentioned in the story ever took place in reality. The words ?real? and ?really? have been used frequently in the story to convince the readers of the authenticity of the details of every version and they are then quickly called into question little later."
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Tim O?Brien, 2006.
A review of Tim O'Brien's works on Vietnam.
2,501 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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This paper mainly gives a personal perspective of Tim O'Brien, the author, focusing on his experiences in Vietnam. It discusses the shift in the tone of war writing, its views on combat and the outlook on war. It cites many of O'Brien's works to qualify this point. The paper manages to highlight that war literature is not to view the experiences of war only in historical and personal terms, but also to reflect the entire tension that was going on between the individual and the historical situation.
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"Tim O'Brien was not very happy that American conscience had been able to digest the events of Vietnam very well and the country had got back to a situation of being "normal". On his side, he had gone to the extent of saying that he wished that the country was a little more troubled. When the society in the country is normal, it means that the history has been removed from the public conscience, and also changed human nature where these events will no longer raise public protests. In the stories of war, there are the dreams and lives of individuals, fighting as soldiers, and are not only a set of data. This is important to note. Since the point is only to talk about the event without highlighting the results, is it not more difficult to raise public interest?"
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Bosses, 2005.
A discussion regarding the different methods used by bosses to effectively achieve the necessary business goals.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper considers ways of classifying and creating divisions for different kinds of bosses, using leadership theory and research to show that there are distinctions to be made in terms of how bosses make decisions and get work done.
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"Every employee can discern the leadership style used by his or her boss based on certain criteria concerning how they relate to subordinates and conduct business, and from this a taxonomy of bosses could be developed to show where a given boss would fit into the overall leadership style of bosses. Leadership style has been studied extensively, and there are several different ways this dimension of business has been pictured by different analysts. In general, though, they see a division of leaders in an organization based on a range of behaviors largely related to how the boss sees to it that the work of the organization gets done, ranging from bosses who take the most direct control to those who have others do the work and who encourage greater independence."
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Hugo Boss and Zegna, 2003.
A comparative analysis of the marketing strategies at Hugo Boss and Zegna.
2,070 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 71.95
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This paper is a business report on the marketing strategies at Hugo Boss and Zegna including a recommendation on what Zegna could do differently in their marketing as it relates to Hugo Boss. It also includes an evaluation of the two companies' web sites.
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"Men's fashion traditionally does not garner the same attention as women's fashion with designers and models, often generating as much news in women's fashion as the clothes themselves..."
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Who Needs the Boss?, 2002.
An examination of the role of the capitalist entrepreneur during the Industrial Revolution in Britain.
2,765 words (approx. 11.1 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 82.95
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This paper examines key theories on the organization of work. It does so by investigating the role of capitalists / entrepreneurs during the Industrial Revolution in Britain. This paper first examines the Marxist ideas that industrial organization was simply a method to provide a role in production and control over the workers for capitalists. Other theories are examined along with the traditional explanation that technology was the driving force behind organization. For example, the paper looks at the idea that workers voluntarily submitted to factory discipline because it improved their wages. The paper concludes that no one theory seems powerful enough to explain as dramatic an event as the Industrial Revolution and attempts to synthesize points from the authors examined.
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"During the Industrial Revolution, the entire productive system of the British economy was dramatically altered. Not merely on a technological level, although these developments were significant. The production process also changed on a fundamental, organisational level. Division of labour was introduced, as was a system of factory organisation, reinforced by a stern system of discipline. This paradigm shift was the work of a new group of men, the capitalist-entrepreneurs. The roles they played during Britain?s Industrial Revolution have been the subject of much debate. This paper examines several of the key arguments in this field. All of the theories are somewhat compelling but none of them seems to be exclusively correct. Therefore, this paper will conclude by attempting to develop a synthesis of their arguments."
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Boss Tweed, 2000.
This paper examines the corrupt career of William Tweed in New York.
1,735 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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This essay explores the issue whether William M. Tweed corrupted post-Civil War New York. The author discusses the life of the post civil war mobster, how he corrupted the city of New York and how he was discovered to be crooked.
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"Many people have there views on post Civil War New York, some like Alexander B. Callow Jr., say it was corrupt and run by William Tweed and the Tammany Hall gang. But other like Leo Hershkowitz have there own views on what it was like in New York after the Civil War, he thinks that all the bad and corrupt stuff was blamed on Tweed and his men because they were scapegoats. Many people think that this result of graft and theft, in the post Civil War city of New York was the consequence of what they called ?Machine Politics?.
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"The Things They Carried", 2005.
An analysis of the psychological impact of the Vietnam War as depicted in "The Things They Carried" by Tim O?Brien.
1,102 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 38.95
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"The Things They Carried by Tim O?Brien" is a collection of short stories that emphasizes the psychological effects of war. This paper examines how, through his unique style, O?Brien captures the personal experiences of the soldiers in Vietnam, which helps us see the devastating effects of war, one soldier at a time. It points out that, through the literary techniques of narration, style, and imagery, O?Brien successfully achieves the task of telling a war story.
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"The narration of the novel is very personal, which allows us to experience not only what the narrator experiences but what the other soldiers experience as well. The narrator does not try to make the war and his fellow soldiers sound glorious. Rather, he is able to touch on aspects of their experiences that reveal their humanity. For example, in the story, ?The Things They Carried,? O?Brien is sure to tell us about the emotional baggage that the soldiers had to carry every day."
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Three Short Stories, 2002.
This paper compares three short stories: ?The Kiss? by Anton Chekhov, ?How to Tell a True War Story? by Tim O?Brien and
?The Secret Sharer? by Joseph Conrad.
1,465 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 3 sources, $ 48.95
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The paper discusses that these three stories shed light on the subject and technique of contrast and irony in their own unique manner: ?The Kiss? by Anton Chekhov focuses on contrasting emotions, ?How to Tell a True War Story? by Tim O?Brien deals with duality of thoughts and ?The Secret Sharer? by Joseph Conrad draws our attention symbolically to contrasting sides of one person. The paper author believes that these stories help us understand that nothing in this world is static and thus emotions, people and thoughts can be highly unpredictable.
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"Similarly, in another short story titled, "How to Tell a True War Story", by Tim O?Brien, we come across another type of contradiction. This contradiction deals with conflicting thoughts that emerge in the head of a soldier who has witnessed the brutality of a war. The author wants us to know that even one static experience can generate a wide range of conflicting emotions and thoughts. The death of Curt Lemon on the battlefield is that one unchangeable experience which gives rise to many moving, evolving and changing emotions. These emotions are at times poignant while at others they reveal a different aspect of war and thus become slightly positive in nature. "
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"The Things They Carried", 2006.
This paper discusses the book "The Things They Carried", by Tim O' Brien.
850 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 30.95
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In this article, the writer looks at one of the works of Tim O' Brien and mentions that the majority of his works deal with war and Vietnam. The writer discusses that in his book "The Things They Carried", Tim O' Brien examines a very important theme, "truth" and relates how one should not believe what governments tell about war because none of us know what exactly happened. The writer examines how the author of the book instructs the reader to actually question those facts which others claim to be true. This piece of work is fictional and the author reminds us from time to time that it is not real, neither did any of the events which he illustrates actually take place. This book is a compilation of short stories that present the same theme. The writer concludes that while labeling his work as fiction, O'Brien has touched the realities of life and war.
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"Tim O' Brien has not sugarcoated any aspect of the war in Vietnam like many authors tend to do. Tim has differentiated two types of truth in the novel, one being the "happening truth" and the other being the "story truth". He has encouraged his readers to actually disregard the "story truth" which we are told through media and other documentary record because he claims that the "happening truth" is actually very different. He states that something might occur, yet be a lie and another thing which might not have happened be the truth. Historians however should record history while consulting the evidentiary record. Sticking to evidentiary records however prevents a person from knowing the real truth and many assess that the best historical writing would be somewhere between going too far and not going far enough. Tim has tried to write on this theme so that people would not rely on what is fed to them via the media or other documentary records."
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"The Things They Carried", 2002.
An analysis of Tim O?Brien?s "The Things They Carried", short stories on the Vietnam War.
1,052 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 36.95
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The paper introduces "The Things They Carried" by Tim O?Brien, a collection of stories all involving the heavy emotional burden soldiers carry into the Vietnam War. It discusses how the book reads more like the memories of an old man, not ordered by chronology, but rather by the experiences of pain, tragedy and death that overcome a person in the moment. This paper explores O?Brien?s description of the soldiers? lives before, during and after the Vietnam War, as well as examines the real things that these soldiers carried with them into battle.
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"When the soldiers return home after the Vietnam War, life doesn?t get much better for them. Instead of a hero?s welcome they are met with ignorance and indifference, thereby making them feel alienated from routine life. A classic example of this is what Norman Bowker experiences upon his return. Norman found it difficult to think of life after the Vietnam War as relevant. Anyone who had not experienced the Vietnam War first-hand could not possibly understand its vulgarity or empathize with the soldiers who lived the war. Also, people back home were not interested in knowing about the Vietnam War. ?[The town] had no memory, therefore no guilt....It did not know shit about shit, and did not care to know.? (O?Brien, 1999, 143)."
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"The Things They Carried", 2002.
Analysis of Tim O' Brien's collection of short war stories, "The Things They Carried".
1,702 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 55.95
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In a collection of short stories, O?Brien demonstrates how the soldiers cope with the dangerous situations they encounter in Vietnam. O?Brien discovered his way of coping with the war was telling stories. This paper examines his mechanism of storytelling and explores how his grotesque and violent scenes convey the message that war is hell.
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"He admits to feeling guilty about still writing war stories so long after the fact, but this simply reinforces the fact that he is doing something more than writing. He goes to great lengths to ask us if the truth really matters more than the story. He writes, ?A thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may not happen and be truer than the truth? (83). He surmises that ?absolute occurrence is irrelevant,? noting that ?it comes down to gut instinct. A true war story, if truly told, makes the stomach believe? (78). From reading the book, we have to assume that telling and writing stories has been an extremely successful coping mechanism for O?Brien of dealing with the war. He has not gone crazy nor has he killed himself. He has also been able to come to terms with what happened to him."
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?The Things They Carried?, 2005.
A look at the concept of burdens in "The Things They Carried" by Tom O' Brien.
1,652 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 0 sources, $ 53.95
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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.
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"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. "
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