Many topics from "The Things They Carried" are still relevant today, the constant theme is the horrors of war, and how they affect ill-prepared men, both physically and mentally. Many of the items they carry are symbolic as well as practical, used as a reflection of their own battles, and serve as a bridge between their fantasy world and reality.
Ultimately, their psychological baggage becomes the hindrance that leads them to their death.
Answer:
Tuesday and school
Explanation:
The "ue" in "Tuesday" and the "oo" in "school" both make the /oo/ vowel sound
Answer:
Hospitality is mentioned many times in Odysseus. It is known as xenia in the poem. One notable example is.
Here is a poor man come, a wanderer,
driven by want to beg his bread, and everyone
in hall gave bits, to cram his bag—only
Antinous threw a stool, and banged his shoulder
The lines show Odysseus disguised as a beggar and shares his bread with another beggar in a weird way because he had to defeat him in order to eat. However, Odysseus does not kill the old man and even shows his hospitality.
Explanation:
Here is a poor man come, a wanderer, driven by want to beg his bread, and everyone in hall gave bits, to cram his bagÑonly Antinous threw a stool, and banged his shoulder "Suppose Athena's arm is over us, and Zeus her father's, must I rack my brains for more?" "The cruel belly, can you hide its ache? How many bitter days it brings!" Odysseus only shook his head, containing thoughts of bloody work, as he walked on, then sat, and dropped his loaded bag again upon the door sill.
Ansnwer:
Lets see! You can do a story of a man that is tying to get his gardening done all by himself and then he finds a snake in his grass and hes trying to get it out but it wont leave. He tries all of these ways to get the snake out but they dont work and then a young man tries to help him but he wont allow him to help. Until eventually the man tries to pick up the snake and then gets bit he then looks around at his yard and then he see's that if he had just have listened to the young man his yard wouldnt have been ruined. You can do something like that! Just add some dialoge and some ideas and you'll be good!
