.... cold in the street. The hotel could possibly change the characters thinking and cause them to be really weird. This is shown when Scully shows the Swede pictures of his dead family (269). What person in their “right” mind would show someone who thinks they are going to be killed a picture of someone who was killed? These examples show how the settings are more important then the characters themselves. The characters are very odd in this story. It’s very hard to think of how such a group could have been formed. The differences among the men are large. The cowboy is the rugged and sinist .....

.... personalities. Norman is living in the early 1900’s when the man was expected to be the strong one in the any situation. Norman does this stereotype justice he is in his early to mid 20’s and an upstanding citizen. Norman is faced with the problem of facing his brother’s death. His brother’s death is not a situation that is confined to this time period it is just handled differently because of this time period. Norman handles the situation by not mentioning it very often and acting like it didn’t happen. Whereas if Norman was living in a more modern time period he may be more .....

.... baby. Even the smallest things, like the alcohol, symbolized old ways (beer) and something new (Anes del Toro) in the two peoples relationship. This story also gives you images of the happenings going on in the story. “The station between two lines of rails” gave you the image of a choice of which track or option in life they were going to take. Were they going to go the one direction and get the abortion (as planned) or were they going to choose the other track, keep the baby and go home. Hemingway also uses images to tell you the choice they make. When it says “he p .....

.... deception. Elizabeth is tied to Wickham by her intellectual commitment to objectivity, which translates into superficial bindings. Not at all silly like her ditzy sisters, Elizabeth is simply disengaged and she wishes to see and understand excitement. She finds her wish in Wickham, who provides her with a strange tale that is both shocking and appealing to Elizabeth. Elizabeth perceptiveness fails her in the situation with her friend Charlotte Lucas: she makes a terrible mistake in her judgment of Charlotte. Elizabeth is shocked and amazed at her friend’s poor choice of Mr. Colli .....

.... troops were muddy and wet in their capes” to permit the reader to comprehend what World War 1 was like and expand their understanding of how the world was during times of war. Hemingway ends the first chapter with an understatement that when winter came there was an epidemic of cholera in the army, but “only seven thousand died.” Only. Hemingway’s cruelly flattened language paints a picture of genuine horror. All of this sets the scene for tragic happenings to come and allows the reader to be able to sympathize with the soldiers and with others. Hemingway also allows his reader .....

.... lies in the realization that Gregor’s change is merely external, and despite his obvious inability to further produce, he is disregarded as a social burden, unable to sustain his role in the system. His mind however, his intentions remained that of his old self. But on account of his inabilities his family is revolted by him, and feeling immensely burdened, they sentence him to a life of isolation. In the meantime, Gregor’s sister Gretta embarks on her own metamorphosis and shift in role. Her change commences with the new responsibility of caring for Gregor and escalates to the poi .....

.... all muddled up?" (12). Since all the boys want to follow Tom, they keep in the part about ransoming even though they do not know exactly what it is. This brings out Tom's character as a boy that follows the rules very clearly and tries to be like society. Also, when he tells Huck about the Arabs with all the jewels, elephants, and camels that they are going to go attack and they end up in a Sunday school picnic, Tom tries to tell Huck that they were hidden by Genies because Tom uses his imagination and romanticism. Huck tries really hard to believe him but he just cannot, and ends up j .....

.... cried Joe. ‘Awful! What possessed you?’”(99) Joe can not believe what he is hearing and takes the right course of action by making Pip really think about what he has done. A child like Pip does not see the consequences of his actions until he really thinks about the problems he has caused. Joe blatantly expresses his feelings to Pip and Pip becomes ashamed of his actions. Joe, however, did not do a very good job of being a parent in the first place for believing Pip’s outrageous story without question. Joe tries to be a good father figure but falls flat by not realizing when .....

.... Walkmen or walkie-talkies. Almost every kid in the United States owns a Walkman and many tapes or CD's. Many teenagers lives' are spent listening to music. Instead of talking and carrying on a conversation with somebody a person often turns the music on and sticks to themselves instead. Before the 1920's and before Charles Darwin came out with his theory of evolution and The Origin of Species, the only thing people knew was the story of the Bible. Almost everybody lived believing the Bible. Rarely was it questioned and everybody was familiar with it. Today, there are less people who r .....

.... to survival was Ted Lavenders six or seven ounces of dope and nine extra M-79 Grenades which he was carrying when he was shot in the head. Extras such as these really did nothing more than give the men a false sense of security, which was probably necessary to cope with their surroundings. Last but certainly not least they carried with them love, guilt, memories, and fear of death. Lieutenant cross, for example carried love, guilt, and even though he tried never to show it, fear. Tim O'Brien shows us this in the passage shortly after the death of Ted Lavender, "He pictured Martha's smo .....