Monday, November 23, 2009
Semester Essay Thesis
Fear is an "intense and instinctive emotion aroused by impending or seeming danger." (Webster's Dictionary 343). In the novel, The Things They Carried, the author, Tim O'Brien shows the emotion fear, in the characters, and how they struggle to overcome it. In, The Sorrow of War, the author, Bao Ninh, also uses fear to illustrate its influence on the character's prospect of life. The theme of fear and its affects are explored in both novels. The struggle with conquering fear is identified in O'Brien's novel; whereas, the surrender to fear is portrayed in the, The Sorrow of War.
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Still a little vague. What do you mean bby "prospect of life"? I like the final thesis, though; I think you could clean this up by eliminating unnecessary words. You don't need the dictionary definition in the intro pgh.
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