A journey is defined as a path an individual makes either from one place to another. It can vary from a hiking trip, to the Appalachian Mountains to a child growing up from an abusive home and going to college. Journeys both embark a change typically physically and mentally to an individual. The former Vietnam veteran Jimmy Cross in The Things They Carried and the Doctor in The Use of Force both portrayed a weak sense of responsibility in the short term, but their intentions and growth in the long run were for the greater good.
Jimmy Cross was just a early twenties solider that was drafted into the Vietnam war to fight for his country. He still thinks of his love Martha who lives at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey, Martha, he keeps her photos and love letters along with his “compass, maps, code books, binoculars, and a .45-caliber pistol that weighed 2.9 pounds fully loaded”(O’Brien 1017). All the things he carries, both physical and metaphorical, represented the burden of war and love on him. After the demise of Ted Lavender, Cross “crouched at …show more content…
Our family was struggling to survive, and our mindsets were just like lieutenant Cross; when an individual is hungry, and around dangerous elements, their only priorities was to survive. This cause and effect from my actions from over ten years ago, included stealing foods, and basic necessities such as notebooks, to even tvs and apple trees. According to epidemiologist Joel Schwartz, “The best antipoverty program, he contends, is one that encourages the poor to become thrifty and diligent” besides of thinking of the short term, which is difficult to individuals that were just looking to live, being thrifty and saving for an emergency fund may be a great benefit to any low income family. Cross, like me was just paying attention to what was going on with themselves, and not the consequences such as jail time, or even
Jimmy Cross was just a early twenties solider that was drafted into the Vietnam war to fight for his country. He still thinks of his love Martha who lives at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey, Martha, he keeps her photos and love letters along with his “compass, maps, code books, binoculars, and a .45-caliber pistol that weighed 2.9 pounds fully loaded”(O’Brien 1017). All the things he carries, both physical and metaphorical, represented the burden of war and love on him. After the demise of Ted Lavender, Cross “crouched at …show more content…
Our family was struggling to survive, and our mindsets were just like lieutenant Cross; when an individual is hungry, and around dangerous elements, their only priorities was to survive. This cause and effect from my actions from over ten years ago, included stealing foods, and basic necessities such as notebooks, to even tvs and apple trees. According to epidemiologist Joel Schwartz, “The best antipoverty program, he contends, is one that encourages the poor to become thrifty and diligent” besides of thinking of the short term, which is difficult to individuals that were just looking to live, being thrifty and saving for an emergency fund may be a great benefit to any low income family. Cross, like me was just paying attention to what was going on with themselves, and not the consequences such as jail time, or even