... thinking. The last power of the new world is brainwashing. People are controlled because their mind is controlled. In The Wave, an anonymous letter from a junior student is sent to Laurie. The letter states how the senior Wave members have been forcing and even threatening them to join by saying "it would be too late." The senior student has already been ... brainwashed and his mind is occupied by the Wave. Brainwashing also happens to David. He gets really angry when Laurie refuses to join. He yells "shut up" and throws Laurie down on the grass. The phrase "shut up" is the use of high ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... throughout O' Brien's stories, the uncertainty, and the burdens that came along with the uncertainty of the Vietnam War. Works Cited Brien O', Tim. "The Things They Carried." Lit. Ed. Laurie G. Kirszner and Stephen R. Mandell. Boston: Cengage, 2012. 231-39. Print. Kaplan, Steve. "The Things They Carried". Understanding Tim O' Brien. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1995. 169-192 ... ...

• Word Count: 1571
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• Grade Level: High School