Analyzing The Nuclear Age By Tim O Brien - 1389 Words

Analyzing â€Å"The Nuclear Age† â€Å"The Nuclear Age,† written by Tim O’Brien, was a short story poorly known during the 1980’s. Tim O’Brien wrote this story during the late 1980’s sometime after he returned from the army. He wrote many of his stories to describe some of the things he saw and experienced in the army. â€Å"The Nuclear Age† was one of Tim O’Brien’s later stories that was not well received at the time it was published. Tim O’Brien was a guy raised as an anti-war activist once he finished collage come to find out he was drafted into the army to go fight in the war. When deployed he was injured and received a purple heart while being sent back home and discharged. Upon his return he decided he would tell his story and recount what happened there and to him. After this he proceeded to tell his story through fiction and non-fiction works. When he wrote his works they were surprisingly well done and he even received the National Book Award. â€Å"The Nuclear Age† Tim O’Brien’s Third story took place just outside of Fort Derry, Montana. The main protagonist in the story is a man by the name of William Cowling, who became rich after he and his friends discovered pure uranium and sold it. When he returned home he settled down and married his dream girl named Bobbi and had a daughter named Melinda. Many problems arose when he returned, though with the cold war just starting, and he learned about just how lethal a nuclear bomb is. One day he started digging a hole in his backShow MoreRelatedProject Managment Case Studies214937 Words   |  860 PagesEDITION - PROJECT MANAGEMENT CASE STUDIES, SECOND EDITION HAROLD KERZNER, Ph.D. Division of Business Administration Baldwin-Wallace College Berea, Ohio John Wiley Sons, Inc. This book is printed on acid-free paper. @ Copyright O 2006 by John Wiley Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Published by John Wiley Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form