In the book "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien the author talks about a person's life and the Vietnam War. The book is narrated by the person who's life is described. The book talks about how during his time in the military he was a leader of a unit during the Vietnam war.  He had once been deeply in love with a girl named Martha. Martha distracted him from the war so he burned all the photos he had of her. The book goes into flashbacks most of the time and about his life before and during the war.

   The book starts off with a war story. He talks about each person and there backgrounds. During the war the narrator shows struggle through the war and how tragedy's happened at random times and that they were unpredictable. He talks about one time were he was looking at a photo of Martha and he let a soldier named Ted Lavender use the restroom. Ted Lavender was then shot and killed. He took full blame for this and this is why he burned all of his photos of Martha. 

  He had always been in love with Martha. At some points in the story it seems as if he to in love with her. He describes intimate imaginations of him and her. He has very vivid memories of her. There is one memory of when they first met. Martha always thought of him as a friend but he thought otherwise.  Even when he had to stop loving her however he still thought of her.

There was a flashback of what happened before the war. He had gotten a draft notice and was really scared. When he was 21 years old he got home and received a draft notice. He drove to very northern US and went to a hotel. The hotel was very old and rundown. He became good friends with the owner. Even though the owner didn't talk much he felt very close to him. During this time his emotions rolled out and he had no idea what to do.

This is a very emotional book. It does a very good job at describing the hardship and struggle during the Vietnam war. The book however did not do a good job using transitions, often times the story would just switch from one story to another. This is a very interesting book.

  West Antarctica's ice sheet maybe melting quicker than anticipated. Scientists used to think that it would take hundreds, if not thousands of years, for the ice to melt, but now global warming may cause the ice sheet to melt in the coming century. This would cause the sea level to rise about three feet. Scientists old predictions have been shattered by new ones.
   Two or three years ago what scientists thought could be the worst outcome in 150 years, might be happening in 100 years. After 100 years researchers found that the situation could grow far worse. By the middle of the 22nd century water levels could raise up to 1 foot per decade. Scientists had documented such rates of increase in the geologic past, when far larger ice sheets were collapsing, but most of them had long assumed it would be impossible to reach rates so extreme with the smaller ice sheets of today.

   This is not necessarily going to happen. However there is a good chance that it will. This is why people have to make a bigger deal about it. 

The long term effect of this could be the drowning of major city's. This is because of the rising water rates. It could drown city's on the coast such as Miami, New Orleans, London, Venice, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Sydney, and New York city. All these city's are vulnerable because of water rising. They could possibly drown in the next 300 years. 

  This article is very important. There are multiple reasons. This proves that global warming is true. Also how The worlds largest city could crumble. THIS ARTICLE does a good job exlplaning all these reasons and gives you insight on the world's water crisis.