ANA DANIELA BOLAOS

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CRITICAL REVIEW
THE WALLET
U.S.F.Q
10/12/07
OUTLINE FOR CRITICAL REVIEW
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The consequences of a war.
Emergencies.
Friendship.
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Col. John W. Mansur, No Greaer !o"e.
#mall orphanage in $ienam.
!ile girl dangerous wounded.
%merican docors assising he wounded girl.
%s&ing for help wih 'lood.
% lile 'o( ga"e 'lood o his friend.
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$er( clear "oca'ular(.
The auhor)s one "er( ouching.
#or( 'ased on a reali(.
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* is a "er( ouching sor(.
The message is reall( nice.
+ersonal opinion.
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Mansur, Col. John W, N# 2".*!." L#3.4 Missileer, Fe'ruar(
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% war lea"es erri'le and sad consequences o he people and he counr( ha
passed hrough i. Mos of he wors consequences are deahs or people wounded. *n a
war, he docors ha"e o assis a lo of emergencies, and i is &ind of difficul gi"en he
circumsances, 'ecause he docors coun wih few ools o help he wounded people, so
he oher people ha are less wounded or ha are no, used o help o he docors o
assis he wounded. There is where he compassion and friendship appears, 'ecause
e"en i is a sacrifice o help in an emergenc(, los of people do ha for who he( lo"e.
*n he aricle No Greaer !o"e1, Mansur ells us a sor( of a small orphanage in
$ienam in he ime of he war. The orphanage was home of some missioners and
children ha were &illed and wounded during he war, speciall( a lile / (ears old girl,
ha was he wors wounded. When wo %merican docors arri"ed o help he people,
noiced ha he girl was loosing 'lood, and ha needed a ransfusion in order o sur"i"e,
so he( as&ed o he oher children ha were in ha place. E"er(one was afraid of
helping, 'u hen a lile 'o( offered o help wih his 'lood. The 'o( was cr(ing a lo,
and he docors didn) undersand wh( he was cr(ing li&e ha, so hen a $ienamese
nurse arri"ed and as&ed he 'o( he reason of his cr(ing, and he old her ha he hough
ha he was gi"ing all his 'lood o he girl, and ha he was going o die. The %merican
docors surprised as&ed he 'o( wh( he helped 'elie"ing ha he was going o die, and
he answered ha 'ecause she was his friend.
This sor( is "er( ouching 'ecause of he conen of i. E"er(one &nows how
difficul and painful was he $ienamese war, and he auhor e2presses i "er( clear in
he sor( 'ecause of he one he used and he clear "oca'ular(. The sor( is reall(
impressing 'ecause i shows he compassion of a lile child, and he auhor made he
readers li"e he sor( for how he ells i. * is undersanda'le 'ecause i is 'ased in he
reali(, so his ma&es i more credi'le.
No Greaer !o"e1 is a "er( ouching sor( of a 'o( ha waned o gi"e his life
for a girl, 'ecause she was his friend. * is a sor( ha ma&es me hin& how a lile 'o(
compassion and friendship can help o safe a life. The message is reall( nice 'ecause i
shows a lo"e acion ha e"er(one should do for he people he( lo"e, and hin&ing of i,
e"en i could 'e difficul a he 'eginning for me, * would gi"e m( life for he people *
lo"e. E"er(one should learn of hese lo"e acions so he( can appl( his o heir lifes.
#ources3 Mansur, Col. John W, N# 2".*!." L#3.4 Missileer, Fe'ruar( ,-, ,./0.