If O’Brien was against the war, then why didn’t he simply go to Canada as he suggested?.Once people are dead, you can’t make them undead.” Knowledge, of course, is always imperfect, but it seemed to me that when a nation goes to war it must have reasonable confidence in the justice and imperative of its cause. It was my view then, and still is, that you don’t make war without knowing why. What did O’Brien mean when he wrote,”The only certainty that summer was moral confusion.‘I mean, Christ, I’m just a boy.’” What is he trying to share with us here? He then tells of Azar killing the puppy and commenting, “‘What’s everybody so upset about?’ Azar said. O’Brien reveals the average age to be nineteen or twenty.All those stories.” Is this the way all writers write? What did O’Brien mean when he wrote, “As a writer, all you can do is pick a street and go for the ride, putting things down as they come at you.What did O’Brien mean when he wrote, “The bad stuff never stops happening: it lives in its own dimension, replaying itself over and over.” In your opinion, what causes it to replay? Have you had anything like this happen to you in your life?.Why was Bowker and Dobbins game of checkers so wonderful to watch?.Cross want O’Brien to talk about in his story? Why did O’Brien talk about it? What made him go against what he said to this man, this friend, this fellow soldier, this “sharer of his past?” Cross feel about Martha? Why did he continue this feeling when it appears it will never be returned? Cross never forgotten? Why? Should he have forgotten? How has Jimmy changed by the end of the story? How will he be a different person from this point on? What has he learned about himself? Or to put it another way, what has he lost and what has he gained?.How is the idea of weight used and developed in the story? How do you, as a reader, feel reading those lists of weight? What effect does it have on you?.Why do the soldiers tell jokes about the war, about killing?.In what sense does Jimmy love Martha? Why does he construct this elaborate, mostly fictional, relationship with her: What does he get out of it?.In the list of all the things the soldiers carried, what item was most surprising? Which item did you find most representative of the war? Which items stay with you?.You do not have to write in full sentences, but make sure you have enough written to fu answer the questions. This packet will occasionally be collected and checked, so make sure you are keeping up with it. Name:_ĭirections: Answer the following questions to the best of your ability as we read The Things They Carried. Student Acceptable Use Agreement for Use of Technology, Technology Devices, and Resources.Harassment, Intimidation & Bullying Policy.Genesis Portal help for students, parents & staff.
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