Monday, September 29, 2014

Block 4 post your questions for the chapter "The Things They Carried" here

I hope you are all enjoying the two chapters I assigned for homework ("The Things They Carried" and "Love"),  Tim O'Brien is a great storyteller.

Please post your questions in the comment section. Remember, you need to post 2-3 questions for each chapter, and don't repeat a classmate's questions!

20 comments:

  1. Chapter 1 - why did Kiowa act insensitively about Lavenders death?

    Does Kiowa's distrust in white men cause problems for the men fighting together?

    Chapter 2- What was it like when Jimmy and Martha first met back up? Did they add more to their "love" story?

    who is the narrator? Have we met him as one of the men in Vietnam yet?

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  2. 1. Why does Tim O'Brien keep bringing up Tim Lavender, has he not tried to forget about him?
    2. When Kiowa acted like a jerk explaining Ted's death, was it because Ted was a white man? (Kiowa doesn't like them)
    3. Is Jimmy Cross going to get over this girl after Ted's Death? or will he be forever in love with her?

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  3. 1. Why does Jimmy Cross focus more on Martha when he should be focusing on his job, especially when he knows she doesn't feel the same way?

    2. Why does the narrator choose to go through numerous soldiers names and what they brought rather than saying some soldiers names?

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  4. 1. How were the men not petrified that Sanders chopped off the thumb of a teenage?
    2. Does the meaning of the word "virgin" change as the chapter goes on? By virgin does he mean that she will never experience the true horrors of war?
    3. Were the men more prepared or death rather than the journey home?

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  5. 1. Why does this book oppress Asians by having A WHITE CIS MALE WRITE THIS BOOK?
    2. Why are you ACTIVELY teaching a matriachal class instead of dismantling the patriarchy?
    3. Why are you not a feminist or running a feminist blog?? CIS WHITE MALE SOCKPUPPET

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  6. 1. is sanders colonel sanders in disguise??? did he chop off the finger to make some chicken fingers??

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  8. 1.) What was Sander's moral for cutting off the dead boy's thumb? (pg. 12-13)
    This is confusing because on pg. 19 Sanders said the moral was to stay away from drugs.
    2.) Why is Martha's virginity an issue? Why is this so important to him?
    3.) What were some of the historical/ political conflicts as to why our country got involved in the Vietnam war?

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  9. What is Henry Dobbs background like?
    On page 12 middle paragraph, why does Tim Obrien choose to change the mood so suddenly?
    What was Sanders moral of the thumb?

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  10. What are Martha's actual feelings toward Jimmy Cross?
    Why is everyone mean to Kiowa, does no one really like him?

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  11. Will the resupply choppers keep coming or will they eventually stop?
    Were the mens fantasies about evacuation true? Would they really end up in a hospital with good care?

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  12. 1. When was the last time Jimmy and Martha saw each other?
    2. Why is Martha so independent?
    3. Why is it so hard for Jimmy to forgive himself?

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  13. 1.)On page 9 Tim O'Brien spoke about searching the tunnels they planned on blowing up before they blew it up. What were they searching for?
    2.) Why doesn't O'Brien use quotes when people are talking?
    3.) what else happened after Tim Lavender was shot? I find it extremely odd that they didn't send anybody out to go and search for the shooter to stop anyone else from possibly getting shot and killed.
    4.) Why does Kiowa feel the need to recount the story of Lavenders death repeatedly?

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  14. 1. Why did Cross blame himself for Lavender's death when he was shot coming back from a "simple task", not actual combat?
    2. What are they searching for in the tunnel? People?
    3. Is the thumb of a boy who once also fought in a war and is carried out of respect?

    --Breanna Maze

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  15. 1. What was the purpose of Rat Kiley carrying M&Ms with him as a medic?
    2. Did Kiowa keep retelling the story of Lavenders death because Lavender was a white man?
    3. Did Crosses love for Martha cause him to blame himself for Lavenders death?

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  16. 1 Did soldiers loot each other after they died?
    2 Where does the term grunt come from?

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  17. Chapter one:
    1) Why do they search the tunnels before they blow them up? Isn't the point to kill people?
    2) Does anyone want revenge over the death of Lavender?

    Chapter two:
    1) The narrator mentions they are both high, do the guys often need to use drugs now because of the war?
    2) What are the things men do that Martha doesn't like?

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  18. 1) How many of these men were drafted into the war? How many of them had actually volunteered themselves to serve their country?
    2) What do these men have planned for their lives after the war at home? Do they even plan on ever making it home?

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  19. Does tim lavender have a lover at home that will be upset learning he died?
    Would lt cross rather die at war then go home to an unloving Martha?

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  20. 1.) Does Tim O'Brian's need to recognize the weight that each individual is carrying stem from OCD?

    2.) Was Tim's compulsion to assess the weight of what his comrades carried present when he was in the war or did it come as an afterthought while writing his book?

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