1.Is Norman suffering from PTSD? 2. Why is he so afraid to speak to the girl he used to like?
Field Trip: 1. Is the man at the end of the chapter a former soldier of the VietCong? 2. Did Tim O'Brien tell his daughter later in the story about Kiowa and what happened in the field they go to?
Speaking of courage 1. Why does Norman keep coming back to the fact that he did not win the silver star? 2. Why does Obrien write that "It was not a war for war stories" (Obrien 143)?
Field Trip
1. Why did Tim keep Kiowa's shoes after the war?
2. Why does Tim want his daughter to know his history ?
Speaking Of Courage: 1. Why does he keep circling around the lake? 2. Why is he so afraid to talk to people about the war?
Field Trip: 1. Why is the old man mad? Who is he? 2. When he was burying Kiowa's moccasins it was a significant moment, why couldn't he think of the right words to say?
Speaking Of Courage: What makes him not want to stop and talk to his ex just so they can catch up? Is he at all nervous about the fireworks as a sign of PTSD?
Field Trip: Why did he give back Kiowa's shoes?
Why did he take his daughter at an age that she still really won't understand much of the history she is visiting?
1.What is the importance of the river? Does it symbolize Norman's life before the war?
2. Does the town in this chapter represent the innocence O'Brien is always using the the chapters?
Field Trip:
1. Is Kathleen the representation of innocence in this chapter? Is that why O'Brien has her asking so many questions?
2. Was the real reason O'Brien went to Vietnam again really to show his daughter a part of his life? Or was it to remove some of his own inner demons (like when he buried Kiowa's shoes?)
Speaking Of Courage 1: Why does Norman act like he doesn't deserve his medals? 2: Why did Norman stop trying to save Kiowa from drowning?
Field Trip 1:If Norman was so disturbed by this field, why does he return? 2:Why didn't Norman take his daughter to see the parts of Vietnam that he saw as a soldier
Speaking of Courage: 1. What was the significance of the man who asked for Normans order at the A&W 2. Why does he keep mentioning the hiking kids and the man on the motor boat?
Field Trip: 1. Is his daughter real or just another added detail? 2. How are there farmers farming near the river? In "Speaking of Courage", the author describes how the area around the river was always flooded by monsoons and was a marsh.
Speaking of Courage: What does he mean by "I take a high leap into the dark and come 30 years later" ? Why does Bowker think of so many bad memories in his past? Field Trip: Why is it appropriate to bring your daughter to the spot of Kiowa's death? Is O'Brien implying that war takes the life out of a person in this chapter?
Speaking of courage 1)why dose Norman not tell the guy at the A&W what's on his mind. 2)Why did Norman keep driving around the lake pointlessly The field trip 1)Why did he bring his daughter back to this place with him. 2)Why did the farmer seem mad at them.
speaking of courage: 1) why did Obrien incorporate the immense amount of sewage? does it represent something? 2) what was the importance of the metals to Bowker? or to Bowker's father?
field trip: 1) Does his daughter represent the innocence in this chapter? 2) Why does Kathleen think the farmer looked mad?
Speaking of Courage: 1. Why does he regret not obtaining a Silver star? Wouldn't he be more considerate of the fact that he left Kiowa's body behind? 2. Is the sewage a representation of the war itself? 3. Why are the kids hiking constantly mentioned? Does it bear any correlation to this story as it progresses?
Field Trip: 1. Is Kathleen the one who doesn't understand in this chapter? 2. Does the fact that O'Brien does the misunderstood action in this chapter bear any importance? 3. Is the moccasin burial a form of closure?
Speaking of Courage: 1. Do the people that have been killed during the war get recognized for their bravery and achievement as well as the other men that are alive and get medals? 2. "...the town he was touring seemed dead....did not know shit about shit, and did not care to know" how come the People and the town was almost unaffected by the war?
Field Trip: 1. Kathleen says "Some dumb thing happens a long time ago and you can't ever forget it...that's weird." Is that what people thought when the soldiers came back and couldn't cope? 2. Is visiting the war site again years later supposed to give him some sort of closure?
Speaking of Courage 1. Does he realize that he is so repeatedly going around the same lake and everything, or is he too caught up in thought? 2. What do the fireworks symbolize?
Field Trip 1. Does Tim's daughter represent the one who will never understand in this chapter, parallel to Lemon's sister and the old woman in the other chapters? 2. Is Tim going in the river a parallel to going in the river (being at peace) in "Speaking of Courage"?
Speaking of Courage: Is he traveling around the Lake for Remembrance or because he misses the place? When he says he felt Kiowa slip away through his hands, he regrets not trying harder to save him, but when he talks about saving him would he only do it for the medal? Or is the medal a symbol for a deeper satisfaction?
Field Trip:Does Tim O'brien purposely make Kathlene come off blunt in this chapter? Does he use her innocent character to reveal a deeper and more simpler way of thinking and meaning?
Field Trip: 1. What did the man start to dig up with with his shovel? 2. Why doesn't Tim tell Kathleen what everything is and why it's important to him?
Speaking of Courage: 1. Why is he going around that lake? 2. What does the sewage represent in this story?
Speaking Of Courage:
ReplyDelete1.Is Norman suffering from PTSD?
2. Why is he so afraid to speak to the girl he used to like?
Field Trip:
1. Is the man at the end of the chapter a former soldier of the VietCong?
2. Did Tim O'Brien tell his daughter later in the story about Kiowa and what happened in the field they go to?
Speaking of courage
ReplyDelete1. Why does Norman keep coming back to the fact that he did not win the silver star?
2. Why does Obrien write that "It was not a war for war stories" (Obrien 143)?
Field Trip
1. Why did Tim keep Kiowa's shoes after the war?
2. Why does Tim want his daughter to know his history ?
Speaking Of Courage:
ReplyDelete1. Why does he keep circling around the lake?
2. Why is he so afraid to talk to people about the war?
Field Trip:
1. Why is the old man mad? Who is he?
2. When he was burying Kiowa's moccasins it was a significant moment, why couldn't he think of the right words to say?
Speaking Of Courage:
ReplyDeleteWhat makes him not want to stop and talk to his ex just so they can catch up?
Is he at all nervous about the fireworks as a sign of PTSD?
Field Trip:
Why did he give back Kiowa's shoes?
Why did he take his daughter at an age that she still really won't understand much of the history she is visiting?
Speaking of Courage:
ReplyDelete1.What is the importance of the river? Does it symbolize Norman's life before the war?
2. Does the town in this chapter represent the innocence O'Brien is always using the the chapters?
Field Trip:
1. Is Kathleen the representation of innocence in this chapter? Is that why O'Brien has her asking so many questions?
2. Was the real reason O'Brien went to Vietnam again really to show his daughter a part of his life? Or was it to remove some of his own inner demons (like when he buried Kiowa's shoes?)
Speaking Of Courage
ReplyDelete1: Why does Norman act like he doesn't deserve his medals?
2: Why did Norman stop trying to save Kiowa from drowning?
Field Trip
1:If Norman was so disturbed by this field, why does he return?
2:Why didn't Norman take his daughter to see the parts of Vietnam that he saw as a soldier
Speaking of Courage:
ReplyDelete1. What was the significance of the man who asked for Normans order at the A&W
2. Why does he keep mentioning the hiking kids and the man on the motor boat?
Field Trip:
1. Is his daughter real or just another added detail?
2. How are there farmers farming near the river? In "Speaking of Courage", the author describes how the area around the river was always flooded by monsoons and was a marsh.
Speaking of Courage:
ReplyDeleteWhat does he mean by "I take a high leap into the dark and come 30 years later" ?
Why does Bowker think of so many bad memories in his past?
Field Trip:
Why is it appropriate to bring your daughter to the spot of Kiowa's death?
Is O'Brien implying that war takes the life out of a person in this chapter?
Speaking of courage
ReplyDelete1)why dose Norman not tell the guy at the A&W what's on his mind.
2)Why did Norman keep driving around the lake pointlessly
The field trip
1)Why did he bring his daughter back to this place with him.
2)Why did the farmer seem mad at them.
speaking of courage:
ReplyDelete1) why did Obrien incorporate the immense amount of sewage? does it represent something?
2) what was the importance of the metals to Bowker? or to Bowker's father?
field trip:
1) Does his daughter represent the innocence in this chapter?
2) Why does Kathleen think the farmer looked mad?
Speaking of Courage:
ReplyDelete1. Why does he regret not obtaining a Silver star? Wouldn't he be more considerate of the fact that he left Kiowa's body behind?
2. Is the sewage a representation of the war itself?
3. Why are the kids hiking constantly mentioned? Does it bear any correlation to this story as it progresses?
Field Trip:
1. Is Kathleen the one who doesn't understand in this chapter?
2. Does the fact that O'Brien does the misunderstood action in this chapter bear any importance?
3. Is the moccasin burial a form of closure?
Speaking of Courage:
ReplyDelete1. Do the people that have been killed during the war get recognized for their bravery and achievement as well as the other men that are alive and get medals?
2. "...the town he was touring seemed dead....did not know shit about shit, and did not care to know" how come the People and the town was almost unaffected by the war?
Field Trip:
1. Kathleen says "Some dumb thing happens a long time ago and you can't ever forget it...that's weird." Is that what people thought when the soldiers came back and couldn't cope?
2. Is visiting the war site again years later supposed to give him some sort of closure?
Why is Norman Bowker so obsessed about what could have been? He repeatedly talks about not winning the silver star, but how he could've one it.
ReplyDeleteField trip
ReplyDeleteWhy does Kathleen ask if a man in the field is mad at him?
What does O'Brien see when he looks at the field?
Speaking of courage
What is the significance of the fireworks?
What is O'Brien upsession with the silver star?
Speaking of Courage
ReplyDelete1. Does he realize that he is so repeatedly going around the same lake and everything, or is he too caught up in thought?
2. What do the fireworks symbolize?
Field Trip
1. Does Tim's daughter represent the one who will never understand in this chapter, parallel to Lemon's sister and the old woman in the other chapters?
2. Is Tim going in the river a parallel to going in the river (being at peace) in "Speaking of Courage"?
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Speaking of courage
ReplyDeleteWhy does he not want to talk to his ex?
Why does he keeping bringing up the Silver star he never won?
Field trip
Why does he bring his family there?
Why does he want to go back to the war field?
Speaking of Courage:
ReplyDeleteIs he traveling around the Lake for Remembrance or because he misses the place?
When he says he felt Kiowa slip away through his hands, he regrets not trying harder to save him, but when he talks about saving him would he only do it for the medal? Or is the medal a symbol for a deeper satisfaction?
Field Trip:Does Tim O'brien purposely make Kathlene come off blunt in this chapter? Does he use her innocent character to reveal a deeper and more simpler way of thinking and meaning?
Field Trip:
ReplyDelete1. What did the man start to dig up with with his shovel?
2. Why doesn't Tim tell Kathleen what everything is and why it's important to him?
Speaking of Courage:
1. Why is he going around that lake?
2. What does the sewage represent in this story?