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by Tim O'Brien

The Things They Carried, published in 1990, was a runaway hit and is included in many high school and university curricula. O’Brien has called the form of the work “meta-fiction,” indicating that it is neither non-fiction nor quite fiction. The work is made up of 22 stories or chapters that are…

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3. What did Jensen finally do to resolve the conflict with Strunk?
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What was the main ghost in Vietnam?
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Last updated by: Aslan on May 16, 2012 9:12 PM
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why did the vietnam war seem morally wrong to o'brien the narrator? S
Posted by marvin w #240861
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on May 15, 2012 7:56 AM
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after recieving the draft notice,the narrator experience a variety pf new emotions what were they and what did they cause him to do?
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Last updated by: jill d #170087 on May 15, 2012 7:14 AM
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What is the significance of Tim driving to the border of Canada but not crossing?
Posted by j r #248059
Last updated by: Aslan on May 03, 2012 7:25 PM
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list all the soldiers and the items they carried tangible and intangible
Posted by marvin w #240861
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Apr 04, 2012 7:16 AM
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How does O'Brien use the objects the soldiers carry in order to characterize the soldiers? How might this be more effective than using direct characterization?
Posted by jean b #236027
Last updated by: Aslan on Mar 10, 2012 9:03 PM
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list some items that the men carry
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Last updated by: Aslan on Mar 07, 2012 3:30 PM
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Characterize Ray Kiley. After reading the entirety of the story, why does this story seem particularly "true" to Rat? What meaning might he derive from it?
Posted by morgan m #234341
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Mar 03, 2012 2:54 PM
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how many different time periods are described in the story ?
Posted by lynh d #226621
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Jan 24, 2012 7:42 PM
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Discus the roles of remebering and of telling stories and provide examples from the stories you have read in The Things They Carried?
Posted by tia g #225219
Last updated by: tracey c #171707 on Jan 17, 2012 6:50 PM
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Discus the roles of remebering and of telling stories and provide examples from the stories you have read in The Things They Carried?
Posted by tia g #225219
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Jan 17, 2012 5:00 PM
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Why does Tim O'Brien, the narrator, consider himself a coward?
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Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Jan 17, 2012 3:33 PM
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How is Tim's job as a pig declotter symbolic of his destiny?
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Why is the water buffalo's death more emotional than the human deaths depicated in this novel?
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what is my favorite book
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does martha's letter makes sense
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what is calli?
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Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Dec 11, 2011 1:42 PM
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how does Lt. Cross react to this death as he does?
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Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Dec 09, 2011 2:28 PM
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what is done with lavender once he is dead?
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Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Dec 08, 2011 2:21 PM
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Why does O'Brien from the things they carried write a war story that has no heroes?
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Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Dec 06, 2011 9:48 AM
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describe your reactions to what the men do to the baby water buffalo. What is their motivation?
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Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Nov 28, 2011 12:39 PM
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What were Tim's options once he received his draft notice
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Last updated by: Aslan on Nov 20, 2011 5:51 PM
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what finally got Azar to stop laughing in the book "The things they carried."
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Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Nov 18, 2011 7:39 AM
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Immortalizing Vietnam War?
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