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Name: Kieran Lawless
Email: 24237kl@chaminade-hs.org

Name: Gabriel Matos
Email: 24266gm@chaminade-hs.org

Name: Carmine Mancusi
Email: 24255cm@chaminade-hs.org

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Be prepared

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Section/Pages: Pages 1-62 Chapters 1-5
Members Present:  Gabriel Matos, Kieran Lawless

Discussion Highlights:
-On top of the material things they carried, weapons and supplies. They were carrying emotional baggage from regret and loss. Those are the things they were carrying.
- The first chapter introduces all of the characters.
- The first chapter introduces the theme of the “carrying” of things.
- A very major theme is the humanity of these soldiers, just like anyone else.
- Another common theme showed as something the men are carrying is regret and guilt.

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Section/Pages: Chapter 17-22 Page 155-233
Members Present: Kieran Lawless, Carmine Mancusi, & Gabe Matos

Discussion Highlights:
- “Together we understood what terror was: you’re not human anymore. You’re a shadow. You slip out of your own skin, like molting, shedding your own history and your own future, leaving behind everything you ever were or wanted to believed in. You know you’re about to die. And it’s not a movie and you aren’t a hero and all you can do is whimper and wait. ”
- But in a story, which is a kind of dreaming, the dead sometimes smile and sit up and return to the world.”
- These last chapters wrap up the fundamental themes of the book perfectly.
- The end of the book has a noticeably more optimistic tone then most of the book.
- We’re absolutely satisfied with the ending of this book.

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Section/Pages: Page 113-155 Chapter 11-16
Members Present: Kieran Lawless & Carmine Mancusi

Discussion Highlights:
- “He wished he could’ve explained some of this. How he had been braver than he ever thought possible, but how he had not been so brave as he wanted to be. The distinction was important.”
- “But I do like churches. The way it feels inside. It feels good when you just sit there, like you’re in a forest and everything’s really quiet, expect there’s still this sound you can’t hear.”
- The theme of the massive emotional burden that comes from war is especially present within these chapters.
- Another theme throughout this section is an overwhelming sense of guilt even when it is not warranted.
- All of these chapters have the characters carrying an increasingly heavy burden with increasingly grim events.

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Section/Pages: Pages 62-113 Chapter 6-10
Members Present: None

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Meeting 1 Date: October 21
Pages 1-62 /Sections 1-5

Meeting 2 Date: November 1
Pages 62-113 / Sections 6-10

Meeting 3 Date: November 9
Pages 113-155 / Sections 11-16

Meeting 4 Date: November 18
Pages 155-233 / Sections 17-22

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Do your part

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Why is the first section of the book included when it isn’t actually a short story, unlike all the other chapters.

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What are some of the most memorable and/or important quotes in this section?

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Does there seem to be any common theme throughout these chapters? If so, what is it?

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Always offer to help someone struggling with something

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Is the meaning of the title given in these chapters? If so, what is it?

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How does this section wrap up the themes of the book?

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What are the most memorable and/or important quotes from this section?

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Can we sense any common themes between the stories between the stories so far? If so what are they?

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Were these chapters a satisfactory end to the book?

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What’s an example of the carrying of something in these chapters?

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1. Our group did very well with gaining a deeper understanding of the book and covering the 3 agendas.
2. Having two people rather than this makes it a little harder,
3. Gabe and I still worked very well today.

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1. This was possibly the best meeting in terms of covering the agendas in an efficient and engaging manner.
2. Finally having all three group members proved to be massively helpful.
3. This was a great conclusion to this trimester’s book club.

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1. We covered the three agendas very well, and these helped a lot with understanding the text.
2. Just like meeting one, two people is much harder than three.
3. Still, Carmine and I worked very well today.

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Great emotional burden of war
The concept of how carrying things can affect people later in life
Morality of war

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Collection of poems