Is War Inevitable? by Christine Monahan https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi Introductory Activity en-us 2017-06-08 14:47:11 UTC 2017-06-08 15:24:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge | Ambrose Bierce christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175746153 A confederate sympathizer is sentenced to hang from Owl Creek Bridge during the American civil war.]]> 2017-06-08 14:50:40 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175746153 The Dog of Tithwal | Saadat Hasan Manto christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175746393 Entrenched Indian and Pakistani soldiers send a stray dog to the others camp.]]> 2017-06-08 14:51:56 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175746393 How to Tell a True War Story | Tim O’Brien christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175746685 The narrator tells war stories interspersed with commentary on story telling.]]> 2017-06-08 14:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175746685 The Red Convertible | Louise Erdrich christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175746952 Lyman Lamartine’s brother, Henry, goes to war in Vietnam and returns three years later a changed man.]]> 2017-06-08 14:54:52 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175746952 Guests of the Nation | Frank O’Connor christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175747295 During the War for Independence, two Englishmen are held captive by the Irish Republican Army. The captors and captives develop camaraderie as they go about their daily routine.]]> 2017-06-08 14:57:04 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175747295 Old Man at the Bridge | Ernest Hemingway christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175747685 During the Spanish Civil War, an old man sits on the roadside, exhausted and discouraged.  Everyone is fleeing from the advancing Fascist army.]]> 2017-06-08 14:59:45 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175747685 A Horseman in the Sky | Ambrose Bierce christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175747882 During the American Civil War, Carter Druse, fighting for the North, falls asleep at his sentry post but wakes in time to catch a spy for the South.]]> 2017-06-08 15:00:53 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175747882 The Things They Carried | Tim O’Brien christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175748037 A narrator details the items that a regiment of soldiers carry with them, giving insight into their characters.]]> 2017-06-08 15:01:45 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175748037 Beware of the Dog | Roald Dahl christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175748226 Peter Williamson, an injured WW II pilot, bails out of his plane and wakes up in a Brighton hospital, but he notices some unusual things.]]> 2017-06-08 15:02:49 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175748226 Only This | Roald Dahl christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175748447 In an English cottage, an old woman lies in bed. She hears bombers flying overhead, and thinks of her son in the Royal Air Force, imagining that she’s in the plane with him.

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]]> 2017-06-08 15:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175748447 Yesterday was Beautiful | Roald Dahl christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175748641 An English pilot ejected from his plane and landed on a Greek island. He searches the deserted town for a boat that can take him to the mainland.

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]]> 2017-06-08 15:05:06 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175748641 Two Friends | Guy de Maupassant christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175748814 Two men, now members of the Paris National Guard because of an attack by Prussian soldiers, meet up with each other in the street. They reminisce about the fishing they did before the war, and decide to try and go back to their fishing spot, even though it’s in no man’s land.]]> 2017-06-08 15:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175748814 The Upturned Face | Stephen Crane christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175748943 Two soldiers ponder the body of a fallen comrade. They decide to bury the body even though there’s shooting just overhead.]]> 2017-06-08 15:07:07 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175748943 Civil Peace | Chinua Achebe christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175749202 Jonathan Iwegbu and his family rebuild their lives after the Nigerian Civil War.]]> 2017-06-08 15:08:37 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175749202 A Perfect Day for Bananafish | J. D. Salinger christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175749375 Muriel speaks on the phone with her mother about her husband, Seymour, who has returned from the war. Her mother is worried about Seymour’s driving and his general mental condition. Meanwhile, Seymour is on the beach, where he meets a young girl and tells her about the bananfish.]]> 2017-06-08 15:09:49 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175749375 Editha | W. D. Howells christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175749568 Editha has read about the Spanish-American war in the papers. She has a romantic view of the war, and feels that her fiancé, George, should join the effort. George is against war, but he gets swept up in the fervor at a meeting, and enlists.]]> 2017-06-08 15:10:55 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175749568 Chickamauga | Ambrose Bierce christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175749752 A six-year-old boy, who is a deaf-mute, wanders off one afternoon. He gets scared by a rabbit and then runs off and hides, falling asleep. He wakes up to an unusual sight.]]> 2017-06-08 15:12:00 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175749752 Soldier’s Home | Ernest Hemingway christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175749899 Krebs comes home after the First World War and keeps to himself. His mother wants him to do something with his life and meet people.]]> 2017-06-08 15:12:54 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175749899 The Old Demon | Pearl S. Buck christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175750198 Mrs. Wang lives in a remote Chinese village. They have heard the talk of a war with the Japanese, but they haven’t seen it firsthand. Mrs. Wang is more concerned with the river; it is higher than it’s ever been at this time of year.]]> 2017-06-08 15:14:13 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175750198 Dish Night | Michael Martone christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175750358 World War II interrupts a couple’s courtship, including their routine of going to a movie on Dish Night so they could get a complete set of crockery.]]> 2017-06-08 15:15:11 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175750358 Stockings | Tim O’Brien christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175750665 Henry Dobbins is a good man, and great soldier, but unsophisticated. He views a pair of his girlfriend’s pantyhose as a good-luck charm.]]> 2017-06-08 15:16:29 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175750665 Three Soldiers | Bruce Holland Rogers christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175750878 Soldiers face difficult situations at various stages of their careers.]]> 2017-06-08 15:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175750878 Prisoner of War | Muna Fadhil christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175751022 Saleh was captured by the Iranians and held for seventeen years. He now lives with his daughter, Sahira, who was only five when he was captured.]]> 2017-06-08 15:18:20 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175751022 The Sniper | Liam O’Flaherty christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175751204 At night, a sniper waits on a rooftop. He risks lighting a cigarette which alerts a nearby sniper of his presence.  They exchange some fire. The sniper feels trapped, but he knows he has to get off the roof before enemy forces converge on him.]]> 2017-06-08 15:19:03 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175751204 War | Luigi Pirandello christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175751312 Passengers on a train carriage argue over who feels the most grief over their sons lost in WW I.]]> 2017-06-08 15:19:44 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175751312 Snow | Julia Alvarez christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175751468 A young girl is attending Catholic school her first year in the United States. She learns some English words, eventually becoming aware of the communist threat.]]> 2017-06-08 15:20:36 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175751468 The Soul of a Regiment | Talbot Mundy christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175751578 Sergeant-Instructor William Grogram comes out of retirement to lead the First Egyptian Foot, a lowly regiment that the Colonel believes is hopeless. Grogram is devoted to duty and honor, and makes it his aim to turn them into a respectable unit.]]> 2017-06-08 15:21:12 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175751578 The Coup de Grace | Ambrose Bierce christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175751704 In a regiment are two brothers, Caffal and Creede Halcrow. Caffal is a sergeant under Captain Madwell, and they are long-time friends. Creede is a major and has a hostile relationship with Madwell. Madwell’s company is ordered to hold the head of a ravine, but they are driven from their position with heavy losses.]]> 2017-06-08 15:22:08 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175751704 The Ensign | Alphonse Daudet christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175751835 A French regiment is holding their position on the banks of a railway. They keep their flag flying despite the advance of a Prussian force. Twenty-two officers fall before Sergeant Hornus takes over the job.]]> 2017-06-08 15:22:57 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175751835 The Track | Walter McDonald christine_monahanca1794 https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175751929 It is a sweltering day in Vietnam during the war after many of the troops have been withdrawn. The narrator and Lebowitz are running around a track with other soldiers.]]> 2017-06-08 15:23:34 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_monahanca1794/2y4h718mhrgi/wish/175751929