https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj Text based discussion questions en-us 2019-03-08 16:08:07 UTC 2023-02-13 20:00:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339362316 In the chapter, How to Tell a True War Story, Tim O'Brien mentions "Often in a true war story there is not even a point...". What ways can this quote be interpreted]]> 2019-03-08 16:10:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339362316 https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339362376 Tim O'Brien goes on to talk about whether or not there can even be a moral in a true war story at the end of the chapter. Do you agree with the choices that he made when explaining the stories? Do the stories make sense to you. Why or why not]]> 2019-03-08 16:11:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339362376 https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339362395 1. If those stories were actually true, would it have some impact on those who listen to it, or will it be hard for people to believe even if it was real?

2. How literal was the silence that Rat Kiley showed him, does it actually show that it's actually the absence of a moral in a story?]]> 2019-03-08 16:11:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339362395 https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339362669 As we are able to choose if the stories are a lie , does it take away from the true feelings behind it.

True war stories are messy , its a mixture of everything , did that add to the absence of moral ?

why would he need to add and subtracts parts , almost try to create a story in order for people to listen , what is his point he is trying to explain. If there is no moral then whats to reason / purpose.

]]> 2019-03-08 16:11:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339362669 https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339362725 Would you make up or remake a story for someone or not? If you would, why? ]]> 2019-03-08 16:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339362725 https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339363106 R.C.
Do you believe there was an understatement to the story Mitchell Sanders proposed to O'Brien while they walked along the river?
Discuss how others perspective on war might change based off the story Sanders presented and the way he did so. ]]> 2019-03-08 16:12:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339363106 https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339363419 if the story about the buffalo was true, do you think parts were made up like the story rat told the group?]]> 2019-03-08 16:13:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339363419 https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339363495 would you exaggerate a story so people would feel bad for you or believe you ?

]]> 2019-03-08 16:13:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339363495 https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339363526 Do you think that maybe the whole buffalo story was true? Because we know he said it wasn't true, but what if he's lying and  it was true?]]> 2019-03-08 16:13:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339363526 https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339363696 what if the story was true and ]]> 2019-03-08 16:13:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339363696 https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339363982 if you were telling a story to a friend, but made up some parts of said story, would it be as real to your friend as it is to you?]]> 2019-03-08 16:14:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339363982 https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339364094 In the chapter, when Rat Kiley is shooting the baby water buffalo, do you think that is a way for him to deal with his best friends death?]]> 2019-03-08 16:14:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339364094 https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339364170 What does O'Brien mean when he says that true war stories are never about war?]]> 2019-03-08 16:14:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339364170 https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339364249 While, Tim O'Brien was getting ready to head out. Rat Kiley says, "That quiet-just listen. There's your moral. Can this be a moral or just something random that Rat Kiley said to stop talking to Tim? Why?]]> 2019-03-08 16:15:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339364249 https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339364271 2019-03-08 16:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339364271 https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339364308 Do you believe that baby buffalo story was true or was it another story to make you feel sad the way he felt when his friend died?]]> 2019-03-08 16:15:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339364308 https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339364398 After telling his story, Tim O'Brien explains that it was all a lie, but at the same time its true. How do you think this impacts the book itself and its readers?]]> 2019-03-08 16:15:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339364398 https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339364574  Why does this story begin with the line: “This is true.” How does that prepare you, as a reader, for the story? In what sense is “this” true?]]> 2019-03-08 16:15:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339364574 https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339364693 what if his story was true. why did nobody believe him]]> 2019-03-08 16:16:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339364693 https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339364833 If the story was true/false would that change the way that you feel after reading it]]> 2019-03-08 16:16:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339364833 https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339367282 why is the baby water buffalo scene more disturbing than the death of one of O'Brien's platoon members, Curt Lemon?]]> 2019-03-08 16:21:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339367282 https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339368317 In the chapter, when Mitchell Sanders was telling the story, do you think he told the part about the party to get the narrator to believehim?]]> 2019-03-08 16:23:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339368317 https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339368860 If the baby buffalo story was true and not a lie, what impact do you think it had on the reader as it was being read?]]> 2019-03-08 16:24:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339368860 https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339990219 do you think the story was worth telling if it was a lie]]> 2019-03-11 14:54:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/339990219 https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/340002551 2019-03-11 15:14:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/ay6pkjn520fj/wish/340002551