https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w Use this Padlet to build a class analysis of the first story in O'Brien's collection - it's a starting point. en-us 2017-09-02 16:00:18 UTC 2017-09-08 13:48:32 UTC hello@padlet.com tonya_luster https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185848554 It explains what the rest of the story is going to be - introduces important themes and the other stories give details - gives us introduction to the characters and what they care about]]> 2017-09-08 13:13:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185848554 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185850442 To show that the physical and emotional burdens are equal in their importance.]]> 2017-09-08 13:18:14 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185850442 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185851350 Within Lt. Cross's story, he encounters the feeling of love for Martha and emphasizes that love was something that was carried over time... "because he loved her so much." pg. 4]]> 2017-09-08 13:20:16 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185851350 tonya_luster https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185851504 to list similar situations, qualities, or events in succession
(3) "to carry something is to hump it [...] Jimmy Cross humped his love for Martha"
(2) "largely determined by necessity... [LIST]"]]> 2017-09-08 13:20:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185851504 tonya_luster https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185851859 O'Brien lists the items that the soliders carry - 
1.  cumulative effect - there is a TON of things they have to carry
2.  shows the different sides of war
3.  makes them all seem equal even when they're not
4. equalizes characters - gives them things to share in common]]> 2017-09-08 13:21:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185851859 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185854895 The author uses the word hump rather than carry because it has a slightly different connotation that implies a struggle. (3) "In it's intransitive form, to hump meant to walk, or to march, but it implied burdens far beyond the intransitive."]]> 2017-09-08 13:27:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185854895 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185855215 "Why poetry? Why so sad? Why that grayness in her eyes? Why so alone?" Page 11]]> 2017-09-08 13:28:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185855215 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185855495 the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.]]> 2017-09-08 13:28:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185855495 analece_villieres2020 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185855980 Deffinition: A literary device where two or more places, times, characters, ideas are placed side by side to create a comparison or a contrast in poems or narratives

Example in TTTC: ]]> 2017-09-08 13:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185855980 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185856093 The author uses words such as "grunts" to describe standard people with out a definitive or meaningful rank. O'Brien gives the ranks of some, such as Lt. Jimmy Cross, but does not go in depth about everyone. ]]> 2017-09-08 13:29:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185856093 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185856115 Irony is noticeable by the reader when O'Brien is first into the army. O'Brien told the reader how he thought everyone would eventually gain they needed when a situation is dire enough. But when he is drafted to go into the army, He panics and escapes to Canada]]> 2017-09-08 13:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185856115 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185856138 - repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses]]> 2017-09-08 13:30:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185856138 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185856237 The author stresses the burden of the items both physical and mental that the soldiers carry to communicate how absolutely heavy war is. It communicates the emotional bearings and physical bearings the soldiers most carry for the rest of the book, helping the reader to understand and sympathize with the characters actions, words, and emotions.]]> 2017-09-08 13:30:15 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185856237 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185857121 O'Brien repeats "they carried" to emphasize the variety of mental and physical baggage everyone had to bear. "Until he was shot, Ted Lavender carried 6 or 7 ounces of premium dope... Kiowa also carried his grandmother's distrust of the white man..." (O'Brien 3)]]> 2017-09-08 13:31:58 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185857121 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185857276  (19) "They were afraid of dying but they were even more afraid to show it."]]> 2017-09-08 13:32:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185857276 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185857742 The examination or observation of one's mental and emotional processes. Throughout the chapter the author describes the emotional and mental issues of the soldiers. "They carried themselves with dignity. Now and then however, there were times of panic."]]> 2017-09-08 13:33:14 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185857742 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185858251 Lt. Cross received a good luck charm from Martha that was a pebble. The pebble was "smooth to touch" and had a "milky white color with flecks of orange and violet" (pg 8)that was an oval shape. This pebble or good luck charm was founded by Martha on the New Jersey shoreline and emphasized the beauty of how Martha was portrayed and the way it made Lt. Cross feel. ]]> 2017-09-08 13:34:15 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185858251 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185858277 (2) "Together these items weighed between 12 and 18 pounds, depending upon a man's habits or rate of metabolism" 

]]> 2017-09-08 13:34:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185858277 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185858301 the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.]]> 2017-09-08 13:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185858301 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185858409 2017-09-08 13:34:32 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185858409 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185858459 O'Brien lost the thought of Martha after his soldiers death. It took the thought of being a leader more important than being in love so keep his men alive

]]> 2017-09-08 13:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185858459 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185858463 A statement that seems to contradict its self but may reveal a hidden truth 
"They carried all they could bear, and then some" (7)]]> 2017-09-08 13:34:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185858463 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185858538 In the Chapter, The Man I Killed, O'Brien describes the mans hypothetical life before he was killed as a symbol of guilt.]]> 2017-09-08 13:34:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185858538 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185858735 "Fuck off" (13)
The author uses obscene Diction to outline the way the men communicated with each other at the time. ]]> 2017-09-08 13:35:15 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185858735 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185859355 Tim O'Brien repeats "carry" to emphasize how much they had to burden and to set the scene for descriptions and details on how those burdens affect them. "Because you could die so quickly, each man carried at least one large compress bandage, usually in the helmet band for easy access." (O'Brien 3). This quote shows how the physical objects are a constant reminder of the dangers of the war. "Kiowa, a devout Baptist, carried an illustrated New Testament that had been presented to him by his father..." (O'Brien 3). This is one way the soldiers relate back to lives in America and remain hopeful. ]]> 2017-09-08 13:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185859355 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185859401 O'Brien uses the physical weight of the items the soldiers carried to represent the emotional and mental weight of being in the war. ]]> 2017-09-08 13:36:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185859401 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185859807 "They carried all they could bear, and then some" (7)
1. reveals incredible difficulty of the soldiers' lives
2. reminds readers that they don't really understand what being in this situation is like
3. readers feel sympathy for soldiers]]> 2017-09-08 13:37:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185859807 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185860854 As these soliders carry these "charms" they carry great deal to them traveling and fighting in this war. It symbolizes there hope of staying alive

]]> 2017-09-08 13:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185860854 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185861202 Items and people are replaced with memories as the story goes along.  Physical burdens are replaced with mental/ emotional burdens. They carry things throughout the war not just physically.]]> 2017-09-08 13:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185861202 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185861285 By saying "fuck off" which is common but not often put into dialogue in literature, O'Brien humanizes and makes the men seem like regular people ]]> 2017-09-08 13:40:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185861285 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185861671 (19)  "They were afraid of dying but they were even more afraid to show it."
The fear of showing emotions and covering it up showcases as one of the biggest things that they carry as a group. ]]> 2017-09-08 13:41:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/mgu7ti0zl59w/wish/185861671