https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs 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 16:11:42 UTC 2025-12-22 16:09:48 UTC hello@padlet.com tonya_luster https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185878167 A list of people, items, or categories, traditionally found in epic poems (but not limited there)
(2) list of different items - chewing gum, lighters, cigarettes, salt tablets]]> 2017-09-08 14:16:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185878167 tonya_luster https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185879393 Makes you think of all the different things they need and what weighs them down in battle - how it challenged them
Makes us think of how difficult life was for them in battle]]> 2017-09-08 14:19:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185879393 tonya_luster https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185880275 After people leave the war, the burden stays with them - the burdens change - trauma, memories, experiences
physical burden = emotional burden]]> 2017-09-08 14:20:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185880275 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185883791 Two or more things being seen or placed in a contrasting setting.

]]> 2017-09-08 14:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185883791 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185883994 For example: Jimmy's crosses's love for his sort of girlfriend makes you think of the drastic effect on the people that went to fight there and how love and war is not fit to be in the same place. ]]> 2017-09-08 14:28:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185883994 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185884293 Cross' receives a pebble from Martha, that she picked up from the beach and mailed to him and he carries it in his mouth.]]> 2017-09-08 14:29:14 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185884293 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185884371 This story comes first because it give us a better understanding of the characters.The story shows the things each character carries and how they're important to them personally, and to the group as a whole.]]> 2017-09-08 14:29:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185884371 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185884644 Cross' reaction to the pebble he receives makes you think about the war puts a strain on your relationship- being so far away makes you question everything both good and bad.]]> 2017-09-08 14:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185884644 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185884864 The concept includes physical, mental, and emotional burdens that effect how someone acts and reacts]]> 2017-09-08 14:30:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185884864 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185885213 (3-4) LT Cross carries photos of Martha in his wallet until he burns them ]]> 2017-09-08 14:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185885213 theodore_halligan2020 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185885427 O'Brien narrates the story in such a way that the readers buy into the emotional manipulation of the novel.  He is able to develop the concept of the soldiers' emotional strife through a variety of different ways, some of which include; their emotional baggage  and memories of home expressed in the form of tangible items, the sudden, unexpected deaths of developed characters, and even through graphic descriptions of violence (the buffalo slaughter, Mary Anne Bell, the body of the man O'Brien kills.)]]> 2017-09-08 14:31:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185885427 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185885556
Repetition of a word or phase to create a dramatic effect and show the importance of the word or phase ]]> 2017-09-08 14:31:36 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185885556 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185886546 Difference of factual events and the truth for each person]]> 2017-09-08 14:33:29 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185886546 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185886635 It also helps establish the conditions the characters live and work in. It shares its title with the title of the book because the rest of the book refers back to the theme of physical and emotional burdens that is very strongly present in the first story.]]> 2017-09-08 14:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185886635 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185886792 Repetition of a word or phrase in the beginning of a sentence in order to create a dramatic effect.]]> 2017-09-08 14:34:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185886792 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185887156 The 2 photos LT cross carries of Martha communicate to the readers the humane aspect of these soldiers despite the powerful influences of war. The remind the audience of the lives these soldiers have outside of Vietnam. ]]> 2017-09-08 14:34:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185887156 najja_akinwole2020 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185887300 Ted Lavender was the first character who was introduced by Tim O'Brien to die. He didn't die in an act of heroism or courage but simply by getting shot in the head while peeing.]]> 2017-09-08 14:34:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185887300 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185887664 O'Brien lists the physical burdens the characters carry--the catalog above--but also describes the emotional burdens they hump at war. Examples of this are love, sentiment, their own lives... but most importantly, the burden of being alive. 

"Afterward, when the
firing ended, they would blink and peek up. They would touch their
bodies, feeling shame, then quickly hiding it. They would force
themselves to stand. As if in slow motion, frame by frame, the world
would take on the old logic—absolute silence, then the wind, then sunlight, then voices. It was the burden of being alive." (O'Brien 13)]]> 2017-09-08 14:35:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185887664 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185887796 2017-09-08 14:36:03 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185887796 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185888301 Tim says jimmy cross has to carry the responsibility for the lives of his men. ]]> 2017-09-08 14:36:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185888301 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185888339 2017-09-08 14:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185888339 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185888908 It makes you think of all of the things they have that puts alot of pressure on them.]]> 2017-09-08 14:38:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185888908 jade_brown2020 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185889115 O'Brien lists personal items of the soldiers ]]> 2017-09-08 14:38:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185889115 jade_brown2020 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185889393 This gives a look inside who the soldiers are back in the United States and what kind of lives they lead. It gives the characters personality.]]> 2017-09-08 14:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185889393 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185889632 The 2 photos LT Cross carries of Martha symbolize how in order to survive in war a reminder of home  and the hope of a life after war are crucial.]]> 2017-09-08 14:39:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185889632 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185889701 The way O'Brien tells]]> 2017-09-08 14:39:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185889701 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185889719 When people leave for the war their relationships have some challenges. The people begin to change ]]> 2017-09-08 14:39:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185889719 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185889797 The meaning of burden is a heavy load. In the novel the idea of weight or burden can be physical and emotional. ]]> 2017-09-08 14:39:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185889797 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185890396 Linda represents the stories of the past]]> 2017-09-08 14:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185890396 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185890582 Chapter 3 page 36 Kiowa saying "No choice...could you do?" Kiowa saying "right?" Kiowa saying "talk to me."]]> 2017-09-08 14:41:16 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185890582 https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185891088 Helps us to establish that not only did the war put a lot of pressure on the soldiers physically with all of things they had to carry, it also put alot of pressure on them after the war because they had to deal with the memories.]]> 2017-09-08 14:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/tonya_luster/ox1tsb7lw2bs/wish/185891088