Text-Based Questions - Speaking of Courage by Kaylynn Arnett https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot en-us 2019-03-20 15:10:23 UTC 2019-03-22 14:45:26 UTC hello@padlet.com CTS https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343379492 How would you feel if one of your closest friends was dying and you could help them? Would you save them or leave?

If you were in the war would care for any medals?


]]> 2019-03-20 15:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343379492 KU https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343379932 1.  What was the importance of Independence Day after fighting in the war like for Bowker?

2.  How would you feel if you were in Bowker's perspective and you failed to save someone you know such as Kiowa?

3. Was there a reason why Bowker repeated parts of the story multiple times?

]]> 2019-03-20 15:15:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343379932 JL https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343380110 How would you feel if you had failed someone and let them go like Norman did?

Would you save someone in war because it is the right thing or for the silver star.

]]> 2019-03-20 15:15:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343380110 R https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343380178 Discuss whether Norman Bowker  ]]> 2019-03-20 15:15:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343380178 A.B. https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343380187 2019-03-20 15:15:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343380187 MP https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343380332 2019-03-20 15:15:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343380332 AG https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343380422 What would you have done if you were in Norman's position between saving his friend and the smell?

Why did Norman tell the story as if he was talking to people but, he really wasn't?]]> 2019-03-20 15:16:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343380422 Jon https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343380433 Why does Norman Bowker not save Kiowa? 

If you were in Norman Bowkers position, would you let go of Kiowa because of the smell of the field? ]]> 2019-03-20 15:16:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343380433 D.E https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343380685 1.What did Norman teach himself to do at war that he was really proud of?
2.Who did Norman see as he drove around the lake?]]> 2019-03-20 15:16:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343380685 AMR https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343381000 why would Norman bring up his high school girlfriend.

]]> 2019-03-20 15:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343381000 b.d. https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343381219 Through this chapter he keeps on trying to tell his war story about kiowa but no one wants to listen, so  why didnt he tell the drive thru guy the story, when the drive through guy actually wanted to listen.

]]> 2019-03-20 15:17:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343381219 V.M. https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343381371 1.) What made Norman Browker drive around the lake several times?
2.) Why do you think the author, Tim O'brien, wrote what the imaginary people would've said when Norman was talking to them? 
3.) On page 146, why do you think Norman restrained himself from telling the guy on the intercom what he really needs/]]> 2019-03-20 15:17:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343381371 L.S. https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343381511 if you were in Norman Bowker's position in the poop field, would you let kiowa die because it stank?]]> 2019-03-20 15:17:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343381511 mvp https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343381963 1. Why is the story called "Speaking of Courage"? In what sense does this story speak of courage?
2. Like other men, Norman Bowker develops an active fantasy life. Why do these men develop these fantasy roles? What do they get from telling these fantasy stories to themselves? What does this tell you about Tim O'Brien's understanding of the way fictions relates to real life?]]> 2019-03-20 15:18:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343381963 ar https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343382908 1. if Bowker could've ignored the smell and kept pulling to save Kiowa do you think he wouldv'e saved his friend?
2. do you think kiowa was still alive when Bowker was pulling on his boot? though he was under waste and water. 
3.]]> 2019-03-20 15:20:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343382908 https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343383024 2019-03-20 15:20:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343383024 L.S. https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343384896 why did the town seem dead and the people invisible to bowker? was it because it was the fourth of july? or was it because they simply didn't care?]]> 2019-03-20 15:23:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343384896 T.M https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343385891 2019-03-20 15:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343385891 P.A. https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343386078 2019-03-20 15:24:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343386078 JG https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343583875 In the chapter, “Speaking of Courage”, Norman Bowker mentions, “The two little boys were trudging along on their seven-mile hike… man in the stalled motorboat stilled fiddled with his engine… women in pedal pushers patiently rebaited her hook for another try”(p.140). How can this quote be compared to the events leading to Kiowa’s death?

In the chapter, “Speaking of Courage”, Norman Bowker is depressed throughout the story. How can the last paragraph be interpreted with the following sentences: “The water felt warm against his skin. He put his head under”(p.148)?


]]> 2019-03-21 00:10:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343583875 SR https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343625182 Why is Norman unable to relate to anyone at home?


]]> 2019-03-21 04:13:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343625182 https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343629545 2019-03-21 04:47:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/343629545 ER https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/344240872 1.Why does Norman keeping repeating that he almost got the Silver Star?

2.Why does Norman imagine having a conversation with his father instead of actually talking to him?]]> 2019-03-22 14:39:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kaylynnarnett/tj5pkwm1s5ot/wish/344240872