Online Discussion of The The Thing They Carried by Coritza Santos https://padlet.com/coritzasantos/w152od5aqov4h8x3 Answer the questions for the designated day to make sure you that you relate your opinions on the main ideologies in "The Things They Carried" by Tim O' Brian. You must make a comment underneath the question. en-us 2023-05-30 17:17:59 UTC 2023-06-09 20:38:52 UTC hello@padlet.com Question One coritzasantos https://padlet.com/coritzasantos/w152od5aqov4h8x3/wish/2609405355 Identify in the moments of beauty and/or serenity in this chapter.

]]> 2023-05-30 17:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/coritzasantos/w152od5aqov4h8x3/wish/2609405355 Question Two coritzasantos https://padlet.com/coritzasantos/w152od5aqov4h8x3/wish/2609406312 How is this story structured? What can you say about all these short sections as well as the reflections between past and present?

]]> 2023-05-30 17:20:15 UTC https://padlet.com/coritzasantos/w152od5aqov4h8x3/wish/2609406312 On the Rainy River coritzasantos https://padlet.com/coritzasantos/w152od5aqov4h8x3/wish/2611201371 What does the author mean when he says , “ Knowledge, of course, is always imperfect, but it seems to me that when a nation goes to war it must have reasonable confidence in the justice and imperativeness of its cause. You can’t fix your mistakes” ?

Do you think Tim O’ Brian’s emotions were justified when he found out he was going to war? 


]]> 2023-06-01 02:11:08 UTC https://padlet.com/coritzasantos/w152od5aqov4h8x3/wish/2611201371 On the Rainy River coritzasantos https://padlet.com/coritzasantos/w152od5aqov4h8x3/wish/2612251124 What does the character ,Elroy Berdahl ,represent in this chapter? What can he be seen as a symbol or representation of?

What does O'Brian mean when he says, " But even more than that , I think, the man understood that words were insufficient. The problem had gone beyond discussion"?

 ]]> 2023-06-01 22:51:50 UTC https://padlet.com/coritzasantos/w152od5aqov4h8x3/wish/2612251124 Enemies and Friends coritzasantos https://padlet.com/coritzasantos/w152od5aqov4h8x3/wish/2615021837 The phrase that inspires these two chapters is normally characterized as “friends and enemies.” Why does O’Brien (the author) reverse this traditional order when sequencing these chapters?

Using both chapters “Enemies” and “Friends,” explain how war distorts the normal social codes.

]]> 2023-06-05 16:58:21 UTC https://padlet.com/coritzasantos/w152od5aqov4h8x3/wish/2615021837 How to Tell a True war Story coritzasantos https://padlet.com/coritzasantos/w152od5aqov4h8x3/wish/2617582489 Based on the descriptions, discussions, and vignettes in the chapter, what are the characteristics of a true war story? What does “truth” mean in the context of a war story? Consider the statement “That’s a true war story that never happened” and the characters’ various attempts to express the truth inherent in a particular story (“[Sanders’] frustration at...not quite pinning down the final and definitive truth”, “You can tell a true war story if you just keep on telling it”).

]]> 2023-06-08 00:05:09 UTC https://padlet.com/coritzasantos/w152od5aqov4h8x3/wish/2617582489