Objective: Researching the events of 1969 to provide an historical context for our reading of The Things They Carried. Activity: …

The Ghost Soldiers (pages 189-218) 1. When Tim is sent away in the helicopter, before he goes Rat hugs him. …

“Field Trip”: analysis, synthesis Write a thoughtful and well-supported essay in which you support or refute the thesis that Tim …

“Good Form”: synthesis, evaluation Write a reasonable and well-supported essay in which you explore O’Brien’s characterization of truth and argue …

“Speaking of Courage,” “Notes,” “In the Field”: analysis, synthesis In “Notes,” O’Brien asserts, by telling stories, you objectify your own …

“The Man I Killed,” “Ambush”: analysis, synthesis These two stories, especially “The Man I Killed,” offer the reader arguably the …

“Stockings,” “Church”: analysis Write a well-supported essay in which you explore the various levels of faith portrayed in The Things …

“Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong”: analysis, synthesis The “story-within-a-story” is an ancient but still common narrative device. Usually the …

“How to Tell a True War Story”: analysis, synthesis Write a well-supported essay in which you examine O’Brien’s use of …

“On the Rainy River”: analysis, evaluation First-person narrator Tim O’Brien observes that Elroy Birdahl was the hero of his life. …