H10: Read Chapter 3, complete the questions for Chapters 1-3 (all on one document, posted on your class page) thoroughly and thoughtfully. Be prepared when I see you next to start writing your Maus I/II essay; tweak your thesis statement if you need to, consider what kind of evidence you can use to support it, and think ahead to how you might begin an introduction for your topic.
AmLit: Before next class, collect THREE of the quotes that you will use in your final The Things They Carried project. Give the page number, and (if it is dialogue) name of the character who is speaking. These may come from any of the stories we have read so far:
- "The Things They Carried" (overview of what men carried)
- "On the Rainy River" (when Tim O'Brien almost dodged the draft by going to Canada)
- "Enemies" and "Friends" (about Dave Jensen and Lee Strunk's weird friendship)
- "How to Tell a True War Story" (O'Brien talks about truth, and the story about the ghost orchestra)
- "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong" (a soldier's girlfriend goes commando in the jungle)
- "The Man I Killed" and "Ambush" (O'Brien struggles with how he felt about killing a Vietnamese man during the war)
- "Speaking of Courage" (Norman Bowker drives in circles in his hometown after coming home from the war)
- "In the Field" (Kiowa dies in a village toilet, and Jimmy Cross feels guilty)
- "Night Life" (Rat Kiley loses it)
