The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien- DUE: Thursday 3/26 ON -The Running BOARD - Assessment - Participation

   BE SURE TO READ and RESPOND!!  NO Late RESPONSES no Exceptions NO EXCUSES !

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien- DUE: Thursday 3/26 by Midnight -The Running BOARD - Assessment - Participation - Running Doc 

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The Things They Carried  by Tim O'Brien

ASSIGNMENT IS DUE on the Running Doc by 3/26

 KNOW THIS !!!  Place it in YOUR Notebook OR on the Pages You PRINTED! 

Tim O'Brien The Author

• Born in 1946 Minnesota 
• Drafted in 1969
• Served in the US Army Vietnam WAR as Infantry 1969-1970
• 1973-74 Worked as a News Reporter for the Washington Post Paper
• Studied at Harvard Post War
• Author that mostly tells stories of War Life & Post War Vietnam

READ - " The Things They Carried" & "Love " Pages 1-19 

https://www.culliton.org/uploads/3/4/4/2/34421062/the_things_they_carried_a_work_of_fiction_obrien_.pdf

BE SURE TO RESPOND ON THE RUNNING DOC FOR A GRADE!- DUE 3/26 Before CLASS!

IN 2 PARAGRAPHS  - Each Paragraph Should have a topic sentence and a Concrete Example followed by a quote and in text citation. 

1. IN YOUR NOTEBOOK - Create a LIST of " Things They Carried" THEN CHOOSE ONE THING and Place it ON THE RUNNING DOC and Discuss the Significance of this item. 

2. Analyze The Love Jimmy Has For Martha in the first story.

What type of Love is it? Does the setting have anything to do with this love? How does it impact the main character Jimmy? 

3. Why does he blame himself for loving Martha more than his men? Provide an example, quote and in text citation.

ALL RESPONSES on the RUNNING DOC FOR A GRADE!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EKa1My2YMDd0OpQlQG-RnqbWtw1qC1wGG1t5N36wZP8/edit?usp=sharing

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Short Story Unit & Semester List 

" The Things They Carried" by Tim Obrien 

"Hills Like White Elephants" Hemingway 

"Children Of The Sea" by Danticat 

Workshop 2 

Interpreter of Maladies - Lahiri 

PUB 2

Followed By The Poetry Unit 

NO CLASS on 4/2 & 4/7 - JUST MY CLASS