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Wednesday September 22 “How to Tell a True War Story”

Wednesday September 22 “How to Tell a True War Story”. Peer-Editing Workshop. Peer-Editing. Marking Utensils (Highlighters, Pens) Be constructive (positive feedback only). Focus Questions. What story does Rat Kiley tell? What does the story show about Rat’s character?

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Wednesday September 22 “How to Tell a True War Story”

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  1. Wednesday September 22“How to Tell a True War Story” Peer-Editing Workshop

  2. Peer-Editing • Marking Utensils (Highlighters, Pens) • Be constructive (positive feedback only)

  3. Focus Questions • What story does Rat Kiley tell? What does the story show about Rat’s character? • What is Mitchell Sanders’ story about? Why does he tell it? • Tim gives several definitions for what a true war story is and is not. Identify two definitions Tim offers. Which do you prefer? • What war story haunts Tim’s dreams?

  4. “How To Tell a True War Story” In any war story, but especially a true one, it’s difficult to separate what happened from what seemed to happen. What seems to happen becomes its own happening and has to be told that way. The angles of vision are skewed.... The pictures get jumbled; you tend to miss alot. And then afterward, when you go to tell about it, there is always that surreal seemingness, which makes the story seem untrue, but which in fact represents the hard and exact truth as it seemed.

  5. What? • The stories may be true, but may not be. • We were not there, so how do we know if they are true or not?

  6. Find an instance where O’Brien’s writing reflects the surreal nature of war and write a paragraph on how he achieves this effect. What kinds of truths can surrealism reveal? (Use Quotations).

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