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The Things They Carried Socratic 1

The Things They Carried Socratic 1. From “The Dentist,” “On the Rainy River,” “Speaking of Courage”. What does “courage” mean? What does it look like in war?. From “On the Rainy River”. “I survived [war], but it’s not a happy ending. I was a coward, I went to war” (61).

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The Things They Carried Socratic 1

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  1. The Things They Carried Socratic 1

  2. From “The Dentist,” “On the Rainy River,” “Speaking of Courage” • What does “courage” mean? • What does it look like in war?

  3. From “On the Rainy River” “I survived [war], but it’s not a happy ending. I was a coward, I went to war” (61). • How could it be cowardly to go to war? Is it ever brave not to fight? • How could surviving war be considered a sad ending?

  4. From “Rainy River” and “The Man I Killed” • What do O’Brien and the other soldiers seem to sacrifice about themselves during the war? • What do they learn about themselves?

  5. Spin Is the killing soldiers commit during war still considered murder?

  6. When are we justified in going to war? • Has there ever been a just war? How do you know it was just?

  7. The Things They Carried Socratic 2

  8. From “In the Field” and “How to Tell a True War Story” • In TTTC, whenever a soldier dies, someone writes or brainstorms a letter to the family. These letters are sometimes funny, sometimes serious. • What do you think a letter home should say? What should it leave out?

  9. Why, according to O’Brien, do we need stories? • Why do we retell certain stories over and over? What do we get from retelling them?

  10. Does O’Brien ever see beauty in the war? Does the war ever seem beautiful in the text? • Does this go against his general message about war?

  11. What is the purpose of war art? Can art help us understand war better? How? Is more it for the public’s or the soldier’s benefit? Why?

  12. From “How to Tell a True War Story” • What is the relationship between historical/objective truth and fictional/subjective truth? • How can we tell which is “more true?”

  13. Quick Plot Review Take out your books and TTTC Test Review Sheet The following questions are not a part of the Socratic; they simply a plot & syntax review.

  14. Question 1 • What are two different effects that telegraphic sentences produce in The Things They Carried? (What are the different ways they are used?) • Find text to support your answer!!!

  15. Question 4 “On ambush, curled in the dark, you fight for control. Not too much fidgeting… It all swirls together, clichés mixing with your own emotions, and in the end you can’t tell one from the other” (206). • QUESTION: The primary purpose of second person perspective in the passage above is to… • ANSWER: To create for the reader the feeling of confusion and frustration from losing control of one’s own emotions when on ambush

  16. Question 5 • QUESTION: What is the purpose of catalog in the chapter “The Things They Carried”? • ANSWER: To create the truth of war that soldiers must endure heavy emotional (grief, fear, love, shame) and physical (fatigues, guns, canteens) burdens

  17. Question 6 • QUESTION: What is the difference between catalog and asyndeton? • ANSWER: Catalog includes an “and” before the last item in the list, asyndeton has NO conjunctions (like “and”) AT ALL! ANYWHERE IN THE LIST!

  18. Question 7 “Vietnam had the effect of a powerful drug: that mix of unnamed terror and unnamed pleasure that comes as the needle slips in and you know you’re risking something” (114). • QUESTION: What is the context for the passage? The passage above is a metaphor for what? • ANSWER: The effect the Vietnam War had on many soldiers who were “consumed” by it, including Mary Anne

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