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The Things They Carried: Day 2

The Things They Carried: Day 2. The Draft . WWI: Selective Service Act of 1917 FDR’s Selective Training and Service Act (first peacetime draft) December 1, 1969: Vietnam draft: 365 capsules. Draft Dodgers . Conscientious Objector (religious or moral)

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The Things They Carried: Day 2

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  1. The Things They Carried: Day 2

  2. The Draft WWI: Selective Service Act of 1917 FDR’s Selective Training and Service Act (first peacetime draft) December 1, 1969: Vietnam draft: 365 capsules

  3. Draft Dodgers Conscientious Objector (religious or moral) Medical Problem (shoot toes or deliberately fail color blind tests) Join the National Guard College or Education Fled to Canada Burning of draft cards Draft card “turn-ins”

  4. Discussion Questions Why, ultimately, does he go to war? Are there other reasons for going he doesn’t list? What does this story say about what kind of soldier Tim O’Brien might become? What does it say about all soldiers in Vietnam? Is Tim O’Brien a coward?

  5. How to Tell a True War Story • Nonfiction vs. Fiction • Are the stories that Tim O’Brien tells true or untrue? • Close Reading: Mitchell Sander’s Story (page 68 to 72) • Can this story have any truth to it?

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