“ In the Field ”

1. “In the Field” The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien

2. Letting it flow . . . • What is Stream of Consciousness?

3. Letting it flow . . . • What is Stream of Consciousness? • a person's thoughts and conscious reactions to events, perceived as a continuous flow.

4. Letting it flow . . . • What is Stream of Consciousness? • a person's thoughts and conscious reactions to events, perceived as a continuous flow.

5. Train of Thought • Write for 5 minutes

6. Train of Thought • Write for 5 minutes • Must be writing at all times

7. Train of Thought • Write for 5 minutes • Must be writing at all times • Will be collected

8. Train of Thought • Write for 5 minutes • Must be writing at all times • Will be collected • This is unstructured, unedited writing that reflects your observations or feelings about a certain person, event, or item. Stream of Consciousness is a good way to write poetry or journals, and can end with a piece of writing that can be as much graphic as verbal.

9. Train of Thought • Write for 5 minutes • Must be writing at all times • Will be collected • This is unstructured, unedited writing that reflects your observations or feelings about a certain person, event, or item. Stream of Consciousness is a good way to write poetry or journals, and can end with a piece of writing that can be as much graphic as verbal.

10. Kiowa, Lost but Remembered • Lt. Cross has a hard time radioing in an MIA (Missing in Action) because he wants to find and recover Kiowa’s body

11. Kiowa, Lost but Remembered • Lt. Cross has a hard time radioing in an MIA (Missing in Action) because he wants to find and recover Kiowa’s body • “Kiowa has been a fine soldier and a fine human being, a devout Baptist, and there was no way Lieutenant Cross would allow such a good man to be lost under the slime of a shit field”

12. Returning to Jimmy Cross • Narrative shift back to Jimmy Cross

13. Returning to Jimmy Cross • Narrative shift back to Jimmy Cross • How has his attitude changed since the last time we saw?

14. Returning to Jimmy Cross • Narrative shift back to Jimmy Cross • How has his attitude changed since the last time we saw? • “The filth seemed to erase identities, transforming men into identical copies of a single soldier, which was exactly how [he] had been trained . . .”

15. How do those cope with PTSD? • If no drugs, jokes!

16. How do those cope with PTSD? • If no drugs, jokes! • Azar is the jokester of the group

17. How do those cope with PTSD? • If no drugs, jokes! • Azar is the jokester of the group • “Wasted in waste . . . A shit field. You got to admit, it’s pure world-class irony”

18. How do those cope with PTSD? • If no drugs, jokes! • Azar is the jokester of the group • “Wasted in waste . . . A shit field. You got to admit, it’s pure world-class irony” • How is it ironic?

19. How do those cope with PTSD? • If no drugs, jokes! • Azar is the jokester of the group • “Wasted in waste . . . A shit field. You got to admit, it’s pure world-class irony” • How is it ironic? • Is it appropriate?

20. How do those cope with PTSD? • If no drugs, jokes! • Azar is the jokester of the group • “Wasted in waste . . . A shit field. You got to admit, it’s pure world-class irony” • How is it ironic? • Is it appropriate?

21. Discovery • Platoon is trying to find Kiowa

22. Discovery • Platoon is trying to find Kiowa • Mitchell Sanders makes the first discovery

23. Discovery • Platoon is trying to find Kiowa • Mitchell Sanders makes the first discovery • “Norman Bowker stared down at the rucksack. It was made of dark green nylon with an aluminum frame, but now it had the curious look of flesh”

24. Distraction – Coping with PTSD • If you don’t joke and don’t do drugs . . .

25. Distraction – Coping with PTSD • If you don’t joke and don’t do drugs . . . • Take your mind off it by thinking of something else!

26. Distraction – Coping with PTSD • If you don’t joke and don’t do drugs . . . • Take your mind off it by thinking of something else! • Lieutenant Cross exercises a variety of coping strategies to escape the chaos around him.

27. Distraction – Coping with PTSD • If you don’t joke and don’t do drugs . . . • Take your mind off it by thinking of something else! • Lieutenant Cross exercises a variety of coping strategies to escape the chaos around him. • “In a funny way, it reminded him of the municipal golf course in his hometown in New Jersey. A lost ball, he thought.”

28. Poor Decision • Lt. Cross could have sought higher ground

29. Poor Decision • Lt. Cross could have sought higher ground • Mitchell Sanders blames him

30. Poor Decision • Lt. Cross could have sought higher ground • Mitchell Sanders blames him • “ . . . Late in the night Mitchell Sanders had crawled through the rain and grabbed him hard by the arm and asked what he was doing setting up in a shit field”

31. Little Cross • As Alpha Company recovers Kiowa’s body, Jimmy Cross has a conversation with a young soldier.

32. Little Cross • As Alpha Company recovers Kiowa’s body, Jimmy Cross has a conversation with a young soldier. • What is their conversation about?

33. Little Cross • As Alpha Company recovers Kiowa’s body, Jimmy Cross has a conversation with a young soldier. • What is their conversation about? • How is the young soldier like how Jimmy Cross used to be?

34. Little Cross • As Alpha Company recovers Kiowa’s body, Jimmy Cross has a conversation with a young soldier. • What is their conversation about? • How is the young soldier like how Jimmy Cross used to be? • How does it characterize Jimmy Cross?

35. Little Cross • As Alpha Company recovers Kiowa’s body, Jimmy Cross has a conversation with a young soldier. • What is their conversation about? • How is the young soldier like how Jimmy Cross used to be? • How does it characterize Jimmy Cross? • “My girl. What about her? This picture, it was the only one I had. Right here, I lost it”

36. Funny Guy gets his • For all the crap Azar has been talking he can’t handle Kiowa’s death • “So where’s the joke?”“No joke . . .”

37. Azar can’t handle the Reality of War • Describe how Azar reacts to the recovery of Kiowa’s body.

38. Azar can’t handle the Reality of War • Describe how Azar reacts to the recovery of Kiowa’s body. • “Azar moved to the dike and sat holding his stomach. His face was pale”

39. Azar can’t handle the Reality of War • Describe how Azar reacts to the recovery of Kiowa’s body. • “Azar moved to the dike and sat holding his stomach. His face was pale” • How is it ironic?

40. Sarcasm • When Norman Bowker suggests to Mitchell Sanders that they should get the lieutenant, what does he mean?

41. Sarcasm • When Norman Bowker suggests to Mitchell Sanders that they should get the lieutenant, what does he mean? • “The man looks happy out there, real content”

42. Recovering Kiowa’s Body • Not so pretty

43. Recovering Kiowa’s Body • Not so pretty • “The corpse was angled steeply into the muck, upside down, like a diver who had plunged headfirst off a high tower”

44. Recovering Kiowa’s Body • Not so pretty • “The corpse was angled steeply into the muck, upside down, like a diver who had plunged headfirst off a high tower”

45. Dustoff • What happens when they wait for a chopper to come?

46. Dustoff • What happens when they wait for a chopper to come? • They take a moment to relax

47. Dustoff • What happens when they wait for a chopper to come? • They take a moment to relax • “Moving away the men found things to do with themselves, some smoking, some opening up cans of C rations, a few just standing in the rain.”

48. Dustoff • What happens when they wait for a chopper to come? • They take a moment to relax • “Moving away the men found things to do with themselves, some smoking, some opening up cans of C rations, a few just standing in the rain.”

49. Who is to blame for death? • So, whose fault is it that Kiowa died?

50. Who is to blame for death? • So, whose fault is it that Kiowa died? • Some say someone, some no one