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Contemporary Fiction Page 960 2010 COS – RL.11-12.1; RL.11-12.4; RL.11-12.9; RL.11-12.10; W.11-12.2; W.11-12.4; W.11-12.5; W.11-12.10; SL.11-12.1; L.11-12.1; L.11-12.2; L.11-12.4; L.11-12.6

Tim O’Brien He used the Vietnam War as his subject for several books. He served during the Vietnam War.

Literary Terms (p. 962) Conflict – a struggle between opposing forces or characters. External Conflict – Can involve two people or a person and a natural or artificial force Internal Conflict – Involves opposing forces within a person’s mind

Identifying Historical Context The setting of a story includes not only its time and place but also its historical context – the social and political environment unique to that time and place.

Background Info for Story The Vietnam War started in the late 1950s and ended in 1975 Almost 60,000 Americans died Much-protested war North Vietnam – communist South Vietnam – non-communist

Quickwrite What is courage?

“Speaking of Courage” (p. 963) Identify the place and date of the setting What is Paul’s biggest regret? Who does Paul want to talk to most? Why? What does Paul’s drive around the lake symbolize? Considering the historical context of the story, what is symbolic about the date on which these events take place? What is Paul’s inner conflict? Has it been resolved by the end of the story? Explain.

Double Bubble On your paper, use a double bubble to compare Paul Berlin from “Speaking of Courage” and Harold Krebs from “Soldier’s Home” (p. 685)

Double Bubble P. 970 Question 12 -- cite at least one Vietnam War World War I Feels like a failure Decides to leave home No homecoming celebration Life is going nowhere Makes no future plans Does not feel he can speak honestly about the war Public support for the war No public support for the war Wants to talk to someone P. 970 Question 12 -- cite at least one reference to the story P. 971 Vocabulary Development 1-5