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Journal Prompts The Things They Carry

Chapters 1 & 2: “The Things They Carried” & “Love” What is the author trying to say about: War? Soldiers? people in general? Find textual evidence for your idea in the text. How do you know this is what he is trying to say? Explain your inference. What the author is trying to say? How do your examples lead you to this conclusion? What does the text leave uncertain? What questions do you still have about the author’s ideas?

Chapters 3 & 4: “Spin” & “On the Rainy River” What is your obsession? If you do not have one yourself, think of someone you know who is obsessed and describe what they are like. Is a draft an okay thing? Why is good? Why is it bad? Explain. One paragraph, minimum. (for after we have read “On the Rainy River”) Answer the question “What would you do?” Explain your answer by giving specific reasons that are related to the text.

Chapters 5 & 6: “Enemies” ‘Friends” “How to Tell a War Story” “Tell about the worst fight you ever had. Were you sorry afterwards? Why or why not? (After reading “Enemies” & “Friends”): Explain why Jensen was “relieved” at the end. What happened? How could it have made him feel this way? (3-5 sentences)

Post-Reading: Ch. 6 “How to Tell a War Story” What is the point of this section? What is a ‘war story’?

Chapters 11, 12 & 14: “The Man I Killed” “Ambush” & “Speaking of Courage” (discussion for after all chapters have been completed): Why does the “The Man I Killed” chapter end with Kiowa saying, “Talk”? Explain why you think this is the reason. Do not say, “I do not know.” That is not an answer. On page 143, O’Brien says, “The town could not talk, and would not listen.” What does this mean? How do you know? Explain. What is Bowker struggling with? What is O’Brien struggling with? How are their struggles the same? How are they different?