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

51. Who is to blame for death? So, whose fault is it that Kiowa died? Some say someone, some no one Norman thinks the situation is nobody’s fault and everybody’s

52. Who is to blame for death? So, whose fault is it that Kiowa died? Some say someone, some no one Norman thinks the situation is nobody’s fault and everybody’s “Nobody’s fault... Everybody’s”

53. Who is to blame for death? So, whose fault is it that Kiowa died? Some say someone, some no one Norman thinks the situation is nobody’s fault and everybody’s “Nobody’s fault... Everybody’s” Wasn’t Norman the one to NOT pull him out because he was going to get sucked in as well...?

54. Too many elements / variables Ultimately, there are way to many things to consider when fighting in a war to place blame upon any one individual

55. Too many elements / variables Ultimately, there are way to many things to consider when fighting in a war to place blame upon any one individual After compiling a list though, Lt. Cross takes responsibility

56. Too many elements / variables Ultimately, there are way to many things to consider when fighting in a war to place blame upon any one individual After compiling a list though, Lt. Cross takes responsibility “In the field... the causes were immediate”

57. Stream of Consciousness Throughout the chapter Jimmy Cross has been trying to compose a letter for Kiowa’s father

58. Stream of Consciousness Throughout the chapter Jimmy Cross has been trying to compose a letter for Kiowa’s father Too difficult to write because then he would ultimately have to accept responsibility.

59. Stream of Consciousness Throughout the chapter Jimmy Cross has been trying to compose a letter for Kiowa’s father Too difficult to write because then he would ultimately have to accept responsibility. But then by writing this book isn’t he?