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Things They Things They Carried and Carried and

LoveLove

Enemies & Enemies & FriendsFriends

On the Rainy On the Rainy RiverRiver

How to Tell a How to Tell a True War StoryTrue War Story

Sweetheart of Sweetheart of the Song Tra the Song Tra

BongBong

Things They Things They Carried & Carried &

LoveLove

Enemies & Enemies & FriendsFriends

On the On the Rainy RiverRainy River

How to Tell a How to Tell a True War True War

StoryStory

Sweetheart of Sweetheart of the Song Tra the Song Tra

BongBong

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tranquilizerstranquilizers


An An actionaction that shows how that shows how Lt. Jimmy Cross is a Lt. Jimmy Cross is a

Christ-like figureChrist-like figure


This behavior indicates This behavior indicates Jimmy’s desperate need Jimmy’s desperate need for connection with other for connection with other

people (Martha)people (Martha)


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discuss in his storiesdiscuss in his stories

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and Jensenand Jensen


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and Jensenand Jensen


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circumstance it might’ve circumstance it might’ve ended there. But this was ended there. But this was

Vietnam, where guys Vietnam, where guys carried guns…”carried guns…”


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LaiLai


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O’Brien’s job before he O’Brien’s job before he goes to wargoes to war


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warwar


The emotion the narrator The emotion the narrator felt as he cried on the felt as he cried on the

Rainy RiverRainy River


This is what the ending of This is what the ending of the chapter suggests the chapter suggests

about Tim’s choice to go about Tim’s choice to go to warto war


The symbolism of the The symbolism of the name Tip Top Lodgename Tip Top Lodge

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dentistdentist


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senses: one the presence senses: one the presence of and one the absence of and one the absence

of.of.


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to Lemonto Lemon

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He flies his girlfriend to He flies his girlfriend to VietnamVietnam


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arriving in Vietnamarriving in Vietnam


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her transformationher transformation


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Licking the Licking the envelopes where envelopes where her tongue had her tongue had

once beenonce been


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too busy thinking too busy thinking about Marthaabout Martha


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would kill the would kill the otherother

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revenge against revenge against him for breaking him for breaking

his nosehis nose


He did not have He did not have to take to take

responsibility for responsibility for not “saving” not “saving”

StrunkStrunk


understatementunderstatement


De-clotterDe-clotter


1.1. He doesn’t He doesn’t want to diewant to die

2.2. He thinks he’s He thinks he’s too good for ittoo good for it


Despair; Despair; hopelessnesshopelessness


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labeled a cowardlabeled a coward

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make his make his decision to stay decision to stay

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with his with his emotions about emotions about the loss of his the loss of his

friend.friend.


Mark FossieMark Fossie


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of tonguesof tongues


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a VC villagea VC village


eyeseyes


Both more than Both more than and less than and less than

humanhuman

What else to What else to study?study?

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This huge, higher order thinking This huge, higher order thinking concept is likely to be most of the concept is likely to be most of the free response section of the testfree response section of the test

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