Thursday, March 3, 2011

The Things They Carried - Journal Topics

- What do the things they carried reveal about the soldiers? How are these things symbolic (what do they represent)?

- "The died so as not to die of embarrassment." How do the social expectations for men, in general, play into the soldier's lives in the war?

- (p.22-23) Re-read the poetic passage about the "freedom birds." What does the tone, symbolism and imagery of the paragraph reveal about Tim (the protagonist)?

Use examples - quotations to support your thinking...
Have a main idea - no rambling...

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