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code http://www.nhti.edu/library/authorresources/o'brienbio.htm code code http://preface.calpoly.edu/2002/pdf/biography.pdf code code http://illyria.com/tob/tobbio.html code I did my summary response on the first links article.

SUMMARY: Tim O’Brien had been raised in a different mind set than that of the governments when it came to war. His views strongly influenced his attitude while fighting in Vietnam. RESPONSE: In //Things they Carried// by Tim O’Brien, it is clear that it is a biography of himself, but the fact that he was compelled by the actual situation of leaving everyone and everything that he had known shows that the war had a negative affect as commonly expected. Tim O’Brien expresses his regrets to the fullest extent, but I think that it is expected that he regrets so much when his life is at stake. Another thing that I think is interesting is how much the soldiers tend to over think things. They don’t really have much to do there all the time and so they consider all that could change. I think that the fact that in my article it describes Tim as not expecting to really be sent to Vietnam but he did. It was ironic in the sense that what he hoped not to happen, happened. Although he doesn’t seem sad, actually he seems pretty tough through it all I think, he was nostalgic and it proved he had been raised in a well off family as the article said.


 * 1) What do you think Jimmy misses the most? Why?
 * 2) What do you think Jimmy valued the most out of what they carried?
 * 3) Why would O'Brien start his book off the way he did?
 * 4) What does his being so shocked to be in battle have to compare with Jimmy's emotions towards the war?
 * 5) Why do you think O'Brien doesn't use his name in the book even though we all know that it is a biography?

OPENING ACTIVITY We will be making charts of memories and senses connected toward those memories. This will help us better understand what we miss the most.