Please read this blog from today's paper and think of the correlation with The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. Please make your comments below and sign your first name and last initial at the bottom of your post. Be respectful, introspective and be sure to address the comments of your classmates. This is a conversation.
How like Vietnam?
Ms. Greer
John F. Kennedy High School
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I had a hard time reading this article but the beginning seemed some what clear to me. I think that the ghosts represent the dead soldiers and even more so, the emotional burdens soldiers carry. The dead are the proof of the war, they represent something bigger than I can comprehend currently. Although I personally think everyone carries their secret burdens and because of our society we are afraid to share them and put them to rest. But maybe that isn't really relevant?
ReplyDeleteBrandi Ross
Senior
The correlation between the two falls along the lines of the soliders constantly carrying and/or "humped" the deaths of the fallen.How they carry it is roughly the same. By keeping their (the deceased) memories around by maybe carrying thier items or, in this case, honoring them by keeping their names around to never be forgotten.
ReplyDeleteJazzmine E-T.
I agree; and that is what this book will probably be about, honoring deceased soldiers in our memories while in the Vietnam War. The dead represents tremendous courage and honor.
ReplyDeleteSam B.
Senior
I agree with what brandi said about the ghost representing the dead soliders and the fact that they carried things to remember their loved ones around jus to keep them up!!!!
ReplyDeleteKatie
Senior
i also agree with what everyone is saying so far about having the dead soldiers names and their possessions at the Camp Warhorse showing the soldiers and their families that they will not be forgotten . And its very respectful how they have a table with a starched white tablecloth, and silverware for the ghost of the fallen to sit in and enjoy themselves . its very respectful because during the war they did not have all of that and for those things to be there for them shows respect and that they're loved.
ReplyDeleteMinara R
Senior
I also agree, the article is a true example of how real The Things They Carried is,soldiers do not let go of things easily. In the book they carried around memories and items to keep their past alive and in the article they named places after the deceasedto keep them or the memory of them alive.
ReplyDeleteEmilie A.
Senior
The correlation between the article and The Things They Carried one is the memories of the soldiers who were in (KIA) killed in action. In the book how Ted Lavender who carries tranquilizer pills was killed. And we see the memorial picture in the article how they were also killed and were missed when both author talks about them Tim O'Brien and Rod Nordland how they flet sorry for them.
ReplyDeleteJunior
Senior
I agree with Junior, I do believe the correlation between the article and the novel is that the soldiers who were KIA are remembered by keeping some of their belongings to honor and to keep the memories. When Ted Lavender was killed in the novel his platoon members took his belongings, like his gun, tranqualizer pills, and the other things he carried. Now his platoon members have to carry the sorrow of his death. And this is perhaps why Tim O'Brien and Rod Nordland did share these heart felt stories.
ReplyDeleteAlicia Hall
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