Reading Schedule for The Things They Carried
Post date: Feb 24, 2019 12:0:46 AM
Read By Chapter No. & Title Starting Page
M 2/25 1. “The Things They Carried” 1
M 2/25 2. “Love” 26
Tu 2/26 3. “Spin” 30
Tu 2/26 4. “On the Rainy River” 37
Tu 2/26 5. “Enemies” 59
W 2/27 6. “Friends” 62
W 2/27 7. “How to Tell a True War Story” 64
W 2/27 8. “The Dentist” 82
Th 2/28 9. “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bang” 85
Th 2/28 10. “Stockings” 111
Th 2/28 11. “Church” 113
Fr 3/1 12. “The Man I Killed” 118
Fr 3/1 13. “Ambush” 125
Fr 3/1 14. “Style” 129
Fr 3/1 15. “Speaking of Courage” 131
M 3/4 16. “Notes” 149
M 3/4 17. “In the Field” 155
M 3/4 18. “Good Form” 171
Tu 3/5 19. “Field Trip” 173
Tu 3/5 20. “The Ghost Soldiers” 180
Tu 3/5 21. “Night Life” 208
Tu 3/5 22. “The Lives of the Dead” 213
Test on Friday, March 8
Things to Watch for/Annotate as You Read The Things They Carried
· The nature of war
· Commentary on Vietnam and The Vietnam War
· The nature of courage
· The function/nature of storytelling
· The role of the storyteller
· The role of memory
· Soldiers’ Identities (development of—not just a list)
· Repetition and its function
· Striking images
· Humor’s role in war/soldiers’ lives
· Ironies of soldiers’ experiences, etc.
· The definition/relativity of truth