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