Vocab Definitions
To exclude someone from a group by the agreement of the groups members
Ostracize
SYN: bitterness, resentment
ANT: friendliness, love
Animosity
What does each letter in STAR stand for?
S - Situation
T - Task
A - Action
R - Result
The main character and narrator.
Tim O'Brien
Used as therapy for Tim O'Brien.
Storytelling
A long list of complaints; a repetitive chant; a call-and-response prayer.
Litany
SYN: Dialect, common
ANT: Different, abnormal
Vernacular
What are the outcomes? How are the results measured? Were outcomes satisfactory?
Result
Feels guilty for getting his friend killed while thinking about his girlfriend back home.
Jimmy Cross
The physical/emotional things they carry.
Burdens
The quality of being particularly good or worthy, especially so as to deserve praise or reward.
Merit
SYN: Bare, isolated
ANT: Populated, inhabited
Desolate
Where and what happened? Explain cause and circumstance.
Situation
Passed away in the YMCA during a basketball game due to PTSD.
Norman Bowker
The heavy feeling after making decisions that have a severe negative affect on the others.
Guilt/blame.
Epitome
SYN: Erratic, irrational
ANT: Reasonable, sensible
Arbitrary
Decide next steps. What does an ideal result look like? What are the challenges and options?
Task
Passed away due to the platoon mistaking a sewage field for a regular one.
Kiowa
Doing something uncomfortable or brave for the sake of the platoon.
Courage.
The quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.
Ambiguity
SYN: Inspiration, vision
ANT: Confusion, ignorance
Epiphany
What are you going to do? How are you going to communicate/behave?
Action
The platoon medic. Eventually shoots off his own toe to go home. Kills a baby buffalo due to the stress of losing a friend.
Rat Kiley
The idea of "right" and "wrong" go out the window in war.
Morality