Story & Warm-Up
In the original warm-up, this was the muddy river.
What is the Song Tra Bong River?
Rat’s violence shows this feeling after losing Lemon.
What is grief?
The tone makes war stories seem certain or uncertain?
What is uncertain?
This soldier dies among sunlight and blossoms.
Who is Curt Lemon?
Word pictures like sunlight and blossoms are called this.
What is imagery?
These shoes sat on the original riverbank.
What are moccasins?
The memory activity showed memories can change: true or false?
What is true?
The buffalo scene feels cheerful or disturbing?
What is disturbing?
Rat shoots this baby animal.
What is a water buffalo?
Using “He shot” again and again is this.
What is repetition?
He stood in the rain in the original warm-up.
Who is Norman Bowker?
Stress makes remembering details easier or harder?
What is harder?
Reflection on loss feels happy or sad?
What is sad?
The blossoms are white or red?
What is white?
Retelling earlier events creates circular ____.
What is storytelling?
The original flashlight was brass or silver?
What is brass?
The brain fills in these when memories are unclear.
What are missing details?
The images mix beauty with this opposite: horror or humor?
What is horror?
This light surrounds Lemon’s death.
What is sunlight?
Beauty beside horror shows similarity or contrast?
What is contrast?
The original flashlight was on or off?
What is on?
The retellings focus on emotional truth or perfect facts?
What is emotional truth?
War stories are always 100% accurate: true or false?
What is false?
The buffalo scene shows suffering or celebration?
What is suffering?
Sunlight is imagery that mixes beauty with ____.
What is horror?