Who is the girl that lieutenant James Cross carries letters from?
Martha
100
T or F
O'Brien uses a philosophical approach by blurring the lines between fact and fiction, good and evil, ect.
True
(Verisimilitude)
200
After Harvard where was the first job O'Brien took in 1974?
The Washington Post
200
Another word for carry was to ...
hump
200
T or F
His latest publication is The Nuclear Age
False, it's July, July published in 2002
300
O'Brien now works at what college?
Texas State University
300
Mitchel Sanders gave Norman Bowker a gift with a moral, what was it?
a young boys thumb
300
Who was O'Brien inspired by? Why
Joseph Conrad, because he tested the concept of human capacity for good and evil in his work.
He also, was influenced by Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkener.
400
How many weeks after graduating Macalester College did he get drafted into the Vietnam War which he opposed?
2 weeks
400
At the end of the story lieutenant Cross reminded himself his obligation was not to be loved but to what?
Lead
400
In 1979 he earned the National Book Award for two pieces of his work. What were they?
Northern Lights (1975)
Going After Cacciato (1978)
500
When O'Brien graduated from Macalester College what was his degree in?
Political Science
500
In the article on BB, O'brien stated why he became a fiction writer. Why did he?
Because he didn't know anything
500
All of O'Brien's work is about the Vietnam war, when asked if this was his intention what did he say?
"It's a mix of the two." He will start in one direction and it will lead to war other times his intention is to write about the war. "It was traumatic"