Characters
This character carries tranquilizers and dope.
Who is Ted Lavender?
This concept is seen when a story draws attention to itself as a story, exploring the combination of fiction and non-fiction.
Metafiction
In this chapter, we first learn the "rules" of a war story.
What is “How to Tell a True War Story”
This character is Jimmy Cross's love interest.
Who is Martha?
After Ted Lavender's death, Jimmy Cross does this.
What is shoot himself in the foot to leave Vietnam?
This character carries the New Testament with him.
Who is Kiowa?
This part of the personality represents the impulsive, emotional, and instinctive parts of us.
What is ID?
What is "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong"?
This character fights Lee Strunk over a jackknife.
Who is Dave Jensen?
This character's early death represents the death of innocence, as well as how story telling can keep people alive.
Who is Linda?
This character tortures and kills a baby water buffalo.
Who is Rat Kiley?
This part of the personality represents the rational and balanced parts of us.
What is Ego?
In this chapter, Tim O'Brien talks about his consideration of fleeing from his draft notice.
What is "On the Rainy River"?
This character is psychologically tormented by O'Brien after he fails as a medic.
Who is Bobby Jorgenson?
A true war story is never what?
What is moral?
This character has a "beautiful" death.
This part of the personality represents the moral and conscientious parts of us.
What is Superego?
In this chapter, Curt Lemon gets a healthy tooth removed to try to prove that he is not afraid of the dentist.
What is "The Dentist"?
This character helps O'Brien to terrorize Jorgenson.
Who is Azar?
Tim and his childhood sweetheart, Linda, went to see this movie.
What is "The Man Who Never Was"?
This character wears a necklace of human tongues.
Who is Mary Anne Bell?
Freud's three parts of personality are studied under this lens.
What is Psychoanalytic Criticism?
In this chapter, Norman Baker suffers from PTSD and drives around the lake repeatedly.
What is "Speaking of Courage"?
This character burns his letters from Martha after his friend's death.
Who is Lt Jimmy Cross?
Henry Dobbins wants to become a monk for these two reasons.Hint: To treat people _____ and _______.
What is nice and decently?