Charaters
Main character of this chapter
Tim O'brien
Type of figurative language in following qoute- “I sometimes felt the fear spreading inside me like weeds"
simile
A patriotic supporter of war
Jingo
Why tim flees to minesota
He got drafted
Man who lives at tip top lodge
Elroy Berdhal
Type of figurative language in following qoute- “All around me the options seemed to be narrowing, as if i were hurling down a huge black funnel"
Simile
Someone who got out of war due to moral or religious objections
conscientious objectors (CO)
Where tim works before leaving
Meat packing plant
Described as "the hero of my life" by Tim
Elroy
Symbol used repeatedly in chapter
water
Word used to describe when tim contemplates his life
Vigil
Where Tim decides to go back and join the war
on the rainy river
People Tim blames for the pressure to go to war (Multiple answers say atleast 3)
Kiwanis boys, the merchants, the farmers, the pious churchgoers, chatty housewives, the PTA, the lions club, veterans of foreign wars
What figurative language is used when Tim describes his job in the meat packing plant?
Graphic Imagery
word used as a metaphor for courage
Reservior
Why Tim has never told this story before
He's ashamed that he did not have the courage to defect even though he knew it was the right thing to do. "a moral freeze"
People Tim sees in his hallucanation on the rainy river (multiple answers say atleast 3)
aunts, uncles, siblings, parents, Abraham Lincoln, Saint Goerge, Huck Finn, Abbie Hoffman, his daughter, etc (theres alot more check book)
significance of the chapter name as a symbol in the chapter
the rainy river signifies the boundary between peace and war and the decision between 2 lives
Financial term used as a metaphor for guilt and repayment
Amortizing
Why tim goes back and joins the war
He can't handle the shame of deflecting