war
Official name of the organization called 'Charlie' by teh soldiers.
Who are/what is the Vietcong?
Jimmy Cross loved her
Who was Martha
When one exaggerates in literature
What is hyperbole
Kiowa carried this
a Bible or Tomahawk
The existential crisis at the border of the U.S. and Canada happens in...
On the Rainy River
Ho Chi Minh was the leader of this side in the war.
What is North Vietnam?
Flown into Vietnam to be with boyfriend
Who was MaryAnne
When something appears to be real/has the appearance of reality
What is verisimilitude?
Lieutenant Cross carried
a pebble, love for Martha, burden of leadership or guilt
O'Brien obsesses over a "star-shaped hole"
What is "The Man I Killed?"
Draft dodgers often fled to this country.
What is Canada?
Tim O'Brien's daughter
Kathleen
A technique and genre where reality is distorted into often dreamlike or grotesque imagery to heighten some aspect of reality.
What is surrealism?
Ted Lavender carried this
Dope and fear
Story Truth versus Happening Truth
How to Tell a True War Story?
What is to hump or humping
Tim's first love
Linda
Silver Freedom Bird is an example of this...
Metaphor
Mitchell Sanders carried
What is the Radio?
Henry Dobbins is given the nickname, Soldier Jesus
What is "Church?"
The flawed theory that was the basis for the Vietnam invasion
The Domino Theory
Norman Bowker came home to find she was married
Who is Sally
The constant circle that Norman Bowker spins around is emblematic of a larger problematic state. In this way, the circle becomes a _____ for traumatic injury and memory.
Henry Dobbins carried this
O'Brien tries to get back at Jorgenson
What is "the Ghost Soldiers?"