What is he allowed Ted Lavender to die while thinking about Martha?
100
Jimmy asks Tim not to mention this in his book:
What is the story about how Ted Lavender died.
100
The communication between Elroy and Tim can be described this way:
What is they speak in actions more than words. They don't talk a lot but seem to understand one another.
100
This is the effect of the fight on Jensen.
What is he feels paranoid that Strunk will kill him. He can't stop worrying about it.
100
This is why "Friends" is an ironic title.
What is a pact to kill someone doesn't seem like a friendly thing to do.
What is Jensen is somewhat relieves when Strunk dies.
200
This is why the first chapter is titled "The Things They Carried?"
What is the soldiers have both tangible and intangible items that they carry including guns, gum, etc. and an awe for the things they carry, burdens concerning love and guilt.
200
Jimmy carries these reminders of Martha on him.
What are pictures-one of her by the school with a man's shadow in the background and one of her playing volleyball. What are letters?
200
This is why Elroy takes Tim out on the Rainy River:
What is he gives him the opportunity to go to Canada if he wants to. He allows Tim to make that choice.
200
This is how Jensen attempts to even the score and resolve the conflict:
What is he takes a pistol and beats himself in the nose with it.
200
These are the criteria Tim sets up for a "true" war story.
What is
It is not moral.
It never seems to end
It is contradictory
etc.
300
These are 2 tangible items and intangible items that the men carry:
What is etc. etc. etc. Any answer is acceptable here that is something that they have carried.
300
This is how a checkerboard is different from this war:
What is the pieces are laid out easily where you can see them. There are no tunnels or jungles. You knew where you stood. You knew the score.
300
Tim winds up going to war because of this and this is how he feels about that choice:
What is he was embarrassed not to. He thought people at home would make fun of him if he didn't go. He feels ashamed that he was not brave enough to go to Canada.
300
This is why enemies is an ironic title:
What is because they are actually friends. What is, they are on the same side during the war.
300
This is how Curt Lemon dies.
This is how he seems to die.
What is he dies when he trips a landmine and gets blown into a tree?
What is he seems to be sucked up by the sun?
400
Martha describes she and Jimmy's relationship like this in her letter:
What is having a separate but together quality. She compares it to a pebble on the shore.
400
This is how Ted Lavender copes with the war before he dies:
What is he takes tranquilizers and smokes dope.
400
Tim works here after college before the war:
What is a meat-packing plant. Obvious allusions to death, slaughterhouses etc.
400
This is the pact that Strunk and Jensen make together:
What is they agree that if one of them is badly injured, the other will kill him.
400
This is what the soldiers "hear" in the jungle late at night:
What is a Vietnamese ghostly cocktail party.
500
Martha marries after the war. True or false? Why?
What is False? The war was too much for her. She was too saddened by what happened with Jimmy.
500
Elroy Behrdalhl
Who is the guy who lives on the Rainy River and takes Tim in for several days at his lodge.
500
This starts the fight between Strunk and Jensen:
What is Strunk steals Jensen's jackknife?
500
This is why Strunk is afraid when he sees Jensen after the pact.
What is he doesn't want him to kill him. He decides he doesn't want to die.
500
This is what Curt Lemon does at the end of the the chapter "The Dentist."
What is he begs the dentist to take out a tooth that is fine, because he is embarrassed that he was so scared. He feels shame.