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Deaths
What they carried
Basics
Themes
People
100
Norman Bowker?
Survived the war, but felt that he had no purpose to go back home.
100
Jimmy cross carried what?
letters and pictures of Martha
100
author of the things they carried?
Tim O'Brien
100
How to keep the dead alive?
telling stories or shaking hands
100
soldier who made tasteless jokes and played pranks on the men?
Azar
200
Curt Lemons death happened how?
Stepped on a land mine while playing with Rat Kiley
200
Rat kiley carried??
comic books and M&M's
200
type of fighting/warfare of the vietnamese forces?
guerrilla warfare/ ambushing
200
Norman Bowkers request to tim after the war?
writing a story about how people are really affected by the war
200
who is jimmy cross?
The lieutenant who blames the death of one of his men on his day dreaming
300
How did Ted lavender die?
Shot through the head in vietnam. "zapped while zipping".
300
Ted Lavender carried?
tranquilizers & dope
300
The vietnam war occurred during what years?
1959-1975
300
the intangible items that the men carry with them? (name at least two)
1. grief 2. fear 3. ghosts 4. love
300
who is rat kiley?
original medic of the company when O'Brien first got shot
400
Lindas death??
died of a brain tumor when O'Brien was young
400
Kiowa carried?
new testament & distrust of the whiteman
400
the name of the platoon that Tim O'brien was in during the war before getting shot?
Alpha company
400
O'briens reason for not running away to Canada when he had the chance?
Pride & cowardice
400
what did Lee strunk and Dave Jensen do?
got in a fight over a pocketknife
500
Kiowa?
sank into the muck of the village latrine; five men had to pull his body out
500
who carried their girlfriends pantyhose?
Henry dobbins
500
The American arms enemy (people they were fighting) in the Vietnam war?
Viet Cong
500
Characteristics of a true war story? (name at least two)
1. never moral 2. no point 3. seems to never end 4. cant be believed 5. difficult to separate what really happened from what seemed to happen
500
the solider who blames Kiowas death on the lieutenant for setting up in a dangerous place?
Mitchell sanders