How to Tell a True War Story
True or False:
O'Brien states that True war stories are often harder to believe than fiction
True: O'Brien says the true wars are so absurd that they are often harder to believe.
What is O'Brien running from in the chapter On The Rainy River?
The draft/war
In the chapter Style, what is the little girl doing?
Dancing
What is the name of the little girl O’Brien remembers dying in Lives of the Dead?
Linda, his first love
O'Brien says you can tell it's a true war story by how
A) It never seems to end
B) it makes you sick to your stomach
C) It has too much detail
A) It never seems to end
What happens to Curt Lemon when he first encounters the dentist?
He faints
Explain what happening truth is. (Explained in the chapter Good Form).
The objective facts
True or False: In one section of the chapter, O'Brien has a conversation with a ghost or hallucination of the girl he loved when he was a kid.
True
What animal was killed in this chapter?
A) snake
B) Dog
C)Water Buffalo
C) Water Buffalo
In the chapter On The Rainy River O'Brien hides away in a lodge for:
A) 6 days
B) 2 weeks
C) 2 months
A) 6 days
Explain what a story truth is. (explained in the chapter Good Form).
Not factually true, but carries emotional truth.
How did the little girl die?
Cancer
Finish this sentence:
After Rat Kiley's friend dies in the war, he writes a letter to the deceased man's
Sister
Explain why Curt Lemon chooses to get a perfectly good tooth pulled out by the dentist?
He wants to appear tough and fearless.
What does Henry Dobbins do to Azar after he mocks the girls' dance at the end of the chapter, Style?
grabs him and hangs him over a well.
What is the purpose of telling stories of the dead?
Keep them alive in memory/deal with grief
What character dies in this chapter?
Curt Lemon
In the chapter On The Rainy River what job does O'Brien have before going to war? This job forced O'Brien to be surrounded by death.
Meat packing plant.
What does O'Brien reveal about the man he killed in Ambush
He did not kill the man but felt guilty of the mans death regardless.
What were the soldiers mockingly doing to the dead soldier at the beginning of the chapter?
Shaking his hand/ talking to him as if he was alive