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Reminders

Reminders. Work on rough drafts for Thursday. Post to BB by 8 am. Review in conferences NO CLASS THURSDAY: Conferences in BOYD 212 (Western Campus) March 15 th : Peer review and final comments on papers. Paper due: March 17 th with writer’s memo. Thoughts on Proposals….

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Reminders

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  1. Reminders • Work on rough drafts for Thursday. • Post to BB by 8 am. Review in conferences • NO CLASS THURSDAY: Conferences in BOYD 212 (Western Campus) • March 15th: Peer review and final comments on papers. • Paper due: March 17th with writer’s memo.

  2. Thoughts on Proposals…. • Make sure to narrow focus/ specify unique topic. How can you make you paper different? • Develop a specific inquiry question to guide paper. • Remember: Academic argument/discussion NOT reader response • Better to go in depth and develop specific question that broadly address several questions.

  3. The Things They Carried is widely regarded as one of the most significant works of literature about the Vietnam War. Robert Harris, book editor for the New York Times, wrote: “Only a handful of novels and short stories have managed to clarify, in any lasting way, the meaning of the war in Vietnam for America and for the soldiers who served there. Tim O’Brien captures the war’s pulsating rhythms and nerve-racking dangers. But he goes much further. By moving beyond the horror of the fighting to examine with sensitivity and insight the nature of courage and fear, by questioning the role that imagination plays in helping to form our memories and our own versions of truth, he places The Things They Carried high up on the list of best fiction about any war.”

  4. Book wrap-up • Was the resolution of the book satisfying? Comforting? • Disturbing? Why? • Do you agree with Robert Harris’s review of The Things They Carried? A great writer can be the voice of a generation. What kind of voice does Tim O’Brien create in The Things They Carried? What elevates a work of • fiction to greatness? • Discuss other books they know that include some of these characteristics. Do any of these books remind them of The Things They Carried? • Is this a great book? Why or why not?

  5. Vietnam background • Background • http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/videos#vietnam • Protest: • http://www.5min.com/Video/Learn-about-Vietnam-War-117521475 • Dodging the draft • http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/videos#attempts-to-evade-military-draft • Lives of soldiers • http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/videos#history-rocks-vietnam-soldier

  6. Homework • Rough draft for Thursday • Making sure you know how to get to Boyd!

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