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This week, you will choose the topic you would like to explore, offer some information on what interests you about this topic, and supply a working thesis and key ideas you would like to develop.

Consider the role of setting, or context, in one of the works. For example, a story that takes place in a wild and natural setting might include characters struggling against nature to survive. A story set in a city might include themes of alienation and anonymity because of the impersonal crowds and busy city life. Cultural contexts can combine with both urban and rural elements to produce further meaning, as well. Consider the following questions as you critically read one of the texts below: Does the protagonist conflict with the setting or have particular interactions with it? Does the protagonist’s relationship with the setting connect with his/her development as a character? Does the setting reveal other themes and conflicts?

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“The Things They Carried” (O’Brien, 1990) – 5.4 in Journey into Literature Guiding Questions:

1. How does the story communicate the uncertain and frightening setting these soldier character’s experience? (Consider repeated phrases or other devices.)

2. What sorts of emotions, such as stress or fear, does the Vietnam context cause the characters to experience? Give specific examples from the story, and consider how these emotions might be “told” to us in multiple ways.

3. How do the soldiers in the story cope with their setting/context, whether through imagined escapes or other means, and are they successful?

Basically all you have to do is read the attached doc “The things they carried”, answer the questions above and fill out the attached worksheet.


 
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