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Level 2 Short Texts Questions
These questions are for the students who have studied Tim O’Brien and Seamus Heaney. 1. In what ways does the writer (or writers) you have studied make the reader aware of an important theme or… more →
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Marquette County Michigan and Northern Michigan U come together to read ONE BOOK.
rhacademic wrote 3 weeks ago: This just in! Northern Michigan University has adopted Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Ca … more →
Pg. 81: The Things We Carry
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SG wrote 4 weeks ago: Suitcases beneath the bed. A still (and well-packed) life. * Stats: Weather: The sky is steeled, … more →
The Things They Carried compared to Platoon.
chakathy wrote 2 months ago: 1) The way that the soldiers in both The Things They Carried and in Platoon carried pictures or othe … more →
The Metaphorical Downside: Response to "The Dentist"
lucyarnold wrote 2 months ago: “The Dentist” is one of the chapters from Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carr … more →
Sons and Mothers: Response to "On the Rainy River" from The Things They Carried
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lucyarnold wrote 2 months ago: Sometimes a piece of literature just strikes you in a very personal place, an intellectual G-spot, a … more →
Truth-goose: Response to "Spin" from The Things They Carried
lucyarnold wrote 2 months ago: “Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased, when there is nothing to remember except the … more →
No: Response to "Love" Chapter 2 of The Things They Carried
lucyarnold wrote 3 months ago: “‘No,’ I said, ‘I won’t.’” For the first time, I am wonder … more →
Response to Chapter 1 of The Things They Carried, “The Things They Carried”:
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lucyarnold wrote 3 months ago: This is a dual-voice poem inspired by characters from the book. You should probably click on it to v … more →
Brothers and Bones: An Essay On Author Tim O'Brien
kloh wrote 4 months ago: It takes a particular kind of courage to sit down and drink a beer with a man whose brother once wai … more →
The things they carried as they came to the end
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April wrote 6 months ago: If you’ve read Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried (i.e. were in AP Lit…), … more →
The Things They Carried
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johnsbooks wrote 7 months ago: The due date for this book to be read is December 7, 2008. Happy Thanksgiving! … more →
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
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Lisa Hill wrote 7 months ago: What a contrast with Fly Away Peter! The writer warns that if one doesn’t like crude, unpleas … more →
Level 2 Short Texts Questions
ncowie wrote 8 months ago: These questions are for the students who have studied Tim O’Brien and Seamus Heaney. 1. In wh … more →
Featured Speaker: Tim O'Brien
flairforarchives wrote 8 months ago: photo by Marion Ettlinger First, a quick reminder that Thursday’s panel is free and open to … more →
The Things They Carried - A Book Review
Scott William Foley wrote 8 months ago: In The Things They Carried, Vietnam veteran Tim O’Brien called upon his own wartime experience … more →
Photographs Of Tim O'Brien and Scott William Foley
Scott William Foley wrote 8 months ago: A few weeks ago, I wrote about meeting Tim O’Brien. (Click HERE if you’d like to read t … more →
Meeting Tim O'Brien
Scott William Foley wrote 8 months ago: Last Thursday, I had the honor of meeting Vietnam veteran and novelist Tim O’Brien. Now, first … more →
A True War Story Is Never About War
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ncowie wrote 8 months ago: Check out this link to Stories from the Front Line. The article discusses The Things They Carried a … more →
all one thing
cynthia wrote 9 months ago: Tim O’Brien, in The Things They Carried: “It’s now 1990. I’m forty-three ye … more →
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