http://simool.edublogs.org Just another Edublogs.org weblog Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:23:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “No casualty is more or less significant than another; each soldier, Marine, airman and sailor is equally precious and their loss equally tragic,” said Rear Adm. Gregory Smith, the U.S. military’s chief spokesman in Iraq. O’Brien is no different. He depicts death in his own way just as each soldier deals with ... http://simool.edublogs.org/2008/04/10/4000-casualties/ Compare the definition of Comrades with O'Brien's interrelationship of characters in "Friends and Enemies".  Pay particular attention to the way the characters are revealed. A:  The definition of comrade is a person who shares one's interests or activities; a friend or companion.  This definition matches exactly to the relationship between O'Brien and ... http://simool.edublogs.org/2008/04/02/friends-and-enemies-the-things-they-carried/ Both novels attack the idea of traditional heroism. “On the Rainy River” explores the idea of the traditional hero. How do our main characters stack up against the traditional norms? What is your definition of courage and heroism? What other experiences or literary works have worked to build this definition ... http://simool.edublogs.org/2008/04/01/courage-v-cowardice-the-things-they-carried/ “Spin” explores the idea of controlling reality and memory through story. Write a blog entry explaining how this is explored in this chapter. Be sure to explain concepts using detail and commentary.      A "spin" is a way to tell a story from a certain viewpoint.  Sometimes spins are used by ... http://simool.edublogs.org/2008/03/28/spin-the-things-they-carried/      Throughout the first section, "The Things They Carried", they describe many things they "hump" around.  These things that can be sorted by either tangible or intangible.  The intangible things the soldier carried were grief, the grief of losing a loved one or being away from home.  Love, the love ... http://simool.edublogs.org/2008/03/26/the-things-they-carried-of-the-things-they-carried/