Review Sheet The Things They Carried Story Structure Chapter Title 1. The Things They Carried 2.

Love Time: Before, during, after war Main character (s) Main conflict/crisis/ revelation (s)

3. Spin

4. On the Rainy River 5. Enemies

6. Friends

7. How to Tell a True War Story

8. The Dentist

9. Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong

10. Stockings

11. Church

12. The Man I Killed

13. Ambush

14. Style

15. Speaking of Courage

16. Notes

17. In the Field

18. Good Form

19. Field Trip

20. The Ghost Soldiers

21. Night Life

22. The Lives of the Dead

Directions: The following groups of chapters go together. Review each one and note how each chapter develops from the one that came before. 1. The Man I Killed, Ambush, and Good Form 2. Speaking of Courage and Notes 3. Speaking of Courage, In the Field, and Field Trip Character Review Directions: Write stories for each character from throughout the book: Dave Jensen Rat Kiley Curt Lemon Jimmy Cross Azar Norman Bowker Ted Lavender Kathleen Mitch Sanders Elroy Berdahl Henry Dobbins Kiowa Martha Tim OBrien Mary Ann Mark Fossie Linda Lee Strunk

Bobby Jorgensen

Postmodernism Directions: Specifically list where you see each element of postmodernism throughout the book. There is no solid foundation for truth it is all relative Time jumping Things are not what they seem Self-Aware construction: Narrator is in story and talking about story Different perspectives/spins on the same story Not always closure/answers Reader does the work of understanding the story