the USA of Tim O' brien, 2ND BACHILLERA

READ THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE THINGS THEY CARRIED

https://soundcloud.com/audibleuk/the-things-they-carried-by-tim


WATCH THESE VIDEOS AND SUMMARISE THE MAIN ASPECT OF AMERICAN SOCIETY IN THE DECADES 60S 70S.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcgsN-cpX9M




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9abx_rd0XM


WATCH TIM O'BRIEN TALKING ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WRITE ABOUT THE THINGS HE CARRIES.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGEDTB-UEcg


WHAT DOES HE THINK ABOUT MEMORIES?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXSFmaCNOJI&t=12s

Chapter 1: “The Things They Carried

After reading the first chapter, answer these questions.

” 1. In the list of all the things the soldiers carried, what item was most surprising? Which item did you find most evocative of the war? Which items stay with you?
 2. In what sense does Jimmy love Martha? Why does he construct this elaborate, mostly fictional, relationship with her: What does he get out of it?
 3. Why do the soldiers tell jokes about the war, about killing?
 4. How is the idea of weight used and developed in the story? How do you, as a reader, feel reading those lists of weight? What effect does it have on you?
 5. How has Jimmy changed by the end of the story?
 How will he be a different person from this point on? What has he learned about himself? Or to put it another way, what has he lost and what has he gained?