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On Tim O’Brien’s homepage, click on The Things They Carried and read the material on that page. Explain the format of the book.
Click on one of the personal accounts; identify connections to Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried.”
Read Steve Gano’s account which begins “I had no idea what we were heading for” on the Vietnam Powwow: The Vietnam War site. What links do you see between Gano’s account and Lt. Cross in O’Brien’s story?
According to the author profile on O’Brien at Northern VA CC, what is O’Brien’s central theme?
In the reading guide for The Things They Carried, answer the question about “what ways is the verb ‘to carry’ used in this story?
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2Vietnam Powwow: The Vietnam War as Remembered by Native American Veterans [a machine-readable transcription]
Vietnam Powwow provides accounts from Native Americans about their experiences in the Vietnam War.
http://www.ualr.edu/sequoyah/uploads/2011/11/sanviet.html
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3Vietnam War: Looking Back, Part 1 (Experiencing War: Stories from the Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress)
Read first-hand accounts of the Vietnam War from veterans.
http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/
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4Author Profile: Tim O'Brien
Find a profile of Tim O'Brien at this site. It includes a brief biography, influences, and major works.
http://www.nvcc.edu/home/ataormina/novels/guides/authors/obrien.htm
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5Tim O'Brien, Author of The Things They Carried, Going After Cacciato, and In the Lake of the Woods
Tim O'Brien's homepage provides information on the literature, interviews with O'Brien, and an opportunity to subscribe to a newsletter.
http://www.illyria.com/tobhp.html
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6Reading Guide: The Things They Carried
See the reading guide for The Things They Carried, called "a unified narrative with chapters that stand perfectly on their own" (Coffey.
http://www.nvcc.edu/home/ataormina/novels/guides/titles/thingscarried.htm
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7Tim O'Brien | Bookreporter.com
http://www.bookreporter.com/authors/tim-obrien
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8Vietnam War - A History of the Vietnam War
http://history1900s.about.com/od/vietnamwar/a/vietnamwar.htm
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9Tim O'Brien, Author of The Things They Carried, Going After Cacciato, and In the Lake of the Woods
http://www.illyria.com/tobhp.html