We are now reading The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien, one of the finest contemporary authors you may ever have read. He writes stories about the Vietnam War, but he also talks an awful lot about stories themselves and what they can mean and how they are crafted and how they function in our lives. It is really terrific stuff.
AP testing has kept us out of the library this week, so we have been reading in class. Here is a link to a copy of the text online so that you can catch up if you have been gone or just need a little more time to read.
The Things They Carried online text.
we have finished the first three stories as of Thursday ("The Things They Carried,", "Love," and "Spin"), and we will talk about the military draft and read "On the Rainy River" on Friday.
Assignments:
1- The Things They Carried Critical Read.
2- "Rainy River" Write
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