Poetry and Prose and Projects!

Project Drafts Due on Monday!

We have been writing poetry based on phrases and sentences we found in the story "How to Tell a True War Story."
We will finish up Friday morning and begin reading the story called, "The Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong."
Found Poetry Assignment
Found Poetry Example
FOR MONDAY/TUESDAY

SWEETHEART WRITE: Directions: Read the intro. material and write a substantial paragraph or two as you discuss your ideas about the prompt and include at least two specific references to events from the story to back up your opinion.

INTRO:

Fiction: A Lie that Tells a Truth—Remember: The Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong is not about a girl who comes to visit her boyfriend in Vietnam—it is about what war, especially this particular war, does to people.

The author (Tim) has stated that the effectiveness of a “true war story” has little to do with literal facts and everything to do with producing in the reader a “gut reaction” (69, 78). Tim O’Brien wants to offer the reader an emotional connection with the experience of the soldiers who had to fight in Vietnam.  This is what he calls telling the “truth (78).” 

PROMPT: So, what is the “truth” about war that O’Brien is trying to get across by telling the story about what happens to sweet, innocent Mary Anne?