May 24--Chapter 7 “How to Tell a True War Story"

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. 

Option #1:  Why does this story begin with the line: “This is true.” How does that prepare you, as a reader, for the story? What do you think it means for it to be true? Who is it true to?  

Option #2: Find a few of O’Brien’s elements of a “true war story.” (such as, “A true war story is never moral.”) Why does O’Brien believe these elements are important to a “true” war story?

Option #3:  Why is the baby water buffalo scene more disturbing than the death of one of O’Brien’s platoon members, Curt Lemon?

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