Thursday, March 29, 2012
Group 5 Blog 1
I would take the respected route of Dobbins. I would respect the person who was horrified by a situation that he or she was in. If someone would to taunt them, I would tell them to stop, and if they refused, I would just eat them up. Eating them up is really a figurative language meaning that I would beat that person up.
Monday, March 26, 2012
The Field
Explain the importance of the field. How would you feel if your dad brought back to an important memory?
The importance of the field was the place where the men who was led by Jimmy Cross went to fight. The field represents several themes and symbols. The field trip revolves around the narrator and his daughter. His daughter is unfamiliar with the background and its location. Her father explains to his daughter about the field and what it was like about 20 years ago. The field was the place where Kiowa, a man of the team was killed. The field is filled with mud, sewage, and mortars. Bowker is a coward because he was unable to save Kiowa in the sewage field because of the horrible stench and the things that are in it. And again, Tim O Brien made the story up. If my dad were to bring back an important memory, I would feel regretful towards the memory.
The importance of the field was the place where the men who was led by Jimmy Cross went to fight. The field represents several themes and symbols. The field trip revolves around the narrator and his daughter. His daughter is unfamiliar with the background and its location. Her father explains to his daughter about the field and what it was like about 20 years ago. The field was the place where Kiowa, a man of the team was killed. The field is filled with mud, sewage, and mortars. Bowker is a coward because he was unable to save Kiowa in the sewage field because of the horrible stench and the things that are in it. And again, Tim O Brien made the story up. If my dad were to bring back an important memory, I would feel regretful towards the memory.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Group 2
How would I feel if I killed someone?
I would feel horrified about the situation and I would have a difficult time overcoming it. I would also plan on committing suicide to not suffer from guilt and karma.
I would just tell the truth because guilt and lies will continue to haunt me for the rest of my life.
I would feel horrified about the situation and I would have a difficult time overcoming it. I would also plan on committing suicide to not suffer from guilt and karma.
I would just tell the truth because guilt and lies will continue to haunt me for the rest of my life.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Group_1 Blog
Vietnam
Seeing Vietnam as a war zone during the 1970s.
Violent.
Courage is shown.
Soldiers do not leave their soldiers behind.
Vietnam Tourist
A place filled with a tourist zone.
Exciting, full of shopping opportunities
Citizens ride their mopeds or bikes across town.
Seeing Vietnam as a war zone during the 1970s.
Violent.
Courage is shown.
Soldiers do not leave their soldiers behind.
Vietnam Tourist
A place filled with a tourist zone.
Exciting, full of shopping opportunities
Citizens ride their mopeds or bikes across town.
Friday, March 16, 2012
Blog 18
1. Create a strategy and a plan of action for how you will relate your session to the first,
second, and third.
2. Why is the story called “Speaking of Courage?” (Consider that the title could be both
ironic and not ironic).
The story is called “Speaking of Courage because the following story revolves around Norman Bowker who had just recently came home from the war. Bowker shows his father that he received seven medals, but Bowker’s mind is troubling himself. Bowker comes home with nothing to do. All he does is sit in his father’s Chevy, ride in it for 12 revolutions around the lake, and think about himself being a coward rather than courageous. The revelation around the lake is a metaphor referred to fighting in circles during the war. In the war, he shows that he is courageous by hearing Kiowa’s scream, but he is unable to save him because if he does, he will also sacrifice himself and the stench coming from the field haunts him. If he sacrificed himself to save his friend and faced his fears, he might have been honored with the Silver Star. The title of the story is ironic because if someone has the courage to do something, they will do it. The irony is that if the situation is life threatening, the person may have the courage to go to it, but the sissy ness behind this is to ignore the situation and run away from it. Speaking is difficult to Bowker. He has a hard time talking to his girlfriend and his father. He talks to the intercom at Mama Burger, which is in his fantasy life.
3. Describe the narrator’s (not Bowker’s) transition from military to civilian life.
The narrator does transition from military to civilian life. The narrator returns to civilian life by moving from Vietnam to graduate school at Harvard. The way he tells the story of the war is by getting the attention of the people. He says that he got himself into this mess and the mistakes he has made. Since the war has several memories and life, the narrator has a hard time overcoming what happens during the war.
4). Like other male characters in the novel, Norman Bowker develops an active fantasy
life. Why does he need fantasy? Is his fantasy life different in any way from the real
one?
In the novel, Norman Bowker develops an active fantasy life by talking to the intercom at Mama Burger. He needs fantasy because he has no one to talk to. His is unable to communicate with his girlfriend as well as his father. His fantasy life is different from the real one because in the real one, he has no one to communicate with.
Later, he hangs himself with a jump rope at the Y.
5. How do these two stories show us the way that fiction relates to real life?
These two stories show us the way that fiction relates to real life by the fiction of the lies that tell the truth. O’ Brien uses several metaphoric quotes throughout the book, including these two stories. The historical background about the war does not reveal the truth as much as how the characters experiences during war in Vietnam. In the last line of “Notes”, Tim O’ Brien says “Norman did not experience failure of nerve that night. He did not freeze up or lose the Silver Star for valor. That part of the story is my own.” This means that the author made up this story meaning that Norman letting go of Kiowa is false.
6. Why does Norman not try to relate to anyone? Why does his father not engage? How
do you understand Norman’s action, all the way to the end?
Norman does not try to relate to anyone because they will not understand the traumatic experience in war at Vietnam. He father does not engage because his son Bowker feels pressured by him that he needs to win medals during the battle. I understand Norman’s actions. The fact that he will not talk about his war experience to anyone, he tries to talk through the author, which turns out to be a failure. At the end, Bowker dies.
7. Do medals matter – in military and/or civilian life? For whom, why, and how?
For Norman Bowker, the medals were really important because his dad pressured him into one thing, which was bringing a lot of medals after the war. After his experience in the war at Vietnam, he realized there were many solders that got medals without doing any important. Bowker mentioned that "..many brave men do not win medals for their bravery, and that others win medals for doing nothing. "
8. Describe the evolution of Norman Bowker's character. (Consider how he was
introduced in the beginning of the book.) Explore the reasons why O'Brien might have
chosen to change his narrative stance in “Speaking of Courage.”
In the beginning of the book, Norman is considered to be a gentle soldier who carries a thumb that was given by Mitchell Sanders and a diary. Later, he feels pressured by his father to win medals in Vietnam. Once he leaves war and heads home, he is unable to communicate with his father or his ex-girlfriend because they will not understand the harrowing experience that Bowker has been though while fighting in Vietnam. Eventually, he commits suicide at the Y with a jump rope.
9. How does “Notes” expand the reader’s understanding of “Speaking of Courage”?
In this account, Bowker has the failure of nerve. He does not save Kiowa, even though he could have. The title makes the story “Speaking of Courage” more ambiguous. Bowker does not believe that he is as courageous as he turns out to be. The revolutions around the lake relate to the boredom that Bowker feels relating to the death of Kiowa.
10. Have things changed since the Vietnam War? Are there similar (or different) stories about the war we are fighting in Afghanistan or the one we recently ended in Iraq?
All of the wars are very similar. The only thing is that we might have gotten new weapons or new military, but the human feelings are still the same. A lot of people died during the war at a specific cost. All of the wars has been influenced by the government and nowadays the people are realizing that the war is unworthy anymore.
11. What kind of multi‐media, documents, and sources can you use to make your
presentation a solid, coherent, in‐depth, and challenging? Keep in mind that you have to
use the book, no matter what.
My group could design a short assessment in a Power point presentation. I would have the audience write the answer to the question provided on the slideshow. Then, I will collect the papers and hear my audiences’ responses. Once, the audience responds, I will listen to their comments towards the question provided by my group.
12. How will you ensure that the audience participates attentively throughout?
To ensure that the audience participates attentively throughout my group’s presentation is to have all the students be separated from their friends facing me with their laptops put away and their cell phones on the teacher’s desk. Another thing, I will do is randomly call on people to answer questions, so that I know that they are focused and paying attention. If they are unable to answer my questions, I will put them closer to me. These choices I feel should ensure that my audience participates attentively during the presentation.
13. Do you want to assign a blog or homework (to be done in advance or after your session)?
I want to assign a blog or homework to be done in advance or after my group’s session. Even though, the students may have been focused throughout the situation, I would still like my classmates to understand the chosen sections better. If they are able to utilize this activity, the possible assessment may be a breeze to them.
"March 2007 flyingsnail.com Archive."News & Views for Remnants of Paradise, Tell-A-Vision: Why Not Try Love Again?. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Mar. 2012..
I would like to see my session proceed by having each of my fellow students that are part of the audience to complete my activities at the best of their ability. As the activity begins, the students will not be allowed to use the book, sparknotes, shmoop, or any other resources that can be used as an advantage to get the answers. The activities that my group should ask the rest of the students to do is complete the activity at the best of their ability to ensure their knowledge of knowing the material by heart. These activities will help the students to think about the questions that my group has tried to answer by whether they know the stories or not. It will also determine if they used reading resources rather than the novel to unravel the answers to their personal questions. In order to make the students accountable for my lesson is to be prepared upon the fact of knowing the two listed stories at the full extent. They should be able to understand the main idea, supporting details, figurative languages, symbols, tone, and, of course style.
second, and third.
2. Why is the story called “Speaking of Courage?” (Consider that the title could be both
ironic and not ironic).
The story is called “Speaking of Courage because the following story revolves around Norman Bowker who had just recently came home from the war. Bowker shows his father that he received seven medals, but Bowker’s mind is troubling himself. Bowker comes home with nothing to do. All he does is sit in his father’s Chevy, ride in it for 12 revolutions around the lake, and think about himself being a coward rather than courageous. The revelation around the lake is a metaphor referred to fighting in circles during the war. In the war, he shows that he is courageous by hearing Kiowa’s scream, but he is unable to save him because if he does, he will also sacrifice himself and the stench coming from the field haunts him. If he sacrificed himself to save his friend and faced his fears, he might have been honored with the Silver Star. The title of the story is ironic because if someone has the courage to do something, they will do it. The irony is that if the situation is life threatening, the person may have the courage to go to it, but the sissy ness behind this is to ignore the situation and run away from it. Speaking is difficult to Bowker. He has a hard time talking to his girlfriend and his father. He talks to the intercom at Mama Burger, which is in his fantasy life.
3. Describe the narrator’s (not Bowker’s) transition from military to civilian life.
The narrator does transition from military to civilian life. The narrator returns to civilian life by moving from Vietnam to graduate school at Harvard. The way he tells the story of the war is by getting the attention of the people. He says that he got himself into this mess and the mistakes he has made. Since the war has several memories and life, the narrator has a hard time overcoming what happens during the war.
4). Like other male characters in the novel, Norman Bowker develops an active fantasy
life. Why does he need fantasy? Is his fantasy life different in any way from the real
one?
In the novel, Norman Bowker develops an active fantasy life by talking to the intercom at Mama Burger. He needs fantasy because he has no one to talk to. His is unable to communicate with his girlfriend as well as his father. His fantasy life is different from the real one because in the real one, he has no one to communicate with.
Later, he hangs himself with a jump rope at the Y.
5. How do these two stories show us the way that fiction relates to real life?
These two stories show us the way that fiction relates to real life by the fiction of the lies that tell the truth. O’ Brien uses several metaphoric quotes throughout the book, including these two stories. The historical background about the war does not reveal the truth as much as how the characters experiences during war in Vietnam. In the last line of “Notes”, Tim O’ Brien says “Norman did not experience failure of nerve that night. He did not freeze up or lose the Silver Star for valor. That part of the story is my own.” This means that the author made up this story meaning that Norman letting go of Kiowa is false.
6. Why does Norman not try to relate to anyone? Why does his father not engage? How
do you understand Norman’s action, all the way to the end?
Norman does not try to relate to anyone because they will not understand the traumatic experience in war at Vietnam. He father does not engage because his son Bowker feels pressured by him that he needs to win medals during the battle. I understand Norman’s actions. The fact that he will not talk about his war experience to anyone, he tries to talk through the author, which turns out to be a failure. At the end, Bowker dies.
7. Do medals matter – in military and/or civilian life? For whom, why, and how?
For Norman Bowker, the medals were really important because his dad pressured him into one thing, which was bringing a lot of medals after the war. After his experience in the war at Vietnam, he realized there were many solders that got medals without doing any important. Bowker mentioned that "..many brave men do not win medals for their bravery, and that others win medals for doing nothing. "
8. Describe the evolution of Norman Bowker's character. (Consider how he was
introduced in the beginning of the book.) Explore the reasons why O'Brien might have
chosen to change his narrative stance in “Speaking of Courage.”
In the beginning of the book, Norman is considered to be a gentle soldier who carries a thumb that was given by Mitchell Sanders and a diary. Later, he feels pressured by his father to win medals in Vietnam. Once he leaves war and heads home, he is unable to communicate with his father or his ex-girlfriend because they will not understand the harrowing experience that Bowker has been though while fighting in Vietnam. Eventually, he commits suicide at the Y with a jump rope.
9. How does “Notes” expand the reader’s understanding of “Speaking of Courage”?
In this account, Bowker has the failure of nerve. He does not save Kiowa, even though he could have. The title makes the story “Speaking of Courage” more ambiguous. Bowker does not believe that he is as courageous as he turns out to be. The revolutions around the lake relate to the boredom that Bowker feels relating to the death of Kiowa.
10. Have things changed since the Vietnam War? Are there similar (or different) stories about the war we are fighting in Afghanistan or the one we recently ended in Iraq?
All of the wars are very similar. The only thing is that we might have gotten new weapons or new military, but the human feelings are still the same. A lot of people died during the war at a specific cost. All of the wars has been influenced by the government and nowadays the people are realizing that the war is unworthy anymore.
11. What kind of multi‐media, documents, and sources can you use to make your
presentation a solid, coherent, in‐depth, and challenging? Keep in mind that you have to
use the book, no matter what.
My group could design a short assessment in a Power point presentation. I would have the audience write the answer to the question provided on the slideshow. Then, I will collect the papers and hear my audiences’ responses. Once, the audience responds, I will listen to their comments towards the question provided by my group.
12. How will you ensure that the audience participates attentively throughout?
To ensure that the audience participates attentively throughout my group’s presentation is to have all the students be separated from their friends facing me with their laptops put away and their cell phones on the teacher’s desk. Another thing, I will do is randomly call on people to answer questions, so that I know that they are focused and paying attention. If they are unable to answer my questions, I will put them closer to me. These choices I feel should ensure that my audience participates attentively during the presentation.
13. Do you want to assign a blog or homework (to be done in advance or after your session)?
I want to assign a blog or homework to be done in advance or after my group’s session. Even though, the students may have been focused throughout the situation, I would still like my classmates to understand the chosen sections better. If they are able to utilize this activity, the possible assessment may be a breeze to them.
"March 2007 flyingsnail.com Archive."News & Views for Remnants of Paradise, Tell-A-Vision: Why Not Try Love Again?. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Mar. 2012.
I would like to see my session proceed by having each of my fellow students that are part of the audience to complete my activities at the best of their ability. As the activity begins, the students will not be allowed to use the book, sparknotes, shmoop, or any other resources that can be used as an advantage to get the answers. The activities that my group should ask the rest of the students to do is complete the activity at the best of their ability to ensure their knowledge of knowing the material by heart. These activities will help the students to think about the questions that my group has tried to answer by whether they know the stories or not. It will also determine if they used reading resources rather than the novel to unravel the answers to their personal questions. In order to make the students accountable for my lesson is to be prepared upon the fact of knowing the two listed stories at the full extent. They should be able to understand the main idea, supporting details, figurative languages, symbols, tone, and, of course style.
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