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The Vietnam War. The Vietnam War (1959 - 1975). 1954: End of French colonial rule 1954: Vietnam divided in Geneva accords 1959: Start of Viet Cong guerilla attacks on South 1964: Tonkin Incident / Americanization of the war 1968: Tet -Offensive 1969: My Lai Massacre
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The Vietnam War (1959 - 1975) • 1954: End of French colonialrule • 1954: Vietnam dividedin Genevaaccords • 1959: Start ofVietCongguerillaattacks on South • 1964: TonkinIncident / Americanizationofthe war • 1968: Tet-Offensive • 1969: My Lai Massacre • 1969: Vietnamizationofthe war • 1974: Withdrawalof American troops • 1975: Surrender of South Vietnam, end of war
Theycarried all theycouldbear, andthensome, including a silentaweforthe terrible power ofthethingstheycarried. The Things TheyCarriedTim O’Brien
"The Things TheyCarried" "[…] plus theunweighedfear" "The thingstheycarriedweredeterminedbynecessity" • physicalobjects • letters • canopeners • knives • ‘dog tags’ • canteens • weapons • "emotional baggage" • fears / anxieties • grief • terror • love • shamefulmemories • commonsecrets
Group Task • Choose a characterfromthestoryandlistthethings he carries. Thendiscusswhateachoftheitems on yourlisttellsusabout… • … thecharacter • … the war Jimmy Cross Kiowa Dave Jensen Rat Kiley Henry DobbinsTed Lavender Norman Bowker Mitchell Sanders Lee Strunk
Writing Task • Write a 3oo wordessayabout a specialthingyou carry/carried . Describetheobject in detail, themooditevokesandthereasonsforitsimportance.
After a day’smarch he woulddighisfoxhole, washhishandsunder a canteen, unwraptheletters […] andspendthe last hourof light pretending. Foxhole
He was just a kidat war, in love. He was twenty-fouryearsold. He couldn’thelp it. US draft
Will yourflashlightgodead? Do rats carry rabies? Ifyouscreamed, howfarwouldthesound carry? Wouldyourbuddieshearit? ‘Tunnel rats’
Likecement, Kiowawhispered in thedark. I sweartoGod – boom – down. Not a word. VC snipers