The Things They Carried: Reading Schedule

Although we will not have time to discuss each story in class, you should be prepared to discuss your responses to the reading. Bring your questions!

5/4 "Love," "Spin," "On the Rainy River,"* "Enemies," "Friends,"

5/6 "How to Tell a True War Story,"* "The Dentist," "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong," "Stockings," "Church"

5/11 "The Man I Killed,"* "Ambush," "Style," "Speaking of Courage," "Notes"

5/13 "In the Field," "Good Form," "Field Trip," "The Ghost Soldiers," "Night Life," "The Lives of the Dead"*

5/18 Final Exam

*stories with asterisks will most likely be discussed in class

Tim O'Brien

There are many many online resources for The Things They Carried.

Stories:

The Things They Carried

How To Tell a True War Story


The Author, Tim O'Brien

Tim O'Brien

Tim O'Brien at Wikipedia

"The Things they Carried" (short story) at Wikipedia

Audio Interview w/ Tim O'Brien

Fairy Tales and Gender

Disney & Gender





Little Red Riding Hood (monty python version)

stages of development

Plato & Freud

Two interpretation's of Plato's cave





Frued

Fun with Lao Tzu and Machiavelli

If you have no idea who Karl Pilkington is, or if you have never heard of Ricky Gervais, take a look here.



This video discusses Machiavelli in the historical context of the Italian Renaissance.

ETA: Karl Pilkington tackles one of the questions from the Proust questionnaire:



ETA: Conan O'Brien answers the questions we used in our ice breaker

World of Ideas, Introduction

Penguin Handbook Chapter 6

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