| "How to Tell a True War Story" | "How To Tell a True War Story" / "The Dentist" |
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Lemon's sister
Who did Rat send the letter of Lemon's death too?
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Because he had a bad experience in high school with dentists, "real sadism."
In "The Dentist," Why is Lemon so afraid of the Dentist?
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Because she never responded to his letter.
Why does Rat refer Lemon's sister as the derogatory term of "a dumb cooze?"
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In order to redeem himself for the embarrassment he suffered after fainting waiting in line for the dentist.
Why does Lemon return in the middle of the night only to have a good tooth pulled out?
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"They are just supposed to listen and report what they hear."
" In Sanders story of the soldiers in the mountain, what is the soldier's mission?
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To take out his frustrations of not getting a response from Lemon's sister after he sent a letter to her.
Why does Rat decide to torture the VC water buffalo?
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On a mine while playing catch with a grenade.
He sings the song "Lemon Tree"
How does Curt Lemon perish? Also, what does Dave Jenson sing after Lemon's death?
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O'Brien believes lemon had "an opinion of himself that was too high for his own good. Or maybe it was the reverse. Maybe it was a low opinion that he kept trying to erase."
What is O'Brien's opinion of Lemon in "The Dentist?"
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They hear a "cocktail party, mama-san soprano, a gook opera, a glee club, a barbershop quartet, and a boys choir."
In Sanders story of soldiers on the mountain, what do the men hear that scares them so incredibly?
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It was a love story
According to O'Brien, was the story of Lemon's death a war story? Or a love story?
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