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M&M's
Rat Kiley is the medic, so he carries morphine, malaria tablets, comic books, and ______
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Egg
A quote from the Betty Crocker cookbook:
"It behooves a good wife to know how to make an ___ behave in six basic ways" |
The Wall of Ailing Corn
pg.5
The small vegetable garden at Baba's house in Kabul was nicknamed ___________.
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The Tandoor
Where in Kabul was Miriam going when she had a panic attack?
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He was describing where he camped in Vietnam and the smell he endured. He felt like the story would be" too much for her."
In Speaking of Courage Norman thought Sally Kramer, his ex-girlfriend, would retaliate when he was describing a memory from when he was in war. What was he describing and why did he feel she would react that way?
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James (Sunny-side up)
Nath (Hard-boiled) Lydia (Scrambled)
How do each family member in the Lee family, excluding Marilyn, prefer their eggs?
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Lamb Kabobs
Pg. 247
When Amir returns to Kabul, the streets smell of Diesel. What does Amir remember the streets smelled of when he was young?
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Three cups of Chai with Laila in the yard
It was a child that brought Laila and Miriam together as friends, but what event led Laila to know "they were not enemies any longer" (pg 250). This event turned into a nightly ritual Miriam looked forward to every day.
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She symbolizes the way in which soldiers in Vietnam think of the world back home; it is desirable and peaceful but also fantasy
Who does Martha represent in The Things They Carried
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The expectations her mother placed on her, and what her mother expected out of life.
What did the Betty Crocker cookbook represent to Marilyn and her mother?
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She was "notoriously unscrupulous." As a woman she was disliked because she was unapologetic about her sexuality. This is hypocritical coming from the male population; none of the "countless" men Sanaubar "tempted...into sin" were judged for sleeping with her.
pg 8.
Explain why Hassan's mother, Sanaubar, was considered "dishonorable" and why this was an insult based on her gender.
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He was trying to punish her because she could not give him a son.
As time goes on, Rasheed criticizes Miriam's cooking by making her chew on a rock despite her best efforts to please him. Miriam has been cooking meals from scratch her whole life. Why did Rasheed feel the need to tell her this in such a harsh way?
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Mark Fossie invites his girlfriend Mary Anne over to Vietnam because he believes her presence might save him from the horrors before him. Mary Anne Bell falls captive to the jungle’s mystery and ends up leaving Mark Fossie and breaking his heart.
In Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong why does Mark Fossie invite his girlfriend to Vietnam and where does she go or become?
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It was a sign that it was too late for Marilyn to become a docter, but it was also a sign that she can raise Lydia to become a docter.
Why was it important to Marilyn that Lydia discarded the Betty Crocker cookbook?
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Soraya's confession represented a strength and courage that Amir lacked. It also represented the possibility of relief that confession could grant. "I envied her. Her secret was out. Spoken. Dealt with."
Soraya's confession was made necessary because the Afghan culture shames women for disobedience and sexual impurity. pg 165
Explain what Soraya's confession meant to Amir and why she felt it was necessary to confess.
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He controlled Miriam by making her wear a burqua saying that a woman's face is no one's business but her husbands.
He controlled Laila by lying to her about Tariq and giving her an ultimatum to ether leave or marry him.
Name at least one way Rasheed used his status as a man and husband to control each Miriam and Laila.
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Female characters such as Martha, Mary Anne Bell, and Henry Dobbins’s unnamed girlfriend all affect the men of the Alpha Company—although in two of the cases, the women aren’t even with the men they’re affecting. The men idealize the women and use their presence—in letters, photographs, and even their imagination—as a kind of solace and reminder that a world does exist outside the atrocities of Vietnam.
What is the role of women in The Things They Carried?
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To Marilyn, Janet is everything Marilyn could have been.
What does Janet Wolff represent to Marilyn?
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Lower-Unlike women, the Hazaras had to live in completely separate buildings from the rest of the family. Hassan and Ali lived in a "mud shack." pg 6.
Before the Taliban occupation of Kabul, we saw that Laila was allowed an education. Hassan was denied an education even before the Taliban. Equal- "By the time I dragged myself out of bed and lumbered to the bathroom, Hassan had already washed up prayed the morning namaz with Ali, and prepared my breakfast...While I ate and complained about homework, Hassan made my bed, polished my shes, ironed my outfit for the day, packed my books and pencils." Because there were no females living in Baba's house, Hassan and Ali took on the traditionally female roles of the house. pg 27. Higher- A Hazara man could go around without an escort.
Do you think Hazaras were considered of lower, equal, or higher status than women? Support your answer.
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She felt she was being treated like an object that could go "neglected then laid claim to, at will, whenever the mood struck" Pg 164
When Laila's mother comes back to life after a depressive state due to the loss of her sons. She suddenly takes interest in her daughter: "All those years of aloofness, of cooping herself up and not caring where Laila went and whom she saw and what she thought... Laila felt like she was no better than these pots and pans" (pg. 164) What did Laila mean by this analogy?
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