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TTTC Essay Make Up Assignment

**Key to Philip’s comments:**

Circle = correction Check mark = something good + = something strong or GOOD in your essay/ areas of strength - = areas to improve/ areas of weakness

An ESSAY is a genre that focuses on **ONE good idea – your** ** THESIS! **

TO RECEIVE + 10% points on your WT #4 - TTTC final essay exam, complete these steps:

1. READ “TIPS” document on the wiki - ** TIPS AND SAMPLE OUTLINE: **
 * [[file:langlitquito/WT 4 sample outline.docx|WT 4 sample outline.docx]] **

2. Make ALL the language corrections on your essay – WRITE ON your paper

This demonstrate – this demonstrates the Things they Carried – __The Things They Carried__ this stories – these stories
 * Anything CIRCLED means you need to make a correction!!**
 * Example:**

3. Write **ONE hand written or typed paragraph** (200-400 words) on lined paper – double spaced – with the proper heading - in which you choose **ONE** passage or quotation and write a 200-400 word analysis. Refer to your essay or one of the essay questions. Focus on analysis and proper punctuation.


 * EMAIL ME THIS ASSIGNMENT OR TURN IT IN BEFORE FRIDAY, January 11, 2013 **

Example:


 * If we were to imagine Tim O’Brien, the author of //The Things They Carried,// reading the story “Church” as a writer and as a soldier, he would read and interpret the story in two different ways. Although he is the same person, Tim as a writer has the advantage of 30 years of perspective and experience of writing four novels; while Tim the soldier would be more focused on the immediate connection with the action of war. Although Tim is not a main character in this story, we can sense his presence and influence just as we can throughout the novel. As an 18 year old soldier, Tim would read the story as a nice reflection on his paradoxical experience in war, and he would identify with both of his platoon mates. We can tell from the story “On the Rainy River,” that the young Tim was a reluctant yet willing participant in the war in the first place so we know that he would identify with Dobbin’s effort to do something nice in an otherwise evil place. Also, Tim never really comes to any religious foundation in the novel, so we can tell that he admires Kiowa as well for his faith. As a 50 year old writer, the writer of his fourth novel, Tim is obviously an experienced writer and has the benefit of time. He would read this story as a reflection of his literary connections to the bible and Pontius Plate (Jesus’ judge) and another way to represent the complexities of the US involvement in Vietnam through the story of a “church.” Just as his other stories, no moral decisions are really made and the morality of the soldiers’ actions is left for the readers to determine.**

Characterization
=Collaborative Group Presentations=

EXPECTATIONS FOR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

 * Complete **before** the set due date
 * COMPETE MEANS: use a title, number the questions
 * Copy the question if it makes you feel warm inside, but MORE importantly, **use complete sentences and use the stem of the question** in your answer.

=Casualties of the Vietnam War UTNE Reader=

VIETNAM: Then and Now
//Vietnam: Chronicle of War -// film questions