TTTC Love
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Lesson duration is: 60 minItems in this lesson
Slide 1 - Slide
What could Jimmy Cross never forgive himself for?
Slide 2 - Open question
What does Jimmy ask Tim to do when he writes his story?
What does he tell Tim NOT to mention?
Slide 3 - Open question
The first chapter, 'The Things They Carried', described the things they carried. How does the second chapter, 'Love', describe love?
Slide 4 - Open question
Settin in 'Love': How does Tim O’Brien convey the ordinariness of the lives the two men now lead?
Slide 5 - Open question
Character in 'Love': How do the surprises of this chapter demonstrate that character is something that never ceases to emerge?
Slide 6 - Open question
Action in 'Love': What is it that Jimmy Cross does not want to have mentioned in the story? What does that tell us about the things that are most important to him?
Slide 7 - Open question
Style in 'Love': Why do you think Tim O’Brien uses reported speech rather than dialogue (indirect rather than direct speech) for the bulk of this story?
Slide 8 - Open question
Ideas in 'Love': What does this story suggest about the nature of love?
