Thursday provocation

Learning objective: to analyse ideas, structures and language in "The things they carried."
Success criteria:
1. I can identify key quotes which are relevant to the provocation
2. I can analyse the text to show my understanding of Lieutenant Cross.
3. I can draw on wider knowledge of human nature and the Vietnam War to analyse the text.

Provocation:

Lieutenant Cross' actions at the end of the short story show that he is an uncaring leader.

Do you agree or disagree with the statement above?  Find quotes to develop and support your position.  Then write create convincing and perceptive paragraphs to respond to this statement.

Look at the last section of the short story first for evidence, then across the whole short story.  Then consider how your wider knowledge of human nature (perhaps particularly of the role of guilt and trauma) and of the Vietnam war can contribute to your written response.