4-How+to+Tell+a+True+War+Story

This picture connects to the short story because the story takes place in Vietnam. This picture was taken during the Vietnam war. This painting also connects to "How to Tell a True War Story because Rat's friend was killed in the war. This picture shows the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington D.C.

This was the flag of South Vietnam during the war. This connects to the short story because the United States were allies with the South Vietnamese __army__. This is a map showing the Tet Offensive. This relates to the story because the Tet Offensive happen in 1968, during the Vietnam war. This is the North Vietnamese army during the Vietnam war. This relates to the story because the Americans fought the North Vietnamese in the war.

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1. Strack (no definition). The author uses this word to characterize one of the characters, one who is later killed. I think it means something like strong or reliable. 2. Nutso (insane). The author uses this word to describe the aforementioned character, noting his unusual behavior. 3. Daredevil (a recklessly daring person). The author uses this word once again to describe the aforementioned character, meaning that the individual took many unnecessary risks. 4. Cooze ("lady-parts"). The author uses this word to describe the aforementioned character's sister, who never writes back after the aforementioned character's friend writes to inform her of his death. 5. Dead-flat (no definition). Used to describe a very quiet place in Vietnam. 6. Grotesque (odd or unnatural). Used to illustrate the scene of human body parts hanging in trees after the detonation of a booby trap. 7. Impassive (without emotion). Describes the moon as it rises over a dense, war-ridden jungle. 8. Alive (having life). The author uses it metaphorically to describe the whole of the Vietnamese jungle. 9. Misty (clouded by mist). Used to describe, yet again, the jungle in the morning. 10. Sucked (drawn in by). Used to describe the motion of being thrown into a jungle canopy by a booby-trapped 105mm Howitzer round exploding beneath one's feet. 1) The narrator was adventurous because he was a soldier so he went to foreign places and fought foreign things. 2) The narrator was brave because he fought during the Vietnam War and many soldiers became either insane or ended up hating the government because of what happened during the war. 3) Curt Lemon was dangerous because he played with smoke grenades as a joke in a time of war. Playing with smoke grenades is dangerous when no one is trying to kill you during war, who ever isn't your ally is your enemy so therefore is trying to kill you. 4) Rat is a sad character because he lost his best friend to a Vietnamese trap. 5) Mitchell Sanders was a liar because he was telling a war story and had to make up details. 1) What was Curt's game? 2) Infer if you think anyone saw Curt's death coming. 3) Imagine you were in Rat's situation, what would you have done?
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