This book must be read by Tuesday, November 15th:
The following questions may guide your reading:
“Anyone who fought in Vietnam, if he is honest about himself, will have to admit he enjoyed the compelling attractiveness of combat. It was a peculiar enjoyment because it was mixed with a commensurate pain.” Xvii
What is the meaning of the following exchange between the sergeant and the men?
“AMBUSHES ARE MURDER…AND MURDER IS FUN.”
“Class, this time in unison ‘AMBUSHES ARE MURDER
…AND MURDER IS FUN.’”(36)
Define battle.
What is the meaning of the following statement? “We could win this brushfire war if we were only turned loose to fight.” (69)
Caputo writes, “Every generation is doomed to fight its war, to endure the same experiences, suffer the loss of the same old illusions, and learn the same old lessons on its own.”(81) Is this statement true?
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