RETEST or Make-up for last Friday's vocabulary quiz o the figurative language terms and "Rainy River" vocab tomorrow after school in room 237
Over the next four days, we are completing the graphic organizer for Tim
Brien's story "On the Rainy River"
To begin;
Starting the story
Focus Your Reading
1. “On the Rainy River” is told from the first-person point of view.
2. • The narrator is a character in the story and so participates in the events he recounts.
– Readers see things through the narrator’s eyes.
3.• His comments and descriptions convey the difficulty of the momentous decision he faces.
4. In this story, the author blurs the line between fact and fiction by calling his narrator “Tim O’Brien.”
– The story, however, is work of fiction.
5. • As you read, notice how O’Brien’s use of the first person point of view affects your feelings about the narrator.
READ THE FIRST PARAGRAPH SILENTLY, UNDERLINING THOSE WORDS AND PHRASES THAT STAND OUT AS MARKERS THAT GIVE YOU INSIGHT INTO THIS CHARACTER'S FEELINGS, THOUGHTS OR PERSONALITY. BE PREPARED TO EXPLAIN YOUR REASONING.
On the Rainy River” by Tim O’Brien name
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From paragraph: “In
June of 1968….undead.”
Use textual evidence to respond to the following:
1.
Although the narrator considers himself
“politically naïve, “ what are three of the reasons he considered the war in
Vietnam to be wrong?
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b.
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2.
Who are the men “in pinstripes” and what problem
do they have. (In your response, you will paraphrase who these men are and then
take material directly from the text.
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From paragraphs “In
any case…”Nothing,” I said. “Wait.”
Use textual evidence to respond to the following:
3.
The narrator observes that hat the energy he
expended against the war was an “abstract endeavor.” Why does he view his
“ringing doorbells” and “uninspired editorials” in this manner?
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From paragraph “I spent the summe….in my wallet.” Again, use
textual evidence.
4.
O’Brien ends the paragraph by noting that “also
the draft notice [was] tucked away in my wallet,” after giving a vivid
description of his summer job. List
three of steps needed to process a pig.
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5.
Why does O’Brien employ such powerful imagery in
this paragraph?
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From paragraphs “In the evenings…to at another human being.”
6.
O’Brien uses the following simile to describe
his life: “All around me the options seemed to be narrowing, as if I were
hurtling down a huge black funnel, the whole world squeezing in tight.” Using
textual evidence, explain his conflicting thoughts. Weave examples into your
own sentence.
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From paragraph “At some point in mid-July
…for plain and simple reasons.”
7.
Use text to answer the following: How did O’
Brien’s “thinking about Canada” change from an abstraction to a concrete idea?
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8.
To what psychological disease does O’Brien
compare his “moral split?”
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9.
From what would O’Brien be exiled, if he were to
move to Canada? (use text)
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10.
What role do “the polyestered Kiwanis boys, the
merchants and farmers, the pious churchgoers, the chatty housewives, the PTA
and Lions club” play in O’Brien’s “fierce arguments” when he cannot sleep at
night. (Incorporate specific text into your sentence.)
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From paragraphs “I was bitter…love Tim.” What words does O’Brien use to describe how
he “felt something break open in [his] chest?”
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From paragraphs “I drove north…to the front porch.”
12.
How does O’Brien describe “riding on
adrenaline?” (Use text)
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13.
What parallel does O’Brien make with the “Rainy
River, which separates Minnesota from Canada?”
(Use text)
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14.
Describe the Tip Top Lodge. (use text)
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From paragraphs “The man who opened …I’ll bet.”
15.
Describe Elroy Berdahl and why he was “the hero
of [O’Brien’s] life? (Write one affective sentence,weaving in the text)
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From paragraphs “We spent six days…but I doubt it.”
16.
What does O’Brien remember most about Elroy, and
why do you think this was significant?
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17.
Give an example of when Elroy uses a “small,
cryptic packet[ ] of language.”
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From paragraph “One thing for certain…to terrible and sad.”
18.
How is O’Brien’s mental anxiety reflected in his
body? (Weave the text into your
response; remember to use quotations.
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From paragraph “I’m not sure
how,,,the right thing.”
19.
O’Brien speaks of how Elroy’s “reticence was
typical of that part of Minnesota, where privacy still held value.” According
to O’Brien, what was the real reason behind the silence? (Use text)
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From paragraphs “Some of this Elroy…the man knew” (182)
How does Elroy settle the bill with O’Brien? Weave text into your response.
20.
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21.
What was in the emergency fund?
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From paragraph “Looking back after
twenty years…wherever I end up”
22.
O’Brien imagines “slipp[ing] out of his kin,
hovering a few feet away while some poor yo-you with [his] name tried to make
his way toward a future he didn’t understand.” What purpose does this scene
serve in the story?
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From paragraphs “on my last full day…there’s a hard
squeezing pressure in your chest.”
23.
How did Elroy bring O’Brien “up against the
realities?” Weave textual evidence into
your response.
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24.
Write three examples of imagery from these
paragraphs. (quote)
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b.
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c.
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25.
Why does O’Brien use imagery here? Find the
textual example.
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From paragraphs “What would you do?....My Khe”
26.
Why had Canada become “a pitiful fantasy” for
O’Brien? Weave in text from the paragraph.
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27.
What “chunks of [his] own history flashed by, “
as O’Brien sat so “close to the shore?” (Again, weave these into your own
sentence.)
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28.
Why does O’Brien conger up images of his wife
and “unborn daughter?” What purpose does this serve?
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From paragraphs “The little aluminum boat…I was a coward. I
went to war.”
29.
What reasons does O’Brien give fro not jumping
off the boat and going to Canada? Weave in several examples from the text into
your own sentence.
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30.
In a thoughtful, well-written response, explain
why O’Brien observes that he went home
and “then to Vietnam, where [he] was a soldier, and then home again. [He]
survived, but it [was] not a happy ending.”
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