Do dreams offer lessons?
Do nightmares have themes, do we awaken and analyze them and live our lives and advise others as a result?
Can the foot soldier teach anything important about war, merely for having been there?
I think not. He can tell war stories.
- Tim O'Brien, If I Die in a Combat Zone
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Media Resources and LinksTim O’Brien, The Things They Carried
Click on the image to the left to see and hear fiction author Tim O'Brien speak about his life and works at the National Book Festival. Presented by the Library of Congress.
Luigi Pirandello, "War"
Click on the image to the left to hear Walter Dixon narrate Luigi Pirandello’s short story "War."
Cynthia Ozick, "The Shawl"
Click on the image to the left to hear Cynthia Ozick speak about her book, "The Shawl" for The Big Read.
Muriel Spark, "The First Year of My Life"
Click on the image on the left to hear Dame Muriel Spark discuss her world view and writing style.
Bharati Mukherjee, "The Management of Grief"
Click on the image to the left to hear Bharati Mukherjee read at Litquake in San Francisco.
Homer, "The Champion Arms for Battle"
Click on the image to the left to watch John Stallworthy discuss Homer’s "The Illiad" in an excerpt from Voices in Wartime.
Homer, "The Champion Arms for Battle"
Click on the gratuitous beefcake shot at left to watch Professor Donald Kagan lecture on the Greek heroic code of ethics and the importance of manly virtue and honor in the Yale Open Course, Introduction to Ancient Greek History.
Jarrell, "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner"
William Shakespeare: "If we were marked to die…"
Click on the image on the left to see Kenneth Branagh perform the St. Crispin’s Day Speech in the 1989 film of Henry V
William Shakespeare: "If we were marked to die…"
Click on the image on the left to see Laurence Olivier perform the St. Crispin’s Day Speech in the 1944 film of Henry V
Film Adaptation of "War" by Luigi Pirandello"Facing It" by Yusef Komuyakaa"Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred OwenDownloadable Documents
Mind MappingProcrastination Paper Assignment Resources
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Click on the image to go to the Vanity Fair article that you will use to find quotes and evidence for your Procrastination Essay.