What Would It Be Like To Live In A Gingerbread House?

    It would be awesome. Who wouldn't want to live in a gingerbread house?! Your house would always smell nice, it would look delicious, it would definitely taste good ! Although, it would also be difficult. I would probably eat my gingerbread house. The smell would be so tasteful that it would make me eat my house. If I eat my house, I probably wouldn't have a place to live.

How Did You Feel About Your TTWWG Project?

     How I feel about my project..hmmm... I feel okay about it. It was a little hard at first because of how I was going to put Janie's speech in the diary. I couldn't even understand her speech in the book so how was I going to do that in the diary? In the end I just wrote it how I would write it, but with Janie's mind and feelings. Trying to make it look old? One of the hardest things to do. Maybe even harder than the writing. When I completely finished my project I kind of felt good of what I did. Even though it wasn't what I visioned I still liked it.

Look Back At The Passages You Found For Homework. Why Do You Think That O'Brien Includes These Moments Of Beauty In A Novel About War?

    I think that O'Brien includes those moments of beauty in a novel about war because maybe the novel isn't all about war. It could just take place during a war. It could be about the soldiers lives during the war and their story. Well, and we all know its also about the story behind the things they carry with them to combat. They might have included moments of beauty in the novel so the novel won't be so dark and gloomy and all about war.

Determine The Top Ten Criteria For "A True High School Story". For Example: "A True War Story In No Way Resembles A Fairy Tale".

    The Top Ten Criteria For "A True High School Story"

• Relationships (Romantic)
• Fights
• Drugs
• Bullies
• Gossip
• Drama
• Piles of Homework
• Friendships
• Haters
• Cliques

Do You Believe That Going To War Made O'Brien A Coward? Why Or Why Not? Did Reading This Story Make You Think Differently About Going To War?

    I don't think it made him a coward. I say he's not a coward for going to war because I think he kind of convinced himself that he can't just run from his problems. If you do it just creates more problems for yourself. I don't think it made me think differently about going to war. For one thing: I would have probably done what O'Brien did. I would try to flee and find another way to provide for myself, to not think about the draft and avoid it. Although I probably would've held on much longer to the fact that I could run from war. After a little while I probably would've gave in to my conscious telling me its wrong to flee and that I won't get away with it.

What Is O'Brien Saying Here? Do You Agree Or Disagree With Him? Why?

    I don't really know what he is saying. I guess what  (I think) he's trying to say is that memories will be remembered better if told as a story. I guess I kind of agree with him. Whenever I want to recall what happened in the past, I tell it as a story. Sometimes, I don't consciously think about how I am telling people what I remember. Although most of the time, I tell it as a story because that is the easiest way to remember it.

Respond To The Story "The Things They Carried". Go Beyond "I Liked It" Or "I Hated It". How Did It Make You Feel? Why Do You Think O'Brien Spent So Much Time Talking About The Stuff That The Soldiers Lugged Around?

    Right now, I'm kind of puzzled about the book. For example: one character in the book carries condoms with him. Another character carries brass knuckles with him. Also, another soldier carries his girlfriends' pantyhose with him. Why do they carry those things with them? I mean, i think I get why one of the soldiers carries his girlfriends' pantyhose, but what about the other things that the soldiers carry? I know that I still have to read the rest of the book to figure it out, but when I first read the 1st chapter, it just left me puzzled.

Can Fiction Give Us A Better Understanding Of Our Lives?

    I don't think so... Fiction is kind of like a fairytale world, where everything we wished happened in that world, would happen in reality. Fiction sometimes over dramatizes reality, making it seem unreal. It's not reality. ALTHOUGH, fiction could be based on reality. If you are reading a fictional book and you think to yourself that whatever was happening in that book happened to you or someone you know as well, but just a little over dramatized. When fiction is based on reality, I think it could give us a better understanding of our lives.