Socratic+Seminar+1+Questions

These are the questions you should review and answer (according to the directions) before the first Socratic Seminar. Please bring your answers, questions, and textual evidence to class in preparation for the Seminar. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me!


 * Question for the Group:** Should we use this space also to introduce some of the universal motifs that come up in the chapter? should we point those out in class? Should we just leave them alone? If we are posting them here, then I'll (Julie) offer these:

Ch. 1: Weight: The author gives detailed lists of the items that the soldiers carry, as well the emotions and personal experiences they hold within themselves as well. How does O'Brian use diction in other ways to convey the feeling of weight or pressure? (physically, mentally, and emotionally?)

Ch. 2: Jimmy, speaking of Martha, makes the comment, "there were things about her he would never know." What role does unspoken meaning or silenced experience play in this chapter? What are its effects on the characters? What language does O'Brian use to convey these effects?