Ambush

Objective: Preparing for the ELA Regents Session One Part A. Today you will listen to an account by Tim O'Brien and take notes using the 5Ws+H.

Aim: What are the effects of war on the protagonist in Tim O'Brien's "Ambush"?

Questions:
Who are the characters?
Tim O'Brien, Kathleen, Kiowa, and a twenty year old man.
When did this take place?
1959 to April 30, 1975 in My-Khe, Vietnam.
What is the conflict?
The conflict is man vs. self, the person does not want to admit and still cant admit that he killed someone at war by instinct. Without even knowing him or anything and killed an innocent man with his bare hands.
What literary elements did you identify?
Setting, flashbacks, imagery and first person point of view.
Who is the narrator?
Tim O'Brien
What are the effects that war has upon the individual?
Denial of killing an innocent man, guilt of killing a person, flashbacks and visions of that specific moment.
How is this an anti-war story?
This is an anti-war story because it begins with him older and not being able to tell--even then, to his daughter that he had killed someone during war. At the end of the story it tells about how he suffers throughout his life with that memory--flahsbacks, visions, all never leaving him in peace.