Lesson Two - On the Rainy River

Lesson

Explore the links providing information regarding the Vietnam War. These websites will provide context for Tim O'Brien's story.

Peruse Tim O'Brien's website. You may be interested in reading or listening to his speech from April 1999 where he spoke about his time in Vietnam and his writing about the experience.

Read "On the Rainy River".
Consider the questions posed at the end of the story.

Read through the analyses document. Consider the interpretations others have offered regarding this short story. Do you agree with those interpretations?

Consider the NATURE of the motivations that ultimately directed Tim O'Brien's course of action at the end of his narrative.