The Things they carried seminar
On 12/7/15 our class did a Socratic seminar about the book The Things They Carried. During the reading, and the seminar. I was able to gain a new viewpoint of what war is like, and how it has a much more personal and immediate effect on people that are involved. In the book there are many examples of exactly how the war affected the characters, but one that stood out to me was how in the book the soldiers were all afraid of dying but more than that they were afraid of looking cowardly. This was described as a “Fear of blushing.” I thought of this as an interesting topic because it was unexpected. I thought that the fear of death would have been much larger than any other fear for most people. During this seminar I think I did well on getting my input into the discussion. For the next seminar I think I could do better at inviting people who might not talk as much into the discussion.