The Things They Carried Chapter 4

Why did O'Brien

• 1. O’Brien decides to go to war because he is embarrassed not to go.

• Because he felt like it

1. The name of the hotel that O’Brien stays at is _____________.

• There was no name

• 1. The Tip Top Lodge.

How did O'Brien feel about the letter he sent

• 1. O’Brien felt rage, followed by self-pity, after receiving his draft letter.

• Secure

• Good

What does O’Brien repeatedly emphasize about the Old Man when he talks to him?

• 1. O’Brien repeatedly emphasizes the old man’s silence, when he talks about him.

• The Old Man paying for his stay.

Where was O’Brien working when the was drafted?

• O’Brien was working at a meatpacking plant when he was drafted.

• Nowhere. He was doing Something else.

What does The author say about Elroy Berdahl?

• The author says that Elroy Berdahl was the hero of his life.

• He was a messenger made to remind O'Brien about something.

What did the Old Man give O'Brien at the hotel?

• The man gave O’Brien two hundred dollars for payment for work minus the cost of food and lodging at the hotel.

• Advice for the future

Where does the Hotel Owner take O´Brien on his last day at the Hotel?

• Nowhere

• 1. On O’Brien’s last day at the hotel, the owner takes him fishing.

• Hiking

What does the Author say about where the hotel was located?

• In chapter 4, when he is talking about where the hotel was located, the author says that to the right was the Rainy River, wide as a lake in places, and beyond the Rainy River was Canada.

• What it's meant to be symbolizing

How did O'Brien feel about the war?

• O’Brien felt that he was too good for the war.

• Brave