Crisis. In the plot of a story or a drama, the crisis is that point in the development of the conflict at which a decisive event occurs that causes the main character’s situation to become better or worse. As you read “Ambush,” identify its crisis.
Realism. Realism is the attempt to render in art an accurate portrayal of reality.
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According to O’Brien, “The best literature is always explorative. It’s searching for answers and never finding them.” This approach sums up his short story collection The Things They Carried (1990), in which the interplay between memory and imagination makes it difficult for the reader to distinguish what really happened. In “Ambush,” the narrator relives a moment of the Vietnam War when he killed another man with a grenade.
As you read, make a cluster chart that lists the realistic details of the story. One example has been done for you.
When have you told a lie to protect someone?
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