Thursday, March 10, 2016
Your Review
The Salt Lake Tribune stated that "Death Coming Up the Hill" was one of the best new war books for young adults. Do you agree? What are your thoughts about the book? Why do you think this? Specifically support your review with textual evidence taken directly from the book and cited with page numbers. You should include at least three different pieces of evidence throughout your review.
Quotes
What specific quotes stood out to you in the book? Why did they stand out to you? What did they make you think? What connections did you make?
Analysis
After reading the book, reflect on the following piece taken from the book:
How does a guy deal
with being torn between two
people he loves? I
knew I was lucky
that I hadn’t had to choose
between Mom and Dad.
They’re opposites thrown
together because of me,
and they had managed
to keep a shaky
truce for so many years. But
it was difficult.
My dad was a flag-
waving hawk who thought it was
every red-blooded
man’s duty to spill
that blood when America
called on him for it.
Mom’s an anti-war
dove who gave me a ‘Hell no,
I won’t go!’ tee shirt
for Christmas and she’d
convinced Dad and me that I
had to enroll at
ASU as soon
as I finished high school. ‘The
student deferment
will keep you out of
the draft, she said, ‘and unless
we’re really stupid,
this war will be done
by the time you graduate.’
Dad didn’t mind the
deferment. ‘You can
join the ROTC and
graduate as an
officer,’ he said.
‘The Army needs smart leaders
who can help put an
end to the spread of
Communism over in
Vietnam.’ But when
I thought about the
four hundred seventy-one
guys who died last week,
I knew I’d go to
college to avoid the war,
not prepare for it.
I just hoped the war
ended before I had to
decide, because Dad
didn’t need any
more ammunition to use
against my mother.”
What most stands out to you? What does it make you think? What does it make you wonder?
How does a guy deal
with being torn between two
people he loves? I
knew I was lucky
that I hadn’t had to choose
between Mom and Dad.
They’re opposites thrown
together because of me,
and they had managed
to keep a shaky
truce for so many years. But
it was difficult.
My dad was a flag-
waving hawk who thought it was
every red-blooded
man’s duty to spill
that blood when America
called on him for it.
Mom’s an anti-war
dove who gave me a ‘Hell no,
I won’t go!’ tee shirt
for Christmas and she’d
convinced Dad and me that I
had to enroll at
ASU as soon
as I finished high school. ‘The
student deferment
will keep you out of
the draft, she said, ‘and unless
we’re really stupid,
this war will be done
by the time you graduate.’
Dad didn’t mind the
deferment. ‘You can
join the ROTC and
graduate as an
officer,’ he said.
‘The Army needs smart leaders
who can help put an
end to the spread of
Communism over in
Vietnam.’ But when
I thought about the
four hundred seventy-one
guys who died last week,
I knew I’d go to
college to avoid the war,
not prepare for it.
I just hoped the war
ended before I had to
decide, because Dad
didn’t need any
more ammunition to use
against my mother.”
What most stands out to you? What does it make you think? What does it make you wonder?
The Rascals
Although this quote was not intended to be compared to "Death Coming Up the Hill," there are connections. How do you feel that it connects? What are examples of this? What do you think?
“Shout it from the mountain and out to the sea
No two ways about it, people have to be free”
-- The Rascals (1968)
“Shout it from the mountain and out to the sea
No two ways about it, people have to be free”
-- The Rascals (1968)
Walter Cronkite
In 1968, Walter Cronkite shared the following:
“But it is increasingly clear to this reporter that the only rational way out then will be to negotiate, not as victors, but as an honorable people who lived up to their pledge to defend democracy, and did the best they could.”
-- Walter Cronkite, February 27, 1968
How do feel that these words connect to "Death Coming Up the Hill?" What do they make you think?
“But it is increasingly clear to this reporter that the only rational way out then will be to negotiate, not as victors, but as an honorable people who lived up to their pledge to defend democracy, and did the best they could.”
-- Walter Cronkite, February 27, 1968
How do feel that these words connect to "Death Coming Up the Hill?" What do they make you think?
Review
Another student wrote this about the book:
From start to finish
This book is rife with tension--
Tension that breaks hearts.
But also tension
That makes the reader take heart
Into life's battles.
Crowe has found a way
To blend youth and love and war
Into a strong drink
That will leave you parched--
Not for words he left unsaid,
But for a calm world.
Do you agree with this analysis? Why or why not?
From start to finish
This book is rife with tension--
Tension that breaks hearts.
But also tension
That makes the reader take heart
Into life's battles.
Crowe has found a way
To blend youth and love and war
Into a strong drink
That will leave you parched--
Not for words he left unsaid,
But for a calm world.
Do you agree with this analysis? Why or why not?
Conflicts
Discuss the different conflicts you observed throughout the novel. What do they make you think? wonder? Make sure you incorporate at least three pieces of textual evidence throughout your response.
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