Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Jarhead 4

Comments-
1. Swofford bought a five gallon jug of alcohol from an S-2 marine.
2. Swofford burned all of the letters that he received from his girlfriend.
3. The wall of shame is where jarheads post photos of unfaithful women.
4. Siek came back at 2300 and no-one was on firewatch.
5. There are 6 new members of STA platoon, handpicked by Siek and Captain Thola.
Questions-
1. How did the S-2 marine have access to alcohol?
2. Why did Siek order a uniform inspection on their day off?
3. Why did they ignore the list of maintenance tasks that Siek left them?
4. Why did Siek obtain 6 new members for STA platoon?
Vocabulary-
1. Multilingual- using or able to speak several or many languages with some facility.
2. Multilevel- having different levels or planes.
3. Flabbergast- to overcome with surprise and bewilderment.
Literary Terms-
1. Setting- this section takes place in Saudi Arabia and in Twentynine Palms.
2. Exposition- it starts off with Swofford explaining how people have different opinions on how many people should be in STA platoon.
Outline-
1. First he explains peoples' different opinions on STA platoon and how he thinks that STA should only have the best of the best. Then, He buys alcohol from another marine and he explains the wall of shame. After that, Siek comes back with 6 new marines for STA platoon.

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