Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Jarhead 5

Comments-
1. Dettmann, on Swofford's watch, woke siek up at 0630 when they were supposed to leave the bivouac at 0500.
2. Swofford is punished by being exercised for hours, he has to clean out all of the latrines, and he is demoted to lance corporal.
3. A few days later, Swofford is cleaning his M16 with Dettmann and he loads a 30 round magazine into the M16 and puts it to Dettmann's head.
4. The M16A2 is an air assisted gas rifle that fires a 5.56mm ball projectile.
5. Swofford talks about the technical specifics of the M16 rifle.
Questions-
1. Why was Dettmann far away from the bivouac?
2. Why did Meyers act like he didn't see what Swofford was doing?
3. Why did Swofford over-react by almost executing Dettmann?
4. Why did Swofford discuss the ballistic possibilities with Dettmann?
Vocabulary-
1. bivouac- a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
2. Bloviate- To discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
3. Reticence- The state or quality of being reluctant.
Literary Terms-
1. Setting- This section takes place in Saudi Arabia.
2. Exposition- It starts off with Siek yelling at Swofford because they woke up 2 hours late.
Outline-
1. First Siek punishes Swofford because they woke up 2 hours late. Then for the next week Swofford had to burn the wastes in the latrines. After that, Swofford loads an M16 and puts it to Dettmann's head and he explains the technical specifics of the M16A2. Then he releases the magazine and discharges the round from the chamber and forces it into Dettmann's mouth.

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