Tim O'Brien'sThe Things They Carried
Study Guide
for MilBlogs (Military Blogs) by Various Authors
(to reach these blogs, click here)
Choose one blog from the MilBlog webring on which to focus for questions 7-14.
1. Who was the author of the blog you chose to review for this assignment?
2. What was the title of the blog?
3. What is the blogger’s relationship to the military?
4. What is the blogger’s position on the current war in Iraq? If you can tell, how do you know?
5. What does the blogger usually write about in his/her blog? Is the focus personal, political, work-oriented? What have you learned about him/her by reading the blog?
6. How would you describe the blogger’s writing style? Is the language formal or casual? Does the blogger seem to be well-read and cultured? How can you tell?
7. What doesn’t the blogger write about? Does what he/she leaves out tell you something about the blogger? If so, what have you learned?
8. Have you responded to the blogger’s posts? If so, was this the first time you ever commented on a blog? If not, was there anything different about commenting to this blogger? If you chose not to respond to this blogger, why didn’t you?