"The Ghost Soldiers" is one of the only stories of TTTC in which we don't know the ending in advance. Why might O'Brien want this story to be particularly suspenseful?
Chris Newbauer I think this story has had the most impact on his life and he believes it truly represents the effects of war therefore he makes the reader have to read to get the ending effect of the story.
Kassy Saylor -I think that he does not give us the ending in advance to this chapter because it is suspenseful and it gives effect. He does not want the reader to know how he originally sided with Azar, but in the end wanted to "kill him" and is now friends with Jorgenson.
I think it is just like the book it isn't necessarily true factually, but it is true to the feelings that they experienced. He didn't know what was going to happen so he was experiencing the suspense of not knowing and he wanted to have the reader experience. Even if O'Brien had to puff up the stories a little bit the feelings they produce are true. He wanted the reader to experience the emotions that he did , so he did not tell the outcome right away.
Jake Rietow I think that O'Brien doesn't tell the ending in advance for the same reason that O'Brien stretches the truth in the rest of the book. He wants the readers to feel the suspense that Jorgenson felt while in the situation. By holding the ending back, it adds to the effect of the story by allowing the readers to feel as if they were in the situation.
Shauna O'Brien does not want us to know the truth right away to make you think he really does not like Jorgenson. However, in the end he sides with him and jokes about turning on Azar. O'Brien says, "Let's kill Azar," then later on he says, "Sure. Or just kill him." In the end it makes you wonder why he wanted to kill Azar when he was the only loyal one and why he was friends with Jorgenson when almost died in his hands.
He feels this way because he experienced this event firsthand. He didn't hear it from anyone else, he was there with people he was close to, and the effects from this will be with him forever.
Each chapter we finish in class, we are all feeling a diffrent emotion. Somedays we leave curious, some angry, and some sad. In this chapter we are left with suspense. O'Brien strives to have his readers connect with the feelings of the Vietnam soldiers. At the end of the soldiers' day, they were unsure of the events tomorrow. They slept and dwelled in that supense. I feel O'Brien leaves us at that ending to give us a futher understanding of the day to day soldiers emotions.
I agree with Derek. I believe he uses this suspensful mood in the same way he uses the unknowing aspect of whether or not an entire story is true. In many cases he tells that the story is not completely true as an ending, though he gives away what is going to happen in the story. In this chapter, I beleive he left the ending to the end because he wanted readers to feel the suspense that Jargenson felt while the whole event was occuring.
Tabbetha I disagree with Joe. I think O'Brien didn't give the end to the story in advance because he is embarrassed with how he acted. He is embarrassed that he turned so cold and hateful to a man,and is unwilling to admit it right away. I would guess that O'Brien still feels great pain to tell this story, and doesn't want to draw the reader away from him.
Ethan I agree with Rachel. We have a feeling of suspense of what O'Brien is going to do in the end. The section catches us off gaurd when we were use to knowing the story before it all played out with mixed emotions and now we are left unkowning how the end is going to happen.
I think Jake brings up a good point in saying that it brings more suspense to the story because he didn't tell the end of this one. You always know what happens everytime from before but now he puts doubt and wonder in your mind and makes the story all the more suspenseful. It gives you the feeling as if you were in that story more,like you were really there.
I agree with Chris the more suspenseful the story seems the more the readers will want to read to the end to find out exactly what happened to the man they were trying to prank. Throughout the book he has given away a lot of things that could have made the book more suspenseful, but for this one story he decides to hold the ending just to make us thing and imagine how this story could possibly end.
-Tabbetha You do have a point there but if that is the case he leaves the reader on a bad note. If he was all about the reader's perception he would be getting to a better point so the reader wouldn't be left with a bad impression right?
Pattie Olson I agree with Kassy. I like this chapter because the suspenseful mood. By not allowing us to know the ending ahead of time, made me really want to sit down and read it.
I agree with Derek up above. O'Brien wanted to keep the readers in suspense. He wanted to give them a taste of what he experienced first hand without giving away detail. He didn't want to give it away because the story told wouldn't be how he had truly felt, or what he truly experienced.
Chris Newbauer
ReplyDeleteI think this story has had the most impact on his life and he believes it truly represents the effects of war therefore he makes the reader have to read to get the ending effect of the story.
That is the same why I feel as well
DeleteKassy Saylor
ReplyDelete-I think that he does not give us the ending in advance to this chapter because it is suspenseful and it gives effect. He does not want the reader to know how he originally sided with Azar, but in the end wanted to "kill him" and is now friends with Jorgenson.
WHY CHRIS??
ReplyDeleteDerek
ReplyDeleteI think it is just like the book it isn't necessarily true factually, but it is true to the feelings that they experienced. He didn't know what was going to happen so he was experiencing the suspense of not knowing and he wanted to have the reader experience. Even if O'Brien had to puff up the stories a little bit the feelings they produce are true. He wanted the reader to experience the emotions that he did , so he did not tell the outcome right away.
Jake Rietow
ReplyDeleteI think that O'Brien doesn't tell the ending in advance for the same reason that O'Brien stretches the truth in the rest of the book. He wants the readers to feel the suspense that Jorgenson felt while in the situation. By holding the ending back, it adds to the effect of the story by allowing the readers to feel as if they were in the situation.
Shauna
ReplyDeleteO'Brien does not want us to know the truth right away to make you think he really does not like Jorgenson. However, in the end he sides with him and jokes about turning on Azar. O'Brien says, "Let's kill Azar," then later on he says, "Sure. Or just kill him." In the end it makes you wonder why he wanted to kill Azar when he was the only loyal one and why he was friends with Jorgenson when almost died in his hands.
Chris "Dios de Ingles" Newbauer
ReplyDeleteHe feels this way because he experienced this event firsthand. He didn't hear it from anyone else, he was there with people he was close to, and the effects from this will be with him forever.
Rachel :)
ReplyDeleteEach chapter we finish in class, we are all feeling a diffrent emotion. Somedays we leave curious, some angry, and some sad. In this chapter we are left with suspense. O'Brien strives to have his readers connect with the feelings of the Vietnam soldiers. At the end of the soldiers' day, they were unsure of the events tomorrow. They slept and dwelled in that supense. I feel O'Brien leaves us at that ending to give us a futher understanding of the day to day soldiers emotions.
Joe Rietow
ReplyDeleteI agree with Derek. I believe he uses this suspensful mood in the same way he uses the unknowing aspect of whether or not an entire story is true. In many cases he tells that the story is not completely true as an ending, though he gives away what is going to happen in the story. In this chapter, I beleive he left the ending to the end because he wanted readers to feel the suspense that Jargenson felt while the whole event was occuring.
Tabbetha
ReplyDeleteI disagree with Joe. I think O'Brien didn't give the end to the story in advance because he is embarrassed with how he acted. He is embarrassed that he turned so cold and hateful to a man,and is unwilling to admit it right away. I would guess that O'Brien still feels great pain to tell this story, and doesn't want to draw the reader away from him.
Ethan
ReplyDeleteI agree with Rachel. We have a feeling of suspense of what O'Brien is going to do in the end. The section catches us off gaurd when we were use to knowing the story before it all played out with mixed emotions and now we are left unkowning how the end is going to happen.
Matt Maranto
ReplyDeleteI think Jake brings up a good point in saying that it brings more suspense to the story because he didn't tell the end of this one. You always know what happens everytime from before but now he puts doubt and wonder in your mind and makes the story all the more suspenseful. It gives you the feeling as if you were in that story more,like you were really there.
Jared
ReplyDeleteI agree with Chris the more suspenseful the story seems the more the readers will want to read to the end to find out exactly what happened to the man they were trying to prank. Throughout the book he has given away a lot of things that could have made the book more suspenseful, but for this one story he decides to hold the ending just to make us thing and imagine how this story could possibly end.
Derek
ReplyDelete-Tabbetha
You do have a point there but if that is the case he leaves the reader on a bad note. If he was all about the reader's perception he would be getting to a better point so the reader wouldn't be left with a bad impression right?
Pattie Olson
ReplyDeleteI agree with Kassy. I like this chapter because the suspenseful mood. By not allowing us to know the ending ahead of time, made me really want to sit down and read it.
Nolan Surma
ReplyDeleteI agree with Derek up above. O'Brien wanted to keep the readers in suspense. He wanted to give them a taste of what he experienced first hand without giving away detail. He didn't want to give it away because the story told wouldn't be how he had truly felt, or what he truly experienced.