On The Rainy River by Tim O'Brien
Storyboard Text
- Exposistion
- "the American war in Vietnam seemed to me so wrong. Certain blood was being shed for unceartain reasons."
- Rising Action
- Blood, Pigs, decapitated hogs. I can not even wash the smell of pigs out of my body. I am a slaughter
- Conflict
- "I went through whole days feeling dizzy with sorrow, I couldn't sleep or eatAll I could think about was getting to Canada"
- summer 1968Tim feels shame and thinks Vietnam war is wrongJust graduated from Macelster College
- Climax
- Gets Draft Notice in a letter on June ,17 ,1968Working at a pork meat decides to head north/ wants to head to Canadaarrives at Tip Top Lodge meets Elroy Berdahl
- Falling Action
- Tim has an internal conflict with his consciousDoesn't believe in fighting this war but he has to Man vs Society
- Resolution
- Elroy brought him to Canadian border in a boatTim is faced with the descion to head to Canada with no family and be scared of embarasment or,fight in the United states army in Vietnam for something he doesn't beleive in
- realizes going to Canada isn't reality make his decision to stay and fight and submits against his willcouldn't face the disgrace or mockerypacks up and leaves Tip Top Lodge
- Drives home from Tip Top Lodge Becomes a soliderfights in Vietnamsurvived, and made it homestill feels like a coward for going to war
- " and right then I submitted . I would go to war- I would kill maybe die-because I was to embarrassed not to I was a coward I went to war. "
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