American Imperialism In The Things They Carried

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“In mid-April, the platoon was instructed to destroy the enemy elaborate tunnel system. They were instructed to search the tunnels before they destroyed them by detonating an explosion device such as mine. Lee Strunk was the lucky one chosen to search a particular tunnel” (O’Brien 271). While waiting for Lee to return out of the tunnel, Ted Lavender stepped away from the group to urinate and was shot in the head. Clarke describes this moment in his own words, The book meditates on how cultural scripts challenge the ability of individuals to make sense of experiences that elude those scripts. In describing the death of Ted Lavender, for example, “Kiowa is bewildered by its lack of drama. Kiowa, who saw it happen, said it was like watching a rock fall, or a big …show more content…
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