Watch the following video and try to answer the following questions: which of the dancers is more feminine?

What point is the video trying to make about masculinity/feminity? videos that deconstruct binary opposition . . . Stop at 3:10 if you watch further, those are flowers and a microphone, btw.

Scan the following websites to find out

Understanding Binary Oppositions Binary Opposition Binary Oppositions

 What is deconstruction . . . (there is no right answer) What are Binary Oppositions . . . (there is no right answer) So . . . How does this all relate to The Things They Carried . . . In particular to this

quote: and for all the ambiguities of Vietnam, all the mysteries and unknowns, there was at least the single abiding certainty that they would never be at a loss for things to carry (16).

 Prompt for Deconstruction and "The Things They Carried

As a group, do as Daniel asks, but cheat: SparkNotes: The Things They Carried: Themes, Motifs & Symbols Instructions: a. Pick one of the Spark Notes themes, (1) physical and emotional burdens, (2) fear of shame as motivation, (3) or the subjection of truth to storytelling, and find at least 3 pieces of evidence of your chosen theme in the text. b. Decide what side of your themes binary opposition is prized in our culture and why. Binary oppositions of these themes might look like this: physical strength vs . Emotional strength truth vs. storytelling shame as motivation vs. duty to a cause as motivation. But you are welcome to determine a different opposition. c. finding textual examples that do not agree with, or live up to, the interpretation that seems to be favored (Daniel).

 Pick a specific binary opposition and demonstrate our text shows its deconstruction

within the context of war.