David and Jonathan | Essay & Project Ideas

David and Jonathan Ideas for Reports and Papers

1. David eventually succeeds at suicide. Is this an inevitable outcome of the story? What other ways might Voigt have ended this story and still achieve a satisfactory resolution of conflict?

2. Oral history is a valuable research tool for use in gathering information and increasing understanding about a particular event or era. Interview a person who participated in the Vietnam or Korean Wars or in World War II about his or her war experiences.

Alternately, you might interview a civilian who was not in the war, but one who could tell about life on the homefront during one of those wars.

3. Henry's father was a conscientious objector during World War II and was confined to a camp with other objectors. He was subsequently held in disdain by his wife's family. What is a person's obligation to his country in terms of military...
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