1. Although it can be easy to miss, Nick is suffering from what we now know as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The way Nick believes he can heal his body and mind is to fish and camp in nature. In a time when PTSD wasn’t recognized, how does Hemingway highlight Nick’s mental and physical condition? Use specific examples from the text.

-“Big Two-Hearted River: Part I and Part II” by Ernest Hemingway

2. Choose one character from Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood and discuss his or her significance. Look deeper than victim and perpetrator. Each victim and perpetrator has their own back story that gives them a unique role in the events. What motivates him or her? What scares him or her? How is he or she different from his counterparts within the story?

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Each response should be a minimum of 200 words and include support from the text. Must answer both questions.