2. The narrator is part of a television news team. How does this occupation help the story shift realities?

3. In a story this short, the reader can examine every detail for connections and implications. Are there any implications in the use of words like "shooting"-what a news team does—and "raw"—referring to footage?

4. When does the story slip into an estranged reality? Is there a clear demarcation? Is any reason given for the shift?

5. Compare this story with two other Vietnam War stories: Joe Haldeman's "The Private War of Private Jacob" and Karen Joy Fowler's "The Lake Was Full of Artificial Things." Whose experience does each focus on? Could the estranging device in each story be used with one of the other points of view?