Choose one of the following prompts to answer.
Option A
Describe the cultural knowledge shared among members of the platoon that manned O.P. Restropo. What were some of the labels, roles, rules, and narratives they used to function as a unit?
Analyze how this cultural knowledge was created, sustained, altered, or transformed by their experiences there. In both the description and the analysis, support your assertions with examples and
quotations from the book.
Option B
Describe and explain the institutional changes in U.S. foreign relations and military philosophies and practices that have taken place in the twenty-first century, and analyze the relationship
between them and the experiences of the men in Battle Company.
Option C
Use one or more of the concepts from Burgett and Hendler’s Keywords in American Cultural Studies to frame an analysis of the story Junger tells in War. The paper must clearly define the concept
being applied, utilizing the essay in Keywords, and explain how it applies to the events and experiences described in the book.