The Naked and the Dead | Topics for Further Study
Look up the history of the battles between the American and Japanese armies that took place on the Philippine Islands. Were any similar to the ones that took place in the novel? Research this battle and describe it to your classmates.
The essay included in this entry refers to Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat." Read the story and compare it to the novel. Describe the naturalistic style of both. Are the themes of these works similar or different?
Pick a character in the novel and create a time line of the character's life from the information in the novel. What impact did...
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