Assignment
Read the short story: Doung Thu Hound- Reflections of Spring (Vietnam).
Answer these questions:
A. Which character in the story stood out to you?
B. What is the narrative context (what situation is he/she dealing with)?
C. How do other people feel about this character? Provide evidence from the text to support your point.
D. What do these outside perspectives reveal about the character?
E. How does the character feel about himself/herself? Provide evidence from the text to support your point.
F. What do these feelings perspectives reveal about the character?
G. What is the main conflict/issue in the story? Consider the big picture based on the narrative context (what philosophies, political points of view, beliefs, psychologies, and relationship dynamics are at play here?) Provide evidence from the text to support your point.
H. How does the character you chose respond to the conflict? Provide evidence from the text to support your point.
I. Why is the character motivated to respond this way? What does he/she ultimately want?
J. Is the character satisfied with the outcome? Provide evidence from the text to support your answer.
K. How does this response impact other characters? Provide evidence from the text to support your point.
L. What do you have in common with this character? In what ways do you understand what the character did and why?
M. How would you have responded to this conflict?
N. How would your solution satisfy the character's motivation and needs? Provide evidence from the text to support your point.
O. How would your solution benefit the character, yourself, and others that might be involved? Provide evidence from the text to support your point.