Analyzing Charles Coe's 'Young Man In Vietnam'
Introduction:
Basically identify the dominant idea but then use a reading strategy to identify the underlying meaning and either accept it or reject it.
1 What is it about?
The short story...by...paints a picture of…
Eg. The short story “Young Man in Vietnam” by Charles Coe paints a dark picture of an American soldier’s experience during the Vietnam War. 1 What ideas does it communicate? (state audience)
The story communicates/relays/implies/relates/conveys to its intended/predetermined...audience a….message
Eg. The story communicates to its intended American audience an anti-war message. 1 State context and how the author responded to it.
Eg. America was still fighting in Vietnam at the time of its publication therefore Coe’s message was political and challenged the actions of the present government. …show more content…
1 State type of reading and explain.
However, using a...reading strategy, the story endorses/upholds/establishes the……..and encourages/promotes/certifies….
However, utilising a postcolonial reading strategy of the story leads to identifying how at the same time it privileges a Western perspective on the Vietnam War and perpetuates racist ideology 1 Give points of subsequent body paragraphs (mention points that support the reading and interpret it to how you want it)
The use of….,….and….positions me/the reader to accept/believe….
The use of second person point of view, the description of the death of the marine sergeant in contrast to the death of the Vietnamese sniper and the construction of the jungle setting and the sniper within that setting can be read as attempting to position the reader to accept Eurocentric attitudes about race. 1 Thesis statement
A….reading has led me to accept/reject its attempts to establish…..
A post-colonial reading has lead me to reject its attempts to legitimise Eurocentric attitudes about race. Types of Readings
Feminist Reading
-A gender system that operates to install men and women in different positions causes >> Differences in occupations, social roles, power and influence -women occupy less prestigious positions in the business world
-Men suffer the consequences as they are expected to give up their personal lives and give in to the demands of their work. You can say that women have it easy.
-Biological differences (women-weaker as they are associated with staying at home and nursing)
-Gender-Social and cultural differences that are built upon sexual differences; Sex-biological differences
-social practices-dressing girls in pink and boys in blue; child rearing and education practices-women supposedly play an important role in the caretaking of children. Films and texts portray men as heroes and women. Marxist Reading
Views literary works as a product of work
Emphasize the role of class and ideology as they reflect, propagate, and even challenge the prevailing social order. Post Colonial Reading
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Sample Body Paragraph
1 Using a ______reading strategy has led me to interpret/construe/identify with/comprehend/ the ____(insert point, i.e.
literary devices)__that (positions the reader to) legitimises/establishes/sets up/accept/believe…..
1 Insert quotes. Eg. ___describes the importance placed on the father through the description of him leaving to work
1 The language constructs the…/The writer has used...to…./ (Talk directly about the language devices in the quotes) Explain as much as possible. Sample sentences: ….evokes a feeling of….gives the reader a sense of the (overwhelming conditions?)…...the description of the______embodies
1 IF possible mention any comparison or juxtaposition…..OR 'additionally, alternatively' mention extra texts or references or meanings
1 Restate the point. Third person limited point of view is a method of storytelling in which the narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single character, while other characters are presented only externally. Third person limited grants a writer more freedom than first person, but less than third person
omniscient. Third person omniscient is a method of storytelling in which the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story, as opposed to third person limited, which adheres closely to one character's perspective. Objective third person means the narrator only knows what someone watching would know (so they don't know people's thoughts, but rather actions and words)
Basically identify the dominant idea but then use a reading strategy to identify the underlying meaning and either accept it or reject it.
1 What is it about?
The short story...by...paints a picture of…
Eg. The short story “Young Man in Vietnam” by Charles Coe paints a dark picture of an American soldier’s experience during the Vietnam War. 1 What ideas does it communicate? (state audience)
The story communicates/relays/implies/relates/conveys to its intended/predetermined...audience a….message
Eg. The story communicates to its intended American audience an anti-war message. 1 State context and how the author responded to it.
Eg. America was still fighting in Vietnam at the time of its publication therefore Coe’s message was political and challenged the actions of the present government. …show more content…
1 State type of reading and explain.
However, using a...reading strategy, the story endorses/upholds/establishes the……..and encourages/promotes/certifies….
However, utilising a postcolonial reading strategy of the story leads to identifying how at the same time it privileges a Western perspective on the Vietnam War and perpetuates racist ideology 1 Give points of subsequent body paragraphs (mention points that support the reading and interpret it to how you want it)
The use of….,….and….positions me/the reader to accept/believe….
The use of second person point of view, the description of the death of the marine sergeant in contrast to the death of the Vietnamese sniper and the construction of the jungle setting and the sniper within that setting can be read as attempting to position the reader to accept Eurocentric attitudes about race. 1 Thesis statement
A….reading has led me to accept/reject its attempts to establish…..
A post-colonial reading has lead me to reject its attempts to legitimise Eurocentric attitudes about race. Types of Readings
Feminist Reading
-A gender system that operates to install men and women in different positions causes >> Differences in occupations, social roles, power and influence -women occupy less prestigious positions in the business world
-Men suffer the consequences as they are expected to give up their personal lives and give in to the demands of their work. You can say that women have it easy.
-Biological differences (women-weaker as they are associated with staying at home and nursing)
-Gender-Social and cultural differences that are built upon sexual differences; Sex-biological differences
-social practices-dressing girls in pink and boys in blue; child rearing and education practices-women supposedly play an important role in the caretaking of children. Films and texts portray men as heroes and women. Marxist Reading
Views literary works as a product of work
Emphasize the role of class and ideology as they reflect, propagate, and even challenge the prevailing social order. Post Colonial Reading
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Sample Body Paragraph
1 Using a ______reading strategy has led me to interpret/construe/identify with/comprehend/ the ____(insert point, i.e.
literary devices)__that (positions the reader to) legitimises/establishes/sets up/accept/believe…..
1 Insert quotes. Eg. ___describes the importance placed on the father through the description of him leaving to work
1 The language constructs the…/The writer has used...to…./ (Talk directly about the language devices in the quotes) Explain as much as possible. Sample sentences: ….evokes a feeling of….gives the reader a sense of the (overwhelming conditions?)…...the description of the______embodies
1 IF possible mention any comparison or juxtaposition…..OR 'additionally, alternatively' mention extra texts or references or meanings
1 Restate the point. Third person limited point of view is a method of storytelling in which the narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single character, while other characters are presented only externally. Third person limited grants a writer more freedom than first person, but less than third person
omniscient. Third person omniscient is a method of storytelling in which the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story, as opposed to third person limited, which adheres closely to one character's perspective. Objective third person means the narrator only knows what someone watching would know (so they don't know people's thoughts, but rather actions and words)