Dear Essay Writer, below are the questions that each need to be answered in approximately 2 paragraphs. This is to prepare me to help with my final essay that I need to do in class so insight you can provide would be helpful.
In your opinion is Arnold Friend mostly like Satan, the wolf in “Little Red Riding Hood,” or just a plain criminal or psychopath? Give examples from “Where Are You Going? Where Have you Been?” to support your views.
What is the meaning of the advice the son gives his father in “The Shawl”? How does this advice heal the intergenerational trauma experienced by the characters? How is the story both true about the specific people in the story and about the Native American experience?
What are the causes of Gregor Samsa’s alienation and isolation in The Metamorphosis? What psychological and historical parallels are there for this story?
What is the nature of the conflict between Dee/Wangero and Mama in “Everyday Use”? Who is right?
In “Javi,” what reasons might Javi have for not staying with his mother? The author comments that he wanted to juxtapose a character who is beginning his life (Javi) with a character that is near the end of hers (the painter). What is the insight the reader gains through this juxtaposition?
What is the trauma of war as explored in “The Things They Carried”? How does O’Brien do justice to the experience of his fellow soldiers through this story?
These are the stories that I need to write about above. Let me know if you cannot get access to them.
Here is a list of the stories, followed by a brief description of their plots and themes.
“The Shawl” by Louise Erdrich: Published in 2011, this story traces the life of a Native American family. Unaware of a crucial connection to the past, the young narrator contends with the effects of intergenerational trauma and the type of knowledge that can end his family’s suffering.
“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates: This is Oates’ best-known story, published in 1966 and adapted into a full-length film titled Smooth Talk in 1986 and into a film short in 2006. The story follows the treacherous journey of a young girl immersed in teenage rebellion and seduced by the sounds and images of popular culture.
“Everyday Use” by Alice Walker: Published in 1973 and set in the late 1960s, the story examines questions of African-American identity at a time when Black Americans were connecting to their African roots. Mama confronts her young educated daughter Dee/Wangero, defining the terms upon which culture and heritage are established.
“The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien: Part of a collection of linked short stories about the Vietnam War, “The Things They Carried” catalogs the physical and emotional burdens that soldiers bear. O’Brien, himself a veteran of the Vietnam War, published this collection in 1990.
“Javi” by Han Ong: This recent short story, published in June 2019, describes the unlikely connection between an aging painter and a teenaged undocumented immigrant. Set in New Mexico, the story explores, in a matter of fact way, the nature of beginnings and endings and the effect both the old and young have on each other’s hopes.
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