Love and Honor and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice by Nam Le
June 1st, 2017
Brandy Zeng
In this short story, the author describes his relationship with his dad, and how he was abused as a child. He is a currently a writer in Iowa, after quitting his job as a lawyer. As a child, his dad was really strict with him, and one time when his dad was drunk with friends, he heard him talking about how he was in a massacre as a child and his family was shot by American soldiers. Later he had to fight in the war on their side. He is encountering writer's block, so he thinks it is a great idea to write about his dad's past. However, it happens that his dad is visiting at this time and he reads his story. So the author and his dad talk about his dad's experiences. But when he goes to bed, his dad takes his story that he has written and bring it to the river and burns it. He is really angry, but at the end he says how he knew something later he didn't know then, and he wouldn't have been so mad if he had known earlier, but he does not disclose what this piece of information is. I think this story was really interesting, and I think the point is to show his relationship with his father over his lifetime. As a kid, he hated him for being so strict and abusive on him, but then he starts to pity his father. Now, he is angry again but later forgives his father again.
June 1st, 2017
Brandy Zeng
In this short story, the author describes his relationship with his dad, and how he was abused as a child. He is a currently a writer in Iowa, after quitting his job as a lawyer. As a child, his dad was really strict with him, and one time when his dad was drunk with friends, he heard him talking about how he was in a massacre as a child and his family was shot by American soldiers. Later he had to fight in the war on their side. He is encountering writer's block, so he thinks it is a great idea to write about his dad's past. However, it happens that his dad is visiting at this time and he reads his story. So the author and his dad talk about his dad's experiences. But when he goes to bed, his dad takes his story that he has written and bring it to the river and burns it. He is really angry, but at the end he says how he knew something later he didn't know then, and he wouldn't have been so mad if he had known earlier, but he does not disclose what this piece of information is. I think this story was really interesting, and I think the point is to show his relationship with his father over his lifetime. As a kid, he hated him for being so strict and abusive on him, but then he starts to pity his father. Now, he is angry again but later forgives his father again.
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