Thursday, January 6, 2011
Week Three: Response
This chapter is given the title "french Lessons" because Jesse meets Hong Trac who speaks french just as he does. Jesse learns a little bit about Hong Trac and where he's from and Hong Trac learns about Jesse. Jesse learns that Hong Trac fears death just as he does, Jesse believes he is going to die and so does Hong Trac. They both share many of the same interests and views upon life and war.Jesse also learns that life is a state of mind and not a reality with his visoions of the past and present.
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Quote Analysis:"In America they say that you Vietnamese do not value life." Hong laughed a dark, sardonic laugh."If that is true, then why do I fear death so much? As he spoke, memories of diving Huey gunships and B-52 strikes filled his mind.Of the hundred and sixty men in his original company, only five were left."When the bombs fall,I curl up like a trembling child and I pray that death will be painless.No, Jesse, life is a valuable thing.I know that I will be soon losing mine."pg 83
ReplyDelete-This quote is meaningful because it was and important dialogue between Hong and Jesse. Jesse learns a lesson about life through Hong and how they both share the same belief of dieing.
QUESTIONS:
ReplyDelete1.Where or what city did Hong Trac once lived and wants Jesse to go visit ?
2.Where was Jesse's old gf from who also spoke French ?
I think chapter four was titled the "french Lesson"because the language that was spoken in this chapter was mostly french. Jesse used french to communicate with Hong Ha.A lesson learned in this chapter by hong ha was about like racism in the United States."In the north country, the children are told in school that the people of color in the united states live in a separate country.they are told that white Americans are rich.."(p81 vea).Hong found at that racism exist. I think the big lesson that Jesse learned in this chapter is death is nothing to be afraid of.
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