Hi Everyone,

I’m about to send your essays back to you. I really enjoyed reading all of them!

For Wednesday, please print, read, and annotate Viet Than Nguyen’s “War Years” (available here). Like Ellison’s “On Being the Target of Discrimination” this is a coming-of-age story through which the narrator gains a new perspective about himself. I’d like you to reflect on his learning process by writing a brief response to this very open-ended prompt: what does the young narrator learn in this story?

Bring the story and your response to class. See you on Wednesday.