Waiting By Ha Jin Analysis

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Essay Exam for EN 101A – Waiting by Ha Jin Please choose one of the six prompts and use it to write a two to three-page essay. Be sure to prewrite and rewrite as well as write. Proofread and edit as well. You may include this essay in your portfolio. Even though we are in a traditional classroom, you may draft your exam on your laptop computer. Be sure to use your spell-check and grammar checker. You may also bring a dictionary or thesaurus to class. Your grade on this final will reflect the strength of your argument and its support, your understanding of the book, your essay’s organization, grammar, spelling, and mechanics. I encourage you to write at least a five-paragraph essay, but feel free to write a longer essay with more paragraphs. 1 – Based on the video below, how is Lin and Manna’s world both…show more content…
Again, support your argument with details from both the video(s) and the book. 3 -- Choose one of the significant characters in Waiting (Lin, Manna, Shuyu, Hua, Bensheng). What did you think of that character when you first met him/her? How has your opinion changed? How has it stayed the same? Explain. 4—Discuss Lin as a father. Which examples prove your point? Why? How has his approach to fatherhood changed over time? How has his marriage to Manna Wu changed his approach? Do you think that he is typical of an older parent? Why? Why not? 5 – The narrator often mentions what other, unnamed people say about people and events in Waiting. How does the presence of this commentary affect what you think about Lin, Manna, and their actions? What surprises you about this? How does this not surprise you? Why does the narrator mention the community’s gossip in this story? 6-- In your opinion, is Waiting written for men or for women or for both genders? Which examples prove your point? (Be sure to state what makes writing appeal to men or women. Note that Ha Jin is a
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