Assignment #11(A)

"Was he, seven years later, in Hiroshima, still so happy-go-lucky? His daughter Chieko’s husband thought not. The son-in-law thought he saw signs of a growing stubbornness and rigidity in him, and a turn toward melancholy. So that Dr. Fujii could ease up in his work, his third son, Shigeyuki, gave up his practice in Tokyo and came to be his assistant, moving into a house that his father had built on a pilot of ground about a block from the clinic. One cloud in the father’s life was a quarrel in the Hiroshima Lions Club, of which he was president. The fight was over whether the club should try, through its admissions policy, to become an exclusive, high-society organization, like some of the Japanese doctors’ associations, or remain essentially a service organization, open to all. When it appeared that Dr. Fujii might lose out in his fight for the latter view, he abruptly and disappointedly resigned." (Hersey, 1988, pp. 168-169)

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Assignment #11(B)

“In 1966, Father Takakura had to change cooks. A woman named Satsue Yoshiki, who was thirty-five years old, recently cured of tuberculosis, and recently baptized, had been told to report for an interview at the Mukaihara church. Having been given the Japanese name of the priest, she was astonished to be greeted by a big gaijin, a foreigner, dressed in a quilted Japanese gown. His face, which was rounded out and puffy (doubtless from medication), struck her as that of a baby. At once, indeed, there commenced a relationship, soon to blossom into one of complete mutual trust, in which her role seemed to be ambiguous: part daughter, part mother. His growing helplessness kept her in subjugation; she tenderly nursed him. Her cooking was primitive, his temper cranky. He had said he would eat anything, even Japanese noodles, but he was sharp with her about his food, as he had never been with anyone else. Once, he spoke of “strained baked potatoes” his real mother had cooked. She tried to make them. He said, “These are not like my mother’s.” He loved fried prawns and ate them when he went to Hiroshima for checkups. She tried to cook them. He said, “These are burned.” She stood beside him in the tiny room, her hands behind her gripping the doorjamb so tightly that in time its paint was all worn away. Yet he praised her, confined in her, joked with her, apologized to her each time he lost his temper. She thought him—under the shortness, which she attributed to pain—gentle, pure, patient, sweet, humorous, and deeply kind.” (Hersey, 1988, pp. 149-150)

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Assignment #10(A)

Question: According to Brian, what is the key to hunting and why is that the key? How might this relate to you even though you are not a hunter?

Original answer: According to Brian, the key to hunt is knowledge because he learned how to handle difficulty matters as handle the bow, point the target and kill the target. This sentence relates me because I hunt for my goal in step by step.

Revised answer: According to Brian, patience is the key to hunt because hunting requires time, if you hurry, everything will be gone. This sentence relates to me because I need time to learn matters, if I rush, in the end, I will learn nothing

Assignment #10(B)

Question: Consider this passage from Brian’s Hunt:

He thought at first he had changed again, that there were steps in how he had done so, but he realized that he was changing constantly as the world around him shifted, as he learned more.

In this passage we find Brian’s observations about himself. How do his observations relate to you exactly? In other words, what should you take from this passage?


Original answer: His observations relate to me because I learn from mistakes. If I make a mistake, I need to change it until it is correct. I also need to learn from other people because I could learn and gain more knowledge from them. In other words, I need to learn from other people and correct my mistakes.

Revised answer: His observations relate to me because I constantly grow up years after years, and my knowledge is increasing. For example, Babies learn how to talk and walk when they are one or two year-old. It is a process and knowledge. In other words, people will need to change their thoughts, actions, and everything that relates to their life when the time is reached, and people slowly gain their knowledge while their life continuely lives through future.

Assignment #10(C) - Help!

Question: consider this passage from Brian’s Hunt:

The Inuit would put a small piece of feather over the hole and stand with bone harpoon ready and when the seal came into the hole the air pushing ahead of its body would ruffle the feather and the hunter would lunge with the harpoon and bury the barbed head in the back of the seal.

Why do three different verb forms in this passage occur with “would”? What does the use of “would” convey here?

Original answer: In this passage, the author uses “would” because he saw one in the past, so he is using the past tense. The word “would” means will and always will do the samething.

All assistance that contributes to revising this answer is greatly appreciated

Assignment #9(B)

" "Come out, Miss." She tried. " I can't move." she said. The man excavated some more and told her to try with all her strength to get out. But looks were heavy on her hips, and the man finally saw that a bookcase was leaning on the books and that a heavy bean pressed down on the bookcase. "wait," he said. " I'll get a crowbar."
The man was gone a long time, and when he came back, he was ill-tempered, as if her plight were all her fault. "We have no men to help you!" he shouted in through the tunnel. " You'll have to get out by yourself." " (Hersey, 1988, p.44)

I do not get this point that why would the man left her behind while there is still chances to save her?

Assignment #9(A)

"In his dream, he had been at the bedside of a country patient when the police and the doctor he had consulted burst into the room, seized him, dragged him outside, and beat him cruelly." (Hersey, 1988, p.19)

I am just unsure that he dreamt this because he scared that the police and doctor would catch him for doing treatment for illness people without a permit?