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In Comfort
Woman, Soon Hyo/"Akiko's" positionalities shift in different times,
locations, and historical contexts.
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Write
a 3-4 page essay (typed, double-spaced) that analyzes the relationship
between Soon Hyo/"Akiko's" positionalities and the telling of her story.
(How) can her story be told? Why does telling/not telling her story
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As you write this
essay, consider the following guiding questions:
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How are her positionalities
shaped by gender; colonization; racial, ethnic, and cultural "difference";
religion; and changing locations ("home," "comfort camps," mission, U.S.
locations, etc.)?
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How are her positionalities
and the telling of her story shaped by relations to other people?
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How do her positionalities
affect what she can and cannot say, how her story is told, and who can
tell it? How is this affected by her different lives and deaths?
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How does Soon Hyo/"Akiko"
resist or "speak back" to the constraints of her positionalities on the
telling of her story?
Keep in mind the themes discussed in class
as well:
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Whose stories get legitimized?
How?
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How is silence maintained
and enforced?
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What are different languages
that Soon Hyo/"Akiko" uses? Why does she need to use alternative
languages?
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What are different forms
of resistance in the text? When do different characters resist?
When do they not resist?
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Make sure that you develop a strong thesis
statement. What do you have to say about the text and the
topic at hand? Resist the temptation to re-tell the story.
Use specific passages and quotations from the text to support your
thesis. |
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Full drafts are due Monday, March 15
at the beginning of class.
Final papers are due Thursday, March
18 at the beginning of class. |
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Use MLA-style
internal citations for this paper. |
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