Connecting with the Text 9. Sometimes, when I was tired and the competition was really rough, things would change for me. There would be a flow of action around me and it would seem as if I were outside of myself, watching myself play ball, watching myself trying to establish a place for myself… Have there been moments in your life when you felt “outside of yourself” and not in control? Describe such an experience using the first-person point of view. Extending the Text 10. U.S. armed forces were sent to Vietnam to prevent an invasion of South Vietnam by North Vietnamese Communists. In what ways does the United States intervene in the political struggles of other nations today? Compare & Contrast We experience Vietnam through Perry’s eyes, and we learn about Perry’s life in Harlem before the war through his thoughts of his family and through flashbacks. Perry often mentions how his life in Vietnam is different from his life at home in Harlem. In doing so, he is comparing and contrasting his experiences of the two environments and inviting us to do the same. Show the similarities and differences between Perry’s life at home and his life in Vietnam. In the Big Apple, a nickname for the city of New York, list facts that Perry gives about his life in Harlem In the military I.D. tags, write down the items and events that characterize Perry’s life in Vietnam. In the space where the figures overlap, list the things that are similar in both places.
Connecting with the Text 9. Sometimes, when I was tired and the competition was really rough, things would change for me. There would be a flow of action around me and it would seem as if I were outside of myself, watching myself play ball, watching myself trying to establish a place for myself… Have there been moments in your life when you felt “outside of yourself” and not in control? Describe such an experience using the first-person point of view. Extending the Text 10. U.S. armed forces were sent to Vietnam to prevent an invasion of South Vietnam by North Vietnamese Communists. In what ways does the United States intervene in the political struggles of other nations today? Compare & Contrast We experience Vietnam through Perry’s eyes, and we learn about Perry’s life in Harlem before the war through his thoughts of his family and through flashbacks. Perry often mentions how his life in Vietnam is different from his life at home in Harlem. In doing so, he is comparing and contrasting his experiences of the two environments and inviting us to do the same. Show the similarities and differences between Perry’s life at home and his life in Vietnam. In the Big Apple, a nickname for the city of New York, list facts that Perry gives about his life in Harlem In the military I.D. tags, write down the items and events that characterize Perry’s life in Vietnam. In the space where the figures overlap, list the things that are similar in both places.