When faced with a seemingly impossible job many cower away in fear of failing not even attempting to succeed. One man, Ocean Vuong, didn’t turn away in fear he faced it head on. Vuong wrote “Surrendering,” Published in 2013 in The New Yorker, He talks about his struggle as an E.S.L student trying to learn the English language. This article isn’t only just an article about a boy that struggled with the English language it had a deeper meaning behind the writing. Surrendering to everything for freedom. Freedom to express yourself and to become the person you want to be. Freedom to achieve your wildest dreams.
To fully understand the importance of this story you have to know his background. He moved from Vietnam where he was raised around illiterate …show more content…
The way he describes things makes the imagery of this story so outstanding. The author knows exactly what syntax is and uses it to his advantage. There is one sentence that was fantastically put together and it was located at the beginning of paragraph 6, “Through the headset, a robust male voice surged forth, emptying into my body.” This sentence is not only well put together but it also has you feeling like you are there sitting on the hard carpeted floor with your back on the book shelves in the dimly lit corner of the library listening with him. Another, part of his work that was astonishing was how he described the changing of weather, “I could tell, by the slowly brightening room, that it had started to snow” He could’ve simply wrote he looked out of the window but he took it to a different angle that many wouldn’t have thought of doing. Ocean Vuong wrote it in a way that was easy to follow but made up for it with his very detailed descriptions. Thinking of the differences of the kid that Ocean Vuong was as a writer then verses him as a writer now are drastically different. What if he never chose to write that poem? Would he still be the same writer he is …show more content…
He talks about the American flag and that is how he chose the book he was going to use to write his poem based on how it had the flag on the cover. The flag symbolizes freedom too many and for him to bring it up when he is freeing himself from being trapped in one language just helps prove he is going to change everything with this poem. He also brings up Dr.Martin Luther King Jr., although, he thought he was a doctor who was curing people with his words which is exactly what he was doing. Little Ocean Vuong didn’t know that though but he was just as captured as everyone else was when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. talked. It was another great way to symbolize freedom. As that is exactly what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was doing with his “I have a dream” speech. It spoke to Ocean Vuong in a way that nothing else could. Ocean Vuong had the dream of writing this poem and learning how to conquer the English language.
All in all this is a great work of art that Ocean Vuong wrote. He really knowns how to create an utterly amazing piece of work that captures the reader with every sentence. Everyone sometimes needs to wave their white flag and surrender in life maybe it might just be the best thing you have ever
To fully understand the importance of this story you have to know his background. He moved from Vietnam where he was raised around illiterate …show more content…
The way he describes things makes the imagery of this story so outstanding. The author knows exactly what syntax is and uses it to his advantage. There is one sentence that was fantastically put together and it was located at the beginning of paragraph 6, “Through the headset, a robust male voice surged forth, emptying into my body.” This sentence is not only well put together but it also has you feeling like you are there sitting on the hard carpeted floor with your back on the book shelves in the dimly lit corner of the library listening with him. Another, part of his work that was astonishing was how he described the changing of weather, “I could tell, by the slowly brightening room, that it had started to snow” He could’ve simply wrote he looked out of the window but he took it to a different angle that many wouldn’t have thought of doing. Ocean Vuong wrote it in a way that was easy to follow but made up for it with his very detailed descriptions. Thinking of the differences of the kid that Ocean Vuong was as a writer then verses him as a writer now are drastically different. What if he never chose to write that poem? Would he still be the same writer he is …show more content…
He talks about the American flag and that is how he chose the book he was going to use to write his poem based on how it had the flag on the cover. The flag symbolizes freedom too many and for him to bring it up when he is freeing himself from being trapped in one language just helps prove he is going to change everything with this poem. He also brings up Dr.Martin Luther King Jr., although, he thought he was a doctor who was curing people with his words which is exactly what he was doing. Little Ocean Vuong didn’t know that though but he was just as captured as everyone else was when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. talked. It was another great way to symbolize freedom. As that is exactly what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was doing with his “I have a dream” speech. It spoke to Ocean Vuong in a way that nothing else could. Ocean Vuong had the dream of writing this poem and learning how to conquer the English language.
All in all this is a great work of art that Ocean Vuong wrote. He really knowns how to create an utterly amazing piece of work that captures the reader with every sentence. Everyone sometimes needs to wave their white flag and surrender in life maybe it might just be the best thing you have ever