As a reminder, your paragraph should ensure you are thinking critically about the text. Please do not simply summarize the text or evaluate whether or not you like the text. Instead, write a 7- to 10-sentence persuasive and focused analysis, argument, or interpretation about the text.
A critical response paragraph is essentially a mini essay and requires four parts:
an argumentative topic sentence
evidence in the form of quotations or paraphrases for the argument you are making (include page numbers)
interpretation of your evidence in relation to the argument
a strong concluding statement
THEME:
War and Trauma: Gods Go Begging explores the effects of war, and specifically, the Vietnam war. It emphasizes the impact war-induced trauma and PTSD has on individuals and communities. Through its main character, Jesse Pasodoble, the novel examines the psychological scars left by war, as well s the challenges of reintegrating into civilian life and living with PTSD.
PLEASE USE ONE OR BOTH OF THESE QUOTES.
“I thought the war let me see the real things about who we
are. It was like all the truth you could handle- not like living in the world,
back here where nothin’s true” (222)
“Well, I am something of sort: a coward who has run away
from war and from his own past.” (199)
