FITM Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and Facing It Discussion

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Florida Institute of Technology-Melbourne

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Choose ONE of the following choices:

Choice #1: American Gothic – Analyze the painting by Grant Wood and the poem by John Stone. In what sense can Stone’s poem be regarded as an analysis of the painting? Does Stone see Grant’s depiction of the two figures as a satire or a celebration? What symbolic elements are found in the painting?

Choice #2: Girl Powdering Her Neck – Analyze the woodblock print by Kitagawa Utamaro and the poem by Cathy Song. What does Song’s poem add to the visual information provided in Utamaro’s woodcut? What is the relationship of the final three lines to the rest of the poem and what effect does it have on the reader?

Choice #3: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall – Analyze the photograph of the memorial from the Library of Congress and the poem “Facing It” by Yusef Komunyakaa. What is the significance of the poem’s title and how are the speaker’s war experiences reflected in the war memorial? Does the speaker’s response to the memorial indicate that the conception and composition of the memorial were successful or unsuccessful as a public memorial?

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and Facing It Poem
Introduction and Overview
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall was created ten years following the end of the
Vietnam War. Following the war, there was a widespread division that threatened the unity of
the United States. There were ten years of shame, pain, and anger during the commemoration of
the United States soldiers who had taken part in the Vietnam War. The soldiers who had taken
part in the war acknowledged the wall based on the understanding of the crucial role it had
played in the development (Kurzynski). The people felt that the soldiers who had taken part in
the war had sa...

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