Case Study on Kien in "The Sorrow of War". (Bao Ninh, The Sorrow of War, Riverhead Books, New York, 1996)

User Generated

gnoolpng087

Writing

Description

CHOICE ONE: CASE STUDY Use the framework below for your Case Study: You will submit the assignment an attachment through Safe Assign: Put your names on it, on a cover page.
The other Choices can be found after the Case Study framework. Remember to use page number citations for quotations and paraphrases, and included a Works Cited list at the end containing the book information and the trauma and recovery document, properly cited. Any assignment turned in without including that information will not receive a passing grade. Here is how the Case Study will be set up:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CASE STUDY

Subject: Kien (preferred)
Age:
Occupation: Writer

PART ONE: TRAUMA

Brief Biography: (the subject's life prior to this report (pre, during, and post-war))
Causes of Trauma: (pre, during and post-war)
(Summarize in general, and bring in several specific instances showing one of more of the causes of trauma from incidents that the subject describes, as examples. Cite the page number(s) of the source

Symptoms of Trauma: As described in Dr. Judith Herman's "Trauma and Recovery (not all may apply or have been observed) (Summarize in general, and bring in several specific instances showing one of more of the symptoms of trauma from incidents that the subject describes, as examples. Cite the page number(s) of the source: NOTE: ONLY SYMPTOMS OBSERVED AFTER THE WAR SHOULD BE INCLUDED


1. Hyperalertness: may manifest in explosive, aggressive behavior.
Examples:
2.Intrusion: Flashbacks, waking nightmares, nightmares in which the traumatic experience or experiences are re-lived.
Examples:
3.Constriction: Lack of emotion; inability to form meaningful relationships and social connections; possible sexual impotence or frigidity or "loveless" promiscuous behavior.
Examples:

PART TWO: RECOVERY

Subject's attempts to recover using BASK (see next section):

Does Kien go through all these steps?
(Recovery can be understood as knitting the life narrative back together, telling the story in such a way that the trauma experience becomes part of the learning curve of the life narrative. Describe how Kien does or does not go through the steps below, using examples from his narrative whose connection to each of the steps you explain.
Summarize in general, and bring in several specific instances as examples, from the subject's own words, as examples. Cite the page number(s) of the document you are quoting from.)

1. Does he establish safety for himself?

2.Does he find a listener or listeners?

3.Is he able to reconstruct the trauma story and mourn the losses it represents?

4. Does he restore his connections with his community?

PROGNOSIS:

(End of Choice One)

User generated content is uploaded by users for the purposes of learning and should be used following Studypool's honor code & terms of service.

Explanation & Answer

Here you go. In case o...


Anonymous
I use Studypool every time I need help studying, and it never disappoints.

Studypool
4.7
Trustpilot
4.5
Sitejabber
4.4

Related Tags