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1985 Redefining AmericaQUESTIONS Topics for Composing 11. Analysis. In paragraphs 38%u201355, Nguyen describes Mr. Ly%u2019s actions as a tour guide. Rereadthe passage carefully, and then write an essay analyzing how Nguyen uses irony to conveyMr. Ly%u2019s attitude toward the American tourists. 12. Research. In what ways did the general American public%u2019s attitude toward those returningfrom Vietnam differ from the reception given today to veterans of contemporary conflicts? Inaddition to secondary research, you might conduct an interview with a veteran who served inVietnam. 13. Research. Recent neurological research has deepened our understanding of generationaltrauma. Explore the findings of this research. How does this information about generationaltrauma deepen or change your interpretation of the characters in %u201cFatherland%u201d? 14. Creative Writing. Early in the story, Vivien presents her father with an itinerary of the thingsshe would like to see and do, while they are at a restaurant of her choosing. Her father, a tourguide himself, responds %u201cI couldn%u2019t have done better myself.%u201d Create a three-day itinerary foryour own hometown if you were to take tourists who had never visited. Then, create anotherfor someone who is more familiar and maybe wants to see and do things that you would beinterested in doing. Alternatively, you can choose to create two itineraries for a place youhave visited or wish to visit. Be sure to create one that caters to tourists and another thatwould entice locals or people who are more familiar with the area.Alex Driehaus/USA TODAY NETWORKLooking for the Gulf Motel Richard Blanco Richard Blanco (b. 1968) is a Cuban American poet, public speaker, and civil engineer. Born in Madrid, Spain, Blanco immigrated with his Cuban-born parents and siblings to Miami, where he grew up. He earned both a BS in civil engineering and an MFA in creative writing from Florida International University. Blanco is also the first immigrant, the first Latino, the first openly gay person, and the youngest person to serve as a U.S. inaugural poet. His collections of poetry include City of a Hundred Fires (1998), which won the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize; Directions to the Beach of the Dead (2005), winner of the PEN/American Beyond Margins Award; Looking for the Gulf Motel (2012), winner of the Thom Gunn Award, the Maine Literary Award, and the Paterson Prize; One Today (2013); Boston Strong (2013); and For All of Us, One Today: An Inaugural Poet%u2019s Journey (2013). KEY CONTEXT %u201cLooking for the Gulf Motel%u201d appears in Blanco%u2019s 2012 poetry collection of the same name, which is considered to be a memoir. Marco Island, Florida There should be nothing here I don%u2019t remember . . . The Gulf Motel with mermaid lampposts and ship%u2019s wheel in the lobby should still be rising out of the sand like a cake decoration. KEY CONTEXT %u201cLooking for the Gulf Motel%u201d appears in Blanco%u2019s 2012 poetry collection of the same Copyright %u00a9 Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers. Distributed by Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers. For review purposes only. Not for redistribution.