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Outline for Analyzing Comparative Imagery in the Short Story 'My School Journey'
1. Introduction
- Introducing Thanh Tịnh's work 'My School Journey'.
- Identifying the topic for discussion: Comparative imagery in the short story.
2. Body
* Comparative imagery 1: 'I couldn't forget how the feelings of that morning blossomed in me like fresh flowers smiling amidst the clear sky'
- Flowers and grass symbolize the nobility, the purity of the heavens and earth, bringing a comfortable, purifying feeling to people.
- Effect of the comparison: Depicting the author's emotions as natural, pure, and him embracing them, immersing himself to relive the old days.
* Comparative imagery 2: 'That thought passed through my mind lightly like a cloud drifting across the mountain peak'
- These are the emotions when the first day carrying books to school, walking hesitantly beside mother, emotional.
- The boy realizes he has grown up, needs to be more responsible and needs to study hard; to prove he has grown up, he wants to carry books himself, but when his mother says let her carry, he thinks it's the job of an expert.
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In each of our lives, the pure memories of our school days, especially the first day of assembly, are often etched in our minds forever. Author Thanh Tịnh has portrayed this delicate emotion through the innocent thoughts of the character 'I' about the memories of the first days of school. The work is compiled in the Grade 8 Literature textbook for the first week of study. In addition to the outlined points above, students can also refer to other sample essays: Analyzing Thanh Tịnh's short story 'My School Journey,' Feeling towards the mother figure in the text 'My School Journey,' Crafting a concise summary of 'My School Journey,' The sentimental quality in Thanh Tịnh's 'My School Journey';..
