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Prepare Lesson: Advancing Forward
* Prepare Lesson: Advancing Forward - Answer key to questions after reading:
Question 1 on page 28 of Literature Grade 8 Textbook: Exploring Knowledge - Volume 1:
- Landscape: vast and expansive, spanning across provinces.
+ Northern mountainous provinces: Thai Nguyen, Northwest, Dien Bien,...
+ The midland region with 'lush palm forests, verdant fields'.
+ Capital city Hanoi.
+ Area Three, Area Four.
+ Provinces in the Central Highlands: Kon Tum, Dak Lak,...
+ Ho Chi Minh City, the 'shining golden name'.
+ Western provinces such as Dong Thap, Tien Giang, Hau Giang,...
+ Time frame: from the August Revolution in 1945 autumn, lasting for 9 years of resistance against French colonialism until the victory of Dien Bien Phu.
Question 2 on page 28 of Literature Grade 8 Textbook: Exploring Knowledge - Volume 1:
- Author's emotions: moved, proud of the nation's strength and the resolute fighting spirit of our people.
- This is a blend of the poet's personal emotions with the collective sentiments of the community. It's also the voice of national pride when we achieved a glorious victory over a formidable foe.
Question 3 on page 28 of Literature Grade 8 Textbook: Exploring Knowledge - Volume 1:
- Central image of the excerpt: 'the road'.
- This image appears numerous times in the poem: 'On the road of life', 'Our road stretches wide eight spans', 'Revolutionary road, stretching alongside resistance', 'the road leading to the sea', 'The road to the Northwest, the road to Dien Bien',...
- 'The road' is not only a transportation route connecting regions but also a revolutionary path, the path the whole nation is taking.
- The image of 'the road' is closely related to other images in the excerpt, especially the image of 'pair of feet' and the poem's title.
Question 4 on page 28 of Literature Grade 8 Textbook: Exploring Knowledge - Volume 1:
- Place names mentioned in the text such as: Bac Son, Dinh Ca, Thai Nguyen, Northwest, Dien Bien, South, Tien Giang, Hau Giang, Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Thap,...
- Purpose: Represents the author's love, pride in the richness and beauty of every corner of the country, in the strength and unity of the people, and hope for the bright future of the nation.
Question 5 on page 28 of Literature Grade 8 Textbook: Exploring Knowledge - Volume 1:
- Structural motif:
+ 'Who...': 'Who passes through Phu Tho', 'Who travels down Trung Ha', 'Who returns to Hung Hoa', 'Who goes to Area Three', 'Who enters Area Four',...
+ 'Roads...': 'Our road stretches wide eight spans', 'Roads Bac Son, Dinh Ca, Thai Nguyen', 'Roads to the Northwest, road to Dien Bien', 'Revolutionary road, stretching alongside resistance',...
- Purpose: enriches the poem with melody, emphasizes joy, optimism, and the advancing spirit of the whole nation. 'Who' is a pronoun of universality, not just for any individual but inclusive of all Vietnamese people.
Question 6 on page 28 of Literature Grade 8 Textbook: Exploring Knowledge - Volume 1:
- Literal meaning of the title: the act of stepping on the roads throughout the homeland.
- Implicit meaning of the title: the action of moving forward, overcoming all hardships and challenges to strive for a bright future.
- The title succinctly summarizes the content of the entire poem, also affirming the correct path that the whole nation is taking.
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Tố Hữu expresses pride, emotion about the glorious victory of the nation in 'We move forward'. Mytour invites you to explore other works that evoke similar emotions such as: Composing Quang Trung defeats the Qing army; Composing The flag embroiders six golden letters.
