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1. How does the author describe the obstructive wind through what details and images?

The obstructive wind is described through the following details and images:

+ Time of appearance: The obstructive wind appears in September. 'So as I stepped into September, I began to move the wind chime to the east-facing window.'

+ The breath of the wind: 'Then one early morning, suddenly hearing the breath of the wind very close by.'

+ The sound of the wind: 'At first, the sound will trickle drop by drop, fleeting and hesitant, as if someone standing far away gently raised a hand, as if shyly wondering if the past remembers us.'

+ The mood of the wind: 'Then it rejoiced when it realized I never forgot it.'

+ The personality of the wind: 'The wind chime with its delicate sounds becomes a frivolous toy, unable to express its fiery, abundant nature - now grown into a gust of wind, bustling, struggling against the tin roof of the winter hut, which had been unfastened since last season.', 'Scratchy. Passionate. Yet truly gentle.'

Preparing the essay 'Turning Wind' (Nguyen Ngoc Tu), Grade 7 Literature - Connecting Knowledge with Life

2. Identify the manifestations of the 'chaotic, turbulent' mood in the character 'I' when the obstructive wind arrives. According to you, what reasons make the character 'I' always anticipate, wait for the obstructive wind?

a. The manifestations of the 'chaotic, turbulent' mood in the character 'I' when the obstructive wind arrives are:

- Both joyous and annoyed: 'Joy here, annoyance there.'

- Eagerly anticipating the wind's return, yet feeling melancholic when it does return because it signifies the end of the year: 'Why do I wait for it? Every year is the same. When I go out to sweep the yard, standing in the thick wind, I feel sad, so sad I could die.'

- Thinking that every time the wind returns, it means another year older: 'Oh my, the wind at this time means the year is ending, another year older, have I achieved anything? My hands are still as empty as ever...'

- Feeling time slipping away fast: 'Every time the wind returns, I feel like I'm losing something undefined, unexplainable, like someone chasing after me from behind, I hurriedly eat, hurriedly speak, hurriedly laugh, hurriedly as the days begin to fall away.'

b. The character 'I' always eagerly anticipates, waits for the obstructive wind because:

- When the obstructive wind returns, it also signals the arrival of Tet, the time for buying new clothes: 'When the wind begins to chill, the children jump with excitement, eagerly clapping and laughing, knowing that it's almost time to buy new clothes, new shoes (for us, poor folks, only this time of year), 'The obstructive wind (and the northeast wind) for me is the Tet wind, even though it takes almost three months from the start of the windy season to Tet,'

- The obstructive wind is closely associated with the harvest season: 'Because when the obstructive wind comes during the season, the rice is just about ripe, hope shines along with the color of the rice.', 'Much anticipated because the obstructive wind season is also the harvest season'.

- The obstructive wind is closely linked to the homeland: 'I often imagine, one day I'll go far away, far, far away, beyond the seasons of wind, or read, or someone mentions just the two words 'obstructive wind', immediately I'll be overwhelmed with homesickness'.

3. Why does the author assert that 'the obstructive wind season is also the harvest season'?

The author asserts that 'the obstructive wind season is also the harvest season' because:

- When the obstructive wind comes during the season, the rice is just about ripe 'Because when the obstructive wind comes during the season, the rice is just about ripe, hope shines along with the color of the rice'.

- The scent of hay wafts through the air: 'The scent of hay wafts fragrantly across the fields'

- Fruits await the fresh wind to ripen: 'Sugarcane planted back in February, March, waiting for the fresh wind to age, the water sweet and heavy, holding the sugarcane stalk in hand, feeling the weight. Milk melon ripens slowly, swelling, shining, [...] waiting till midnight to eat it ripe and dripping outside in the heat. And watermelon, oh my...'

4. What thoughts does the final sentence of the text evoke for you?

The final sentence 'There, the supermarket is filled with watermelons, cantaloupes, winter melons, square sticky rice cakes, cylindrical sticky rice cakes; I wonder, is there anyone selling me a season of obstructive wind there?' evokes for me the author's profound longing for their homeland. Despite the abundance of hometown gifts available in the supermarket—watermelons, cantaloupes, winter melons, square sticky rice cakes, cylindrical sticky rice cakes—the author still feels the absence of the obstructive wind season. The absence of the obstructive wind season means the absence of the homeland's flavor.

5. Share your feelings about the author's emotions expressed in the text.

Nguyen Ngoc Tu's text 'Turning Wind' brings me profound feelings about the author's simple and sincere love for their homeland. The obstructive wind heralds the coming Tet, as well as the harvest season. When the obstructive wind returns, the author experiences various emotions: from chaotic and turbulent moods to happiness, fear, regret, yet still longing: 'I often welcome the obstructive wind with a tumultuous, chaotic mood,' 'Joy here, annoyance there,' 'so sad I could die,' 'Oh my, the wind at this time means the year is ending, another year older, have I achieved anything? My hands are still as empty as ever...', 'But I still long for the obstructive wind to return.' Through the author's varied emotions, we can see the profound love for the homeland and the bond with the homeland imprinted in the writer's heart.

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