Essay 2 Assignment
Many of these stories and poems have wrestled with the challenges that love (or lack thereof) can present within various relationships.
Analyze a specific type of conflict as illustrated in two works from this module. What literary elements are most vital in conveying their messages?
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The son of Nicaraguan immigrants, California-born Daniel Orozco (b. 1957) currently teaches at the University of Idaho. His award-winning short fiction has appeared in a variety of magazines, including Harper’s and Zoetrope, and has been collected in Orientation and Other Stories (2011). He received a B.A. from Stanford University, an M.A. from San Francisco State University, and an M.F.A. from the University of Washington. He has also held a writing fellowship at Stanford. This story was selected for The Best American Short Stories of 1995.
A third-generation Japanese American, poet and playwright Dwight Okita (b. 1958) won an Illinois Art Council Fellowship for poetry in 1988.
