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WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT (Unit 2) English Composition
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT (Unit 2) English Composition
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT (Unit 2) English Composition
English composition
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Jasmine Fernandez
COURSE CODE
ENG1102-01
1. What is the title of the text and what is this text about? The title of the text is “The Bath” . The
text is about a little boy who was involved in a tragic accident on his birthday week and was in a
2. What is the author's view? How do I know? The author played a narrator’s view, and I know
this because all the author did was explaining the events that happened.
3. What is the evidence presented by the author to support ideas? The author presented a lot of
evidence, however, to list a few, each day has an event and the day is written vividly at the
4. Is the evidence valid? How do I know? The evidence is valid because there are a number of
5. Is the evidence relevant? How do I know? The evidence is relevant. For instance, in the short
story it was stated that after the boy was hit by a car he got up and went home, however, when he
got home after narrating the incident to his mum, he fainted. (Carver, 1989, pg.49, para 1 ).These
6. Have I heard or read anything similar or dissimilar? What is it? I haven't read anything
dissimilar to this. However, I’ve read something similar to this. It’s a real life story about a child
7. Do I agree or disagree with the views expressed by the author? Why? The view expressed by
the author is that of a narrator and that’s not a view one can agree or disagree with. So, I am
indifferent.
Reference
Raymond Carver. (1989). What we talk about when we talk about love. New york: vintage
contemporaries. https://my.uopeople.edu/mod/book/view.php?id=292508&chapterid=338789