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Draft Day Rattawut Analysis

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‘Sightseeing’ is written by Rattawut about the dishonesty and betrayal between the narrators and their best friends. The main feature is the changing relationships between the friends which are broken down. In ‘Draft Day’ Rattawut uses present tense and first person narrative to write the story in order to make the reader feel that they are in the scene and to understand better the thoughts and feelings of the narrator. This story is in short sentences which is simple and refers to the piece of memory that is broken down into the short parts. The narrator and Wichu are best friends as shown by the quote “Wichu has been my best friend all my life’’. The quote is made very early in the story because it is important to the plot. It gives the reader a hint that perhaps this friendship will be threatened as the story progresses. Perhaps the writer is foreshadowing the fact that this friendship will not last forever. Another quote “He needed my prayers more than I needed his” shows that the narrator knows something that Wichu doesn’t know. This increases the tension for the reader, as we know there is a …show more content…

The key theme that Rattawut is trying to tell us about is “prejudice”. The relationship between the narrator and Dong starts as a best friend because “we were both too dark”. This shows that they were discriminated by the other kids so they need to be together. Also the nicknames “Black weezy and the pregnant duck” that make them different from others and make them become friends. Priscilla was first described by the narrator as a negative character. The Cambodians were described using strong language such as “Mother said refugees were a bad sign” and “Those fuckers move in packs”. Priscilla is also described with demonic language “succubus”. Dong also called her a “Refugee fuckass” and “She’s a

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