Vietnam War
Letter from a Student Studying the Vietnam War in Literature
Audience: Friends and family who have been asking you about what you have been studying in college this semester—you may address the letter to someone specific in your life
Length: Two full pages, double-spaced
Genre: Personal letter, typed, with ink signature at close
Please write a personal letter according to the specifications above. Include references to and brief quotations from the writers we have studied in the past weeks, all of them Vietnam veterans themselves. Explain to your reader how Karl Marlantes, Yusef Komunyakaa, Anne Simon Auger and Tim O’Brien have impacted your worldview. Let your reader know which authors they might particularly enjoy reading and why.