Project Summary: for truewriter only... Discussion 1 Discuss recurring themes you have noticed throughout the short stories you read this week, for example, alienation, rite of passage, for example, you might discuss the lives and hopes that parents that immigrated to the US have for their children in Two Kinds and Tapka. Or you might wish to discuss point of view in Albert Bensaussan compared to the other short stories you read this week. Or you could discuss self-identity in terms of the main characters in Fuller and Victor Pereras short stories. Discussion 2 How does the road act as a metaphor and what is the purpose of the narrators personification of the truck throughout the short story On the Road at Eighteen by Yo Hua? Readings In the book, Coming of Age Around the World: A Multicultural Anthology Alexandra Fuller (pg. 27) David Bezmozgis (pg. 101) Albert Bensoussan (pg. 124) Yo Hua (pg. 201) Victor Perera (pg. 161)