Blog 1

The two narratives in the story were about Ho Chi Minh and the killing of a political leader. The first story is a man reflecting on his past relationship with Ho Chi Minh they used to work at a bakery and moved to Paris with each other later. In Paris their ideas began to be different The man became Buddhist while Ho Chi Minh wanted to talk with Wilson to get the Vietnamese people their rights and have a say in parliament. He was not able to get an audience with Wilson or any other leader. When he appears it seems as if he is sad and remembering the past when they worked at the bakery. The second story is of a man that told people that they should try to work with the communist government. Since they were in New Orleans which is in America there was a group called the Annihilation of Communism and for the National Restoration. They shot him behind the car and the main character believed that his children had a part in the killing. These stories relate because both Ho Chi Minh and the people right now were clashing between the different ideas. They both had a different view on how Vietnam should be and how there is a big struggle for their voices to be heard. The main character was seeing both sides of the argument and he talks about both sides. Than he decides that he wants to die so he can go to his village and meet all the people he misses.