TITLE: Karate

AUTHOR: Huyuh Quang Nhuong

GENRE: Story

SETTING: A restaurant in the central highlands of Vietnam

POINT OF VIEW: First Person

CHARACTER: The author’s grandmother and grandfather and the rascal

MOOD/TONE: Ironic, funny and exciting

LITERARY ELEMENT: Irony

SUMMARY: The story is about an untypical couple. First, a rascal insults at the grandfather because he looked weak and had a pretty wife. But the grandmother doesn’t want anybody thinks that her husband is a weak man, so she uses her karate skills to kick and hit the rascal. Then, the people think the grandfather taught her karate and he is tough. After the incident, people treated the grandfather very well and people bowed to the grandfather in a very respectful way.

PERSONAL RESPONSE: I think the story is very funny because the story is about how a woman protects her husband. It is very untypical because most of time husband protects the wife, but in this story, the wife protects her husband. It is very interesting because the story gets me attentions. In addition, this story makes me want to learn karate.