*WRITE A PERSONAL RESPONSE TO "INDIAN CAMP"*
This story reminded me so much of my mother. It reminded me of how much pain my mom had to go through for me to be born. The author writes that the woman went through two days of pain because she couldn’t give birth to the baby and my mom had a hard time having me, too. I was stuck in my mom because of multiple problems and finally she had to give birth to me by operating, just like the Indian lady. Also, I felt bad for Nick, the doctor’s son, but at the same time, proud of him. When I read the text, I did not understand why the doctor could possibly bring his kid to an occasion like that. Nick was still a young boy and putting him through that period of time was kind of harsh. At such a young age, he had to witness a terribly disturbing scene like that. If it was me, I would probably pass out at the same time the woman did. Not only that, Nick also saw a man who died bloodily. Just picturing that in my mind scared me to death. However, Nick took it pretty well and positively ; he thought that he wasn’t going to die. In the middle of a bloody and painful mess, something actually made me smile and feel happy. Personally, I thought that this woman was very lucky to have so many people care about her. It made me miss the countryside part of Vietnam. Neighbors or strangers, they always care about each other. Since I lived in the city part of Vietnam, it was hard experiencing it because I only went to the countryside a few times. Therefore, when I read this story, it gave me a weird peaceful and family-like feeling. It was really the first time that I had two absolutely opposite feelings when I read a text.
