Close reading passage: & quot;In hindsight, one could view my actions as solid textbook. Inelegantly executed, perhaps, but effective. I wasn''t employing a technique so much as my own instant live burial. It''s the prerogative of moles, after all, which only certain American lifetimes can teach. I am the obedient, soft-spoken son. What other talent can Hoagland so prize? I will duly retreat to the position of the good volunteer, the invisible underling. I have always known that moment of disappearance, and the even uglier truth is that I have long treasured it. That always honorable-seeming absence. It appears I can go anywhere I wish. Is this my assimilation, so many years in the making? Is this the long-sought sweetness? & quot; p.202 of _Native Speaker_ The narrator of this passage is a Korean, an Asian-American, who had been living in America for around 20 years. Close-reading demands careful attention to the language and form of the text—examining the implications of words, images, allusions, and so forth. These details will provide the evidence for your argument about your chosen passage. Prompts: & #160; 1) What role does identity play in Native Speaker? What do the different names and selves of Henry/Byong-ho/“Harry” imply? What does it mean to be “American,” “Korean American,” “Asian American” or “Korean”—how do these roles intersect or change each other’s meaning? What difference do race, gender, age, sexuality, language and class make? To what extent do characters strategically self-identify themselves—and for what purpose? In what ways and to what effect is identity commercialized or manipulated (in the Kwang campaign, in Glimmer & amp; Co., elsewhere)? Does the novel more beyond identity—what would that even mean or look like? & #160; 2) How does the novel depict intraethnic and interethnic relationships—and to what effect? You may want to consider issues surrounding orientalism, multiculturalism, interracial coalition, racism, the ggeh, generational differences and ties, childhood friendships, marriage and romantic relationships, language and so forth. & #160; 3) What role does violence, death and betrayal play in the text? What is the significance of the violence on the news, reportings of interracial strife? Why is Mitt’s death such a central part of the novel? What about the deaths of Henry’s father and mother, Ahjuhma, Eduardo Fermin and others? Reference book: Native Speaker, by Chang-Rae Lee. Absolutely no plagiarism, paper will be scanned through special program. *I don''t really need any outside quotes or references.