Title: Karate

Author: Huyuh Quang Whuong

Genre (type of literature): Short Story

Setting: A restaurant in the central highlands of Vietnam

Point of View: First Person

Main Characters: Grandmother, grandfather, the rascal, the restaurant owner, and town people

Tone/Mood: Ironic, funny, exciting, suspense, and surprised

Literary Device: Irony Leads

Summary: This story takes place in the central highlands of Vietnam in the early twentieth century. It's about author's grandmother married with a man who look week and very shy, never laughed loudly. Once, when they go eat at a restaurant. A rascal is insult at the grandfather and grabbed his chopsticks. The grandmother used her karate to fight with the rascal. Then, the rascal fell on the floor and run out of the restaurant. The standers ask the grandmother who teach her the karate. The grandmother said her husband teacher her. After this event, everybody in the town show their respect to the grandfather