This week I read and am using
Orientation: A Short Story by Daniel Orozco, which was about an employee’s
first day of work and is given an orientation by another co-worker for my
analysis. The information given was too much, would be very overwhelming, and
could cause anxiety. As I was reading this story I was getting anxiety with the
information overload and trying to figure out who everyone is, and how to
process all of the information given to me. I have given many new employee
orientations and they were nothing like this. During the reading, I was envisioning
the new employee’s face during this orientation and was laughing to myself.
Literary Elements: The
character I will be analyzing as my literary element is the employee giving the
Orientation. From the beginning of Orientation: A Short Story by Daniel Orozco,
the employee giving the new employee the first day orientation provided too
much information at one time and also provided information that was not needed
and did not relate to the job. He was too concerned with sharing the other’s
personal business and not focused on the new employee. Additionally, the
information he provided was very vague and overwhelming, “This is your phone.
Never answer your phone. Let the Voicemail System answer it. This is your
Voicemail System Manual.” Paragraph 1.
Themes: The whole short story
was about information given during a new employee orientation. During this time
the employee was given a lot of information about his workplace, however much
of this information had nothing to do with his actual job. I feel like of the
personal information given about the co workers was inappropriate, not related,
and could cause pre-judgement of them. It is important to learn about others
character for yourself because the experience or view someone else has may not
be yours and can cause issues.
Context: The amount of
personal and non-work related information given was inappropriate. “Russell
Nash, who sits in the cubicle to your left, is in love with Amanda Pierce, who
sits in the cubicle to your right. They ride the same bus together afterwork.” Paragraph
4. This is a perfect example of information given and not needed.
This was a good short story
to read because it made me think about how I have felt during a first day
orientation of a new job. I already feel anxious, nervous, and unsure, if I had
this orientation, I honestly would not come back. I believe first impressions
are everything.
Cited Work
https://fsgworkinprogress.com/2011/05/17/orientation-by-daniel-orozco/
Hi, Amber!
ReplyDeleteI am so happy that you decided to do your analysis on this story! I read it last week and I absolutely loved it!
I also enjoyed reading your analysis and it was awesome reading someone else's view.
I read this story while listening to someone else reading it, and the person reading was playing the role of the employee giving the orientation. They even put sound effect and office noise. It was amazing all the irony and satire present in this short piece, but gosh, that gave me the creeps. Amazing!
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ReplyDeleteThis was a fun analysis to read! I got a little anxiety reading how overwhelming the actual reading was! I am intrigued by the quote you included: “This is your phone. Never answer your phone. Let the Voicemail System answer it. This is your Voicemail System Manual.” Paragraph 1. Feels like information was flying fast and furious, but not making any kind of sense. If that was the author's purpose, he nailed it!