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Summary Of Orientation By Daniel Orozco

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The short story “Orientation” by Daniel Orozco is exactly what the title suggests. An orientation of the new office job somebody has just received. However, the story delves much deeper into the lives of several employees at this office. Orozco’s employment of somber satire in “Orientation” displays how alienated a community can become in corporate environments. The way in which Orozco structured this story is very effective to the reader as well. Orozco depicted an office setting that emphasizes regulations and unnecessary procedures, as well as corporate uniformity and bureaucracy. When the narrator begins to spill the secrets and quirks of each person in the office but insists the newcomer ignore them, he is advocating isolation that is …show more content…

He gave a straight to the point analysis of the office life of many and poked fun at the reality of how an office works by creating extreme situations and protocols. Orozco used a non-chronological structure to give readers a transparent view of each character that was introduced. Since it is a dialog-based story, it would be ineffective to use a time sequence. Orozco’s organization gave readers a very casual read that they can also interpret the meaning of the short story more comprehensively. Orozco also used comical expressions to outline each character that was introduced along with their quirks and habits. This makes simple topics much more dramatic and interesting. Different structures of writing will express different information to the …show more content…

And all these personal secrets and information on one another is juxtaposed with explanations of places and objects in the office such as Mr. Coffee and the weekly coffee pools, as well as the supply cabinet. All this creates a very strange mix of detachment and affection. A prime example of this is illustrated when the narrator tells the new person the office is haunted by Barry Hacker’s dead wife and ends it with “We have four Barrys in this office. Isn’t that a coincidence?” The result is hilarious and quite

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