Exploring The Theme Of Shame In Fish Cheeks

It took a lengthy and embarrassing Christmas dinner, and many years after to make Amy discover that “the only shame you can have is to have shame.”This remarkable quotation from Fish Cheeks shows that you must be yourself if it even makes you have shame because “the only shame you should have is to have shame.”Also,this theme finally applies to when many middle schoolers hate something they like because “the cool kids” hate it. I believe there is no such idea like shame. The theme of having no shame applies to the author’s life as well as my life too.

First of all, the author of Fish Cheeks learned the theme of the story the hard way, but middle schoolers are lucky to learn it the easy way. At the end of the meal my father leaned back and belched loudly, thanking my mother for her fine cooking. "It's a polite Chinese custom to show you are satisfied,"

When I was in first grade, I had my first sleepover, but I was afraid if he would like the meal my mom prepared. Also, I was shameful of how my room looks like because my room at that time was filled with legos(the person I invited hated legos) and tiny hot wheels race cars. At that time I thought was too old to play with them, but I still played with them. This is important because it explains why I was ashamed of myself and I was ashamed of my culture's strange food. I learned that there is no such as activity named shame and the only shame you have is shame.

The theme the only shame you is same applies to my life and the lives of many others. It applied to Amy Tang’s life in a horrible way. In the course of the story “Fish Cheeks” Amy Tang a twelve-year-old girl who was afraid of her traditions turned into an adult who is not afraid of who she is. Also, I was a shy little first grader that at the end of the story became a first grader that is not afraid of sleepovers. The theme of this story could apply to everyone’s