Family, the dictionary says that it is “a group consisting of parents and children living together in a household”. However that is not the case for all. Family can have different meaning to everyone. In the novel “Street of a Thousand Blossoms” by Gail Tsukiyama she shows family as making sacrifices for those you love.
In the novel “Street of a Thousand Blossoms”, family is often depicted and shown as the people that will sacrifice everything for others. For example Hiroshi and Kenji’s parents died trying to save them during the boat crash that happened on an important holiday. Also during this incident, their father died trying to save the mother because she couldn’t swim. During the war all food was rationed and Fumiko and Yoshio the grandparents that had been taking care of Hiroshi and Kenji were worried for the boys because they were starving as their bodies were trying to grow. Fumiko then went to the black market to try and purchase food to keep them strong and healthy, she sold her nicest kimono, and her wedding ring.
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When I asked her about the dictionary definition, she disagreed completely. Just because some of her other family members live somewhere else does not mean that they are not family. In the past it was also not safe for her to go visit her family because the country wasn’t safe for her but since has become better. During that period of not being allowed to go, it was difficult for them to keep in contact, but could manage to talk every once in