Hotel On The Corner Of Bitter And Sweet Quotes

For a relationship to work, there is a lot that needs to be put in from both people. If everyone would realize that no one will feel comfortable being with a person unless they are able maintain a healthy balance between what the other person wants and what they themselves want, if that that is achieved, then the relationships on Earth would be so much more enjoyable. Henry does this in the novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by: Jamie Ford, when he falls in love with Keiko. Yes Henry and Keiko like each other, and could probably see themselves together in the future, but Henry's father forbids that to ever happen. This is the reason that Henry and Keiko are not noble to maintain any sort of relationship, because what Henry's father

“He turned to his father. ‘I'm leaving to get her photos. I told her I'd keep them for her-just until she gets back. And I'm going to keep my promise.’ His father pointed at the door. ‘If you walk out that door-if you walk out that door now, you are no longer part of this family. You are no longer Chinese. You are not part of us anymore. Not a part of me.”(48-50) This takes place when Henry is needing to help Keiko and keep his promise by protecting her families photos, but his father is being unreasonable because he is a major Chinese Nationalist, so rather than trying to reason with Henry, or negotiate with him, he instead disowns him without remorse. Regardless of Henry's father and his hate for the Japanese, Henry and his father, are not very close with one another. For example, Mr. Lee will not even allow Henry to speak his native tongue in their own house, this presents a variety of problems, first being that there is relatively no communication between either of them, because Mr. Lee does not speak English(that well). As another point, Henry and Mr. Lee do not share the same interests, the main one being music. Henry loves upbeat music, the main one being jazz music, while his father likes either traditional classical music, or no music at all. This creates a void between them that leads Henry to walking out and being disowned by his family,

Beatty. Henry and Keiko steadily grow closer and closer to one another, and they both find a certain comradery within their differences. He main difference between them, is that Henry is Chinese and Keiko is Japanese, but digging deeper the reader can find that there is much more than their nationality that is different, that being their family, Keiko’s family is more of a complete unit without any gaps or voids, whereas Henry's is full of separations and conflicts. Keiko has the ability to speak to her parents in a language they both understand, however Henry is forced to only nod in reply. As a final difference, Henry's family is, much less accepting of Keiko than her family is of Henry. This is proved by the repeating of Mr. Lee blatantly stating that he hates the Japanese, while Henry is able to have lunch with the Okabes. Keiko shapes Henry's character by showing him what love truly is, so when he meets Ethel, he already knows how to tell if he is in love, and as it turns out, he is. Also, Keiko leaves a void when she goes to Camp Harmony, because he is no longer able to see her, and it cuts him deep when his father takes away his