Composers utilise language to explore significant ideas. Steven Herrick’s prose novel, The Simple Gift is a valuable novel that showcases the development of belonging from the perspectives of three characters, Billy, Caitlin, and Old Bill. Herrick uses these multiple perspectives to further explain the damaging effects of grief, trauma, and isolation through Billy and Old Bill. In addition to the importance of valuing others communicated by Herrick with the characters Caitlin and Old Bill. The Simple Gift leaves the readers questioning the impacts of grief and trauma, as well as the importance of valuing others in life.
Each family has their own structure and forms of expressing their thoughts and feelings, often related to the family’s background. Asian cultures often believe that certain matters are dealt with by adults or should not be discussed altogether. Often it is the adult’s job to keep certain pressures off their children, but if they are not careful, the weight can crush them. In the novel Obasan Joy Kogawa tells the story of a Japanese-Canadian woman, Naomi Nakane. Naomi is forced to live in an internment camp as a child during World War II with her brother Stephen, her Aunt Aya, or obasan, and her Uncle Isamu.
In the book Bless Me, Ultima, Anaya wrote his novel to introduce the reader to several conflicting cultures in Antonio’s childhood. “Intergenerational cultural dissonance (ICD) is a clash between parents and children over cultural value, which occurs so commonly in the book because the among immigrant family, in which the parents are regarded as a normative experience” (Yoonsun Choi, Michael He, and Tracy W. Harachi). The parents who are named María and Gabriel are immigrant parents adhering to their traditional cultural beliefs while their children endorses Southwestern values and clash. The main character is a seven year named Antonio or for short Tony. He has two sisters and three brothers, but his brother left the house after War II.
Like the narrator’s father, he notices the family’s cultural identity is slowly dying. His wife, a native Malaysian, is adopting a new identity as a “sales clerk at [Woodworks]” (340) in Canada. In marriage, a couple is supposed to share the responsibility to raise their children and support each other. However, she may have given up on the teaching responsibility from the moment the language “never came easily to [the daughter]” (340). Ultimately, the father is solely responsible handing down his family’s cultural and social roots to his children.
At the end of the story, all of Francisco’s family member learned the importance of giving mutual support and standing for each other. They know that others will always be there when the times are tough. The author’s message about family is that life may not always go the way one wants, but family are the people who provide one with unconditional love and support.
‘He probably began to see me as a series of dos and don’ts’ (Page 265) Alice feels that her relationship with her parents impacts her relationships with others and this is again seen as a barrier her culture creates. ‘Don’t you feel frustrated sometimes?’ (Page 239) Alice observes the views Michael has of her relationship and she sees it to be different.
Taken from her perspective, “I could not tell my father what she had said” (Tan, 112). These lines show the great extent in which language barriers and lack of English fluency in 1st generation family members affected the St. Clairs, and how it resulted in miscommunications. Unlike the families in The Joy Luck Club, however, the 1st generation member(s) of the Amir family made an effort to blend in with American communities and refrained from staying in the same racial group; the interview states, “I try to blend in with the community by interacting, sharing my background, and learning new things”
The author particularly appears to be a person growing up in the first half of 20th century when the family values, ancestral connections, and the intimate norms were the things to be preserved. The author connects with her audience on the value and preciousness of the ‘family’ and ‘home’. She writes the essay right in the center of the setting that she is describing and possess a strong sense of connection with her surroundings. She also writes as a mother of the young daughter who wants to transmit the love and knowledge of family values to her daughter, but she knows that these values have become oblique and her daughter would never understand their true
We as humans have dreamt of a perfect universe where no evil can harm us instead, it brings us joy that is only seen in a fairy tale story. Reality isn’t seen in the books; rather, we face reality in our daily lives, we must conquer our own dragons and find our own happiness. Our imagination will play tricks on us we would like to have a wonderful and joyful town but in this world there is evil lurking every which way. In both “The Ones That Walk Away from Omelas” and “The Lottery” the happiness of the people depends on the suffering of others.
“Love and Honor and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice” Nam Le’s “Love and Honor and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice” is categorized in “ethnic story” narrated his Vietnamese life in order to meet an upcoming deadline even though finally he can’t submit his story because his father burns his work. Throughout the story, Nam the narrator talks about “the past” which he experiences when he was young including the recent experience that he has got from his father reunion. Not only does the story tell us about the past which, but it also shows a connection of time between past, present, and future. Likewise, the story shows the relationship between son and father which is the main theme of this story; and shows how the past is important and affect to them differently. Also, the story of the past could lead to the end of the story that can be interpreted like a prediction of the direction of their relationship in the future.
Although sacrifices can impact a person’s outcome in life, some characters sacrifice the people they love, some people sacrifice their community’s
There are many times humans act differently because of someone else. The outlooks of human behaviors depend on the negative or positive influences that surround a person. People act the way they are because of the external forces that affect them. Likewise throughout history, many authors and poets create their work of literatures based on the external forces. Often times, the message that these authors and poets reveals not only has universal themes, but also can connect to people’s life stories.
While a dystopian society may seem perfect, the novel represents the limitations and expectations of an ideal community. The Giver displays the similarities and differences of our modern world versus the “flawless” model of a perfect society. In a perfect society, everyone must be the same. To make sure of synchronization in the community, there must be discipline.
The novel presents the reader what seems to be a normal family, with their characteristics of how much they would do to have a happy life with each other. The reader may think otherwise and say the family is definitely not a happy family. The novel can be challenged by the fact the Lohman family is anti-family. A big event causes a secret to be brought to the Lohman family, and whether or not if they should tell someone and ruin their happy family, or protect themselves. Paul Lohman the main
Are people Truly pure-hearted? Some would say yes, some would say no, today is a no, people are not truly good at heart, and here is why people are not truly good-hearted An example of this would be in the Diary of Anne frank, Anne's father, Mr.Frank, stated she puts him to shame, because when no one else believed she still did, but if you have read the diary of Anne Frank having a positive attitude towards life does not get you through every situation, Anne’s positive attitude got her far, but she eventually had to meet her fate. This ties into the real world, showing that just because you work hard and are always positive doesn't mean you will be fine and that being positive all the time can get you into very serious situations.
