Saturday, July 17, 2004

 

Amelia's opinion for part 3

The third part of the book is about Young’s teenage life. Apa teaches Joon to be a man, but his definition of being a man is not actually right. “Only girls whine. Men are stronger than that.” Apa thinks that man cannot cry. I think man can cry and it is good to express one’s feeling rather than keeping it to him. I think Apa’s definition of being a man is wrong, a man can cry but he can’t slap woman. A man can whine but he can’t teach his children by hitting and slapping them. “Apa says calmly, He has to learn his lesson.” Although Apa means to teach his son a lesson, hitting and slapping someone doesn’t teach anything. Instead of slapping Joon, Apa should talk to him nicely and sort things out in a mature way.
“In this world, only the strong survive. Only the strong can make their future.” From this statement, it is very clear that Apa doesn’t believe in God. He is following the Malthus theory which believes that individuals with favorable traits are more likely to survive and reproduce. If everyone in this world thinks this way, the world will be a very competitive and self centered world. People will not care and love for the poor, the orphans, the handicapped and many others unfortunate people in this world.
“Do not let your Apa hears those kinds of words. Already he has been complaining you ask too many questions.” In the Chinese culture, children are not supposed to ask too many questions, and if they ask too many questions, they are not showing respect to the elders. In the United States, children and students are encouraged to speak up and participate. I think children and students in the U.S. are more confident to speak up their opinion.
Since the Park family has moved in to the United States, they should give up a little of their culture and adjust to the life in the United States.

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