Monday, July 12, 2004

 

respon to Po Kai's =)

I agree with Po-Kai’s opinion. I think Young doesn’t like to be treated differently from her brother. “I don’t understand why Apa thinks boys and girls cannot be treated the same. Why they are so different. There is no dictionary for these kinds of questions.” (pg 56). Young thinks that boys and girls should be treated the same, since Young can’t pee outside the house, so does Joon. Another example that shows gender discrimination is when Apa slaps Uhmaa in the car. Apa is frustrated because Uhmaa wants to find a job to help out with the family’s financial. Apa feels that she is not showing respect to her husband. However, I don’t really agree with PoKai’s opinion about Young hating her brother. Small children don’t think before he or she does something bad. Children are innocent, they just talk what they think and I believe that Young doesn’t really hate her brother, she is just jealous that her parents give more attention to her younger brother than her. When she has grown up, she realizes that she loves her brother and cares for him too. I also agree that Young’s father is under a lot of pressure due to his financial difficulties, and he has a big responsibility to take care of his family. However, hitting his wife is not the right thing to do. Instead he should understand that his wife is trying to lessen his problems by thinking of finding a job right after her baby is born. The respond from PoKai is really interesting and opens my mind to see a guy’s point of view of the story.
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