Saturday, July 17, 2004
Response Post #3 (from Po-Kai)
____In the “A Step from Heaven” page 60 to 116, AnNa writes about the interactions between her and family members and friends when she become older. She first shows she like the moment when she stay in the restaurant kitchen with her mother because she felt comfortable to deal with her mother’s co-workers. Then she writes about her brother, Joon. She shows how her father taught Joon, and how reacts between Joon and his father. Her father expects Joon to act like a man, and not like a woman. After that, she talks about the nestling bird, Harry. Young Ju and Joon found a baby bird and name his Harry. They keep him at home and try to raise Harry; however, they felt dejected because Harry dies after they got him seven days. Then, Young Ju shows a dream that she can win a twenty three million lottery ticket. After she brought a lottery ticket, Young Ju starts to expect what car she wants to buy, what kind of house her like. Young Ju has a huge expectation before the magic number comes out; however, the reality destroys her dream and also hurt her immature mind. Another day, Young Ju and her father go to a government building for renewing her green card. She shows how her father’s poor English make her feel shame. Then, in her writing “Reaching” and “Becoming too American,” AnNa shows why she cannot act like act like an American because her parent doesn’t like American culture.
____From these short writings, I can feel that AnNa trys to escape for the culture constraint. She likes American culture more than Korean culture because American culture can make her to be popular between colleagues. I also found Young Ju’s father is a very traditional Korean man because his strict discipline and traditional notation. Beside that, I feel more touching about AnNa’s mother. Her mother is a very resolute and traditional Korean wife because she bears the violence form her husband, and still tries to keep her family complete. These kinds of behaviors are difficult to find in the United States, yet exist in most Asian countries.
____From these short writings, I can feel that AnNa trys to escape for the culture constraint. She likes American culture more than Korean culture because American culture can make her to be popular between colleagues. I also found Young Ju’s father is a very traditional Korean man because his strict discipline and traditional notation. Beside that, I feel more touching about AnNa’s mother. Her mother is a very resolute and traditional Korean wife because she bears the violence form her husband, and still tries to keep her family complete. These kinds of behaviors are difficult to find in the United States, yet exist in most Asian countries.
