Sunday, July 25, 2004

 

Response post # 4 (from Po-Kai)

____In the “A Step from Heaven” page 117 to 139, Young Ju writes about the violent change in her family. Her Apa have having extramarital relations and finally leave them and go back to Korea. From AnNa’s writing, I found her father is a traditional and pigheaded Korean man. According to her Apa’s culture background, her father cannot adopt the American lifestyle. He cannot make good money in the United States, and has a big language barrier. He starts to blame her wife that why his wife want to move to the United States. He gave vent to his anger by using violence on his wife and children. However, Young Ju did very well to adopt into American’s life because she can speak English fluently and has American friends. She obtained very good grade in school. She totally become an American by learning American cultures, but still keeps her native-language and cultures at home.
____According AnNa’s writing, I think the situations AnNa’s family encountered may happened in many immigrant’s families. I have a friend which suffered similar circumstance. My friend and his wife immigrated from India. My friend’s English not good enough to communicate with people, but his wife can. So, his wife can easier to obtain a job, and my friend plan to obtain a higher degree in school and also improve his English. His wife goes out to work for supporting whole family. Sometime, his wife comes home with bad mood because of her work too hard. My friend feels guilt and inferior because he cannot provide a good life for his wife. They become flight frequently and their relationship become worse. They even plan to divorce. However, the culture customs constrict them, so they keep their marriage alive. They still have many things to do to improve their relationship. Now, my friend works on two jobs for his family. I think they will be better in the future.

 

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