I am going to interview my mother, Cindy Brown. She and my father lived in Okinawa, Japan in 1992. She lived there for six and a half months and he lived there for a year. They were there because my father was in the military and they stayed on a military base. I had planned on doing the interview at home and watching the videos they had taken. I was unable to do this because I never got a chance when I went home over the weekends in the past. So instead I am going to face time my mom and ask her the questions through that. I expect her to have a lot of culture shocks and differences from the United States. When I grew up and where she grew up, it is such a small town and not very much diversity at all. I just know how I would be going to Japan and not knowing much about it or anyone there.
Okinawa is located at the southwest tip of Japan. “Okinawa means “rope in the open sea” (Wikitravel). Okinawa’s culture is of the Ryukyu Kingdom. The Ryukyu Kingdom was a very diverse culture because of its blend through commerce with China, Korea, Southeast Asia, and mainland Japan (Japan Monthly Web Magazine). The Kingdom of the Ryukyu was an independent kingdom. The islands that make up Okinawa, are also known as the Ryukyu Islands. They are also known as this because they are named after the native culture, which makes it particularly different from the rest of Japan. This is because of the language, arts, cuisine, etc. (Japan-guide). With a custom and language of their own, this
The person I interviewed was my mom Peggy Pacheco, She was born on October 27, 1972 at St. Charles Hospital. Her Parents are Sharon Blevins (mom), and Ronald Blevins (dad), Her siblings are Julie (sister) and Bob (brother). She’s only lived in two places, Pemberville, Ohio and Bowling Green, Ohio. My mom had attended Eastwood school when she was younger. She has medium length hair, brown hair, she wears glasses, has lots of freckles and brown eyes.
For my interview, I chose to interview my mom, Ilsa Wells, who had been born and lived in Colombia for 23 years before moving to the United States. Her family in Colombia was able to get by and provide for their fairly large family, albeit barely and with a lot of people having to work to make ends meet. She got her education there and when she was 23 she decided to move here in search of job opportunities and a better life.
The comparisons--North vs. South, city vs. country, technology vs. nature--are numerous and have been well documented in 20th century literature. Progress contrasts sharply with rooted cultural beliefs and practices. Personalities and mentalities about life, power and change differ considerably between worlds... worlds that supposed-intellectuals from the West would classify as "modern" and "backwards," respectively. When these two worlds collide, the differences--and the danger--rise significantly. This discrepancy between the old and the new is one of the principal themes of Gloria Naylor's Mama Day. The interplay between George, Ophelia and Mama Day shows the discrepancies between a "modern" style of thinking and one born of
I have recently interviewed my grandmother Mindy. I chose to interview my grandmother because we have a close relationship and I look up to her and love spending every second with her and couldn’t think of a better person to interview than her. The reason for this interview is to get an insight of how her pregnancy coming from her. In this interview I will learn all about her pregnancy, from the beginning to the end. Mindy is my grandmother because she is my mothers mother. Mindy has spent most of her life in Kenya, and now resides now in America.
Culturally, Okinawans separate themselves from the association of the Japanese culture, even though they are still considered a territory of Japan. The differences in their landscape, their way of life, language, and even their societal infrastructure are the basis of their adamant separation from Japan. Its geographical
Growing up is phase in which is determined by the parenting aspect, the parent to child bond which varies greatly. Childhood is essential but determined by parenting which influences the child’s later life, everything ties back to each other. Parenting not only can generate but structure a future, a parent’s role in a child life affective, and a child is affected by the absence or presence of a parent. Emmy award winning playwright and poet, Susan Griffin believes that all life is influenced and parenting shadows a child’s future. Feminist author Alison Bechdel noted that the aspect of how close a mother and daughter relationship is could change her life. Childhoods start and end at some point, some faster and some longer but the time in between and after, more so the aspects of relationships, parent to child becomes the shadow of our life.
My mom, Christina Hasselbalch, is a single, full-time working mother who somehow finds time to always be there for me. She wakes up every day at five AM to turn the heat on and wake up so she can wake me up at six. After I leave for school she works long and hard hours so can provide for me. She also drives me everywhere from soccer to my friends’ houses. So she does a lot but, somehow she finds time to keep the house clean and cook all my meals. My mom is an excellent mom because even though she works really hard for me he always finds time to hang out with me.
archipelago of Okinawa, Japan. Places where the people live to be 100 years old or older with
Okinawa Prefecture is Japan’s southernmost prefecture, comprised of 160 islands of which 50 are inhabited by ~1.5 million residents. The island of Okinawa is 68 miles long and 19 miles wide.
As a child Gloria read white American Literature, which later lead her to be a writer and publish great insight perspective writings.(encyclopedia) As Gloria got older, she was an advanced student in high school, she even graduated with honors.(encyclopedia) Later, while in college she faced an obstacle of finding her blackness after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.(encyclopedia).She then left to be a teacher for Jehovah Witness as a way to search for her purpose.(encyclopedia) Her whole childhood geared her towards being an author, and to write one of her most popular books “ The Women of Brewster Place ”.
Gwendolyn Brooks’ life was characterized by her struggles with race, struggles faced after aborting, and accomplishments with her career. Her issues were reflected in “The Mother,” one of the poems she wrote and that she was underestimated for. In this poem Brooks used the imagery of death, personification of an abortion, and imagery of an unborn baby to prove to people that women have the option to abort, yet it is regretted. Many critics do not believe the poem to be acceptable and their analyses is incorrect. Gwendolyn Brooks was born on June 7, 1917 in Topeka, Kansas.
However, the people of Okinawa do not consider themselves as Japanese and normally refer to themselves as ‘Yamatunchus.' The cultural beliefs of the Okinawan people are more influenced by the Chinese people rather than Japanese. Furthermore, Okinawans' have developed their political systems, local and regional festivals, religious ceremonies, languages, and holidays, although they are similar to the Japanese people regarding behaviors, diet, and social frameworks.
Okinawa or formally known as the Ryukyu kingdom is the most southern prefecture of Japan. Its capital Naha is located in the southern end of a chain of island that spans over 1000km including hundreds of small islands between Kyushu and Taiwan.
What can one say about their mother? One may talk about her positive and negative
A mother is someone who can take the place of all others but no one can take the place of her. There are many different definitions you could use to describe your mother. My mother, Pam Krull, fits every one of those. Today I decided to pick the three that I thought was most important to me. I admire and aspire to be like my mother because of how supportive, how selfless, and how loving she is.