Obasan and Poh-Poh Essay

Huong’s female characters succumb to the expectations of society, obeying and abiding by the traditional values. A distorted kind of self-realization is achieved through the women’s blind sacrifices. It is a pattern, a tragic oxymoron and an endless cycle; Aunt Tam, Que and Hang sacrifice all in the name of family and traditions, and this makes them feel worthy and satisfied. The novel ends with a twist as Hang realizes how this cycle ruins her mother and aunt and finally decides to break free from the burdens of

Jook-Liang looks at the mirror and tries to think that she is Shirley Temple after Poh-Poh reprimands that she is useless and ugly. Conversely, she finds that she is not that beautiful as Shirley Temple and it makes her feel uncomfortable. Actually, Grandmother’s rebuke makes her realize her inadequacies. Because of point of view, the traditional Chinese thinking that a girl is useless deeply affects Jook-Liang’s thought about the people around her and herself.

The way she manages to jump from herself to her grandmother back to herself and to her mother without losing focus or tension is commendable. Chinese Take Away travels along the river which flows from one generation to the next. Anna personifies her grandmother’s stories of survival throughout the 1930’s in China and Hong Kong. Then through her mother’s dislocation and grief in the 1960’s suburban Sydney and then through her own grief, confusion and amity making with her family’s histories and stories. Use of voice, movement and spacing separates the generations effectively. By having the generations intertwined Yen can effectively show how each links to one another in different situations, experiences and times of life. By using disjointed time sequencing, the viewer may be thrown off if it’s not correctly planned, but displays an insightful story and connection. Yen usually mentions the other generation and then smoothly transitions or sometimes abruptly jumps into

Her mother and the man develop feelings for each other. However, the mother decides not to accept the love because then Ok-hui cannot get a good husband due the social judgment and disapproval. She is willing to sacrifice her own interest for her daughter to have a better future. Ok-hui’s perspective presents the reader with an unbiased view of the world and her naïveness brings peace to the mind and makes the book a breeze to read.

In order to demonstrate the superficial knowledge of the Asian culture in American, Kingston uses herself as the narrator to create a “role embodiment narrative” that is The Woman Warrior. Readers are introduced to a narrator, who despite being of Asian descent, perceives the Asian culture as no less foreign, unfamiliar, or threatening than non-Asians. This invitation for reader identification even extends to Asian readers, who are led to see that even Kingston, an Asian-American scholar, constantly expresses a sense of confusion, loss, and incomprehension. In essence, the narrator serves as the avatar for the book’s non-Asian and Asian readers, with the majority of the former having ever only known the Asian American culture peripherally and

The novel Obasan revolves around the main character Naomi Nakane, who goes to visit her aunt soon after her uncles passing to check up on her. Throughout her time there, she discovers a box filled with her uncles belonging during the time of WWI such as pictures, documents, and letters. Through this, she learns of the hardships she and her family went through after the bombing of Pearl Harbour. The way the novel is written is in first person. We get to experience first hand on Naomi's thoughts, opinions and personal memories that she relates her findings to, since it is also written in an informal way, we also get to understand Naomi's thought process a little better, and the structure of the writing also plays a key role in the storytelling

According to Naomi, she exhibits the good spirit of helping others in need, making people around her untroubled and happy. Obasan, unlike Aunty Emily, refuses to come down completely on the issue of forgetting or remembering and argues the importance of keeping alive stinging memories. Despite her silence, she appears to be a strong and intellectual

But as soon as I get out the words “Chinese, traditional, grandmother,” Norah starts scribbling furiously on the page. In her hand, Wu mama is a crabby archetypal grandma. She turns into a flat character within seconds – one who’s snappy and rude. Her multidimensional personality is lost – her identity reduced to a boring, simple story. This route feels all too familiar.

Share with us your clinical experience of working with a patient using DMOADs (viscosupplementation or Glucosamine and chondroitin). Please support or discount their use with additional research and discuss.

It was Easter morning when my husband, Armen Ohanyan came back from the grocery store from where he bought a lots of foods in order for me to make dishes for Easter. My two sons who were four and five years old who saw their father at the door ran towards him with excitement. They cheerfully hugged him with joy just like every other time he came home. My husband always kneels down and hugs both children and shows them how much he loves them. Looking at them felt touching because there was happiness and tenderness in the air. I had been eagerly waiting for him to come home. Armen always spreads joy and happiness around himself. As a father and a husband he is always thoughtful towards his wife and children. Armen is always making sure that his family is untroubled and carefree.

Obasan centres around the conflicts of the Japanese Canadian internment and the emotional, physical, and hardships that fell on the Japanese during and after the war. Kogawa conveys that past events can impact an individual's life due to the traumatizing memories and cause them to feel conflicted, but it is possible for them to heal from such trauma. For instance, one of Naomi’s earliest traumatic memories was when she was molested by Old Man Gower, a family friend of hers. When she recalls the vivid images of Old Man Gower sexually abusing her, she claims that it was “unthinkable to be held by [such] force” (67-68). Naomi cannot even bear

Naomi’s attempt to receive vital information in her life causes her to have troubles dealing with surroundings. Obasan’s and Uncle’s lives around her are marked by silence. When Naomi’s mother leaves to assist her Grandmother in Japan, Naomi has little or no information about the state of her mother. When Naomi approaches Obasan and tries to get answers, the only achievement is Obasan’s silence. The family with the exception of the foil, Aunt Emily, has silence and inability to communicate with others. When Naomi was sexually assaulted by Old Man Gower at a young age she felt she could not tell any of her family. She did not make an effort to prevent it from happening again, she relied on Stephen to come and rescue her but, he never did. This was learned from her family, they never directly address the problem with one exception-Aunt Emily. Naomi’s attempt to live freely is prohibited by her family; Naomi has a desire for knowledge and cannot fulfill her needs in that area. While she lives with restrictions eventually, as she grows physically and mentally, she begins to gain the knowledge she wanted earlier. While Naomi may be prohibited by the actions of her family, the effort and desire to find out what is hidden eventually

Obasan by Joy Kogawa is narrated by the fictional character Naomi. Naomi’s narration describes the frustration she went through during her childhood. Reading through the novel, it is evident that the prime focus of the story revolves around Naomi, a schoolteacher with an upsetting past. However, it is strange that Joy Kogawa chose ‘Obasan’ as the title of the novel rather than “Naomi” the protagonist of the story. Analyzing the character Obasan, it is evident that Obasan (Naomi’s aunt), did not speak much English. Furthermore, Obasan is portrayed as a silent yet a caring individual. Within the novel, Naomi has two aunts. Even though Obasan means “aunt” in Japanese, it is strange that, Naomi only uses the term Obasan to describe one of her aunts.

The legend of Mae Nak Pra Kanong is well known amongst Thais. The lasting legacy of Mae Nak over the years have been dramatized and reproduced through movies, drama serials and even opera since the 1950s. Sukwong and Suwannapak aptly summarizes,

Research Investigation Research question: To what extent do traditional Noh masks express the personality of the lead characters such as Lady Aoi, Hikaru and Jasko in the play Aoi No Ue? Introduction The NOH theatre Noh theatre is derived form Japanese language as a word for skill or talent, so the full translation on English is a talented theatre .