#2 Roar 5:4:3:2:1

Here's another post you guys (: . I'll have alot trouble soon, since I'm having a history paper to do. SO I'll try to finish it off quickly. ^^ Meanwhile, enjoy the second treat on Monkey Bridge.



Monkey Bridge

Lan Cao



5* Comments

1- There is alot of history of the WWII between America and Vietnam that is beign mentioned. That Mai's father used to tell her, "one wrong move" could ruin the whole nation. But to Bobbie and Mai there is no "one wrong move" in America, and Mai is blending in very well in America because Bobbie is there for her. But once again not always "one wrong move" could ruin her.

2- Mai's mother really cares about Mai's education, even though like the comment above "one wrong move" could ruin a country, but though in a ruin country no one could take away Mai's education as her mother had told her. My parents as well thinks my education is very important and I think it connects to most asian families because they tend to be very strict when it comes to their child's education. I'm just implying ^^ no bad thoughts.

3- WOW! On page 34, I haven't noticed but I just found out the word "please" in vietnamese , "Lam ong" literally means "to make good karma". "Lam" is really "make" in english and "ong" is "good karma". As said in the book as well and I was really suprised because I've never noticed that! ^^ This is a great deal when it related to the lanuage I speak. By the way, Vietnamese are very into karma and so.

4- Thanh misunderstand the american customs, like when waving "come here" in Vietnam is it taken as goodbye, so Mai's mother said that the clerk in the store was looking down on them. I can tell this is something that has happen to many people who just started to live in America because the difference that establish the different cultures. It's not Thanh's fault but it would hav been better if she did not assumed it so hastely.

5- Mai went into her mother's notepad and in it was Thanh's handwriting writing about her stories and her mother's stories (Mai's grandmother). In it, it described the day Mai's grandmother was getting married to Baba Quan. And that Mai doesn't seem to understand the same thing Thanh does. I had a reference to Romeo and Juliet because that time Mai's grandmother was only 14 years old and she had to get married young as well as Juliet.

4* Questions

1- What is A & P that is referred in the book on page 32?

2- Did Mai's grandmother wanted to get married ths early in life as well?

3- Does Thanh know how to speak English? How about Mai? Since she just came here, how does she communicate to Bobbie and everyone else?

4- Is thanh released form the hospital yet?

3* Vocabulary

1- Endeavor: V : to exert oneself to do or effect something; make an effort; strive:

2- Indefatigable: incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.

3- Embassy: body of persons entrusted with a mission to a sovereign or government, esp. an ambassador and his or her staff.

2* Literary Terms

1- Allusion: To the American Dream on page 40. That the Vietnamese version of the American Dream was to immigrant faith in the future and become whatever they wanted to be in America. ( I was learning about the America dream during class and now we're reading A Raisin in The Sun).

2- Allusion: To Romeo and Juliet from Thanh's mother having to marry young. I thought it was pretty cool how some cultures have the same customs. Esp. marrying young which I kind of dissapprove.

3- I have another one : Repetition: for the phrase " One wrong move" It seems very foreshadowing but I'm not so sure but it does show up alot of times.

1* Overview

1- There is alot of things going on in this small section. What is being mentioned was that the American Dream, and how asians wanted to migrant to America because that is what they believed. Then there was about the education factor between the Mai and her mother conversation. Net few pages were about the American customs and how Mai's motehr wasn't used to them. And finally is about when Mai secretly went and saw her mother's writing about the old days.