Quote #1: Pg. 51 Edwidge (narrating): "My father recalled how some macoutes would walk into the shoe store, ask for the best shoes and simply grab them and walk away. He couldn't protest or run after them or he might risk being shot"
The significance is that It really shows how there was a dictatorship in Haiti. The macoutes could do whatever they wanted and be able to get away with it because they had the president on their side. It give a big example of why her father came to America. If i worked in a shoe store trying to make a living and they could just come in and take them, i would want to live in a place that was based on fairness and equality.
I can connect to this because when i was little, if my brothers took something of mine i wouldn't get up and try to take it back because i feared they would just push me down and walk away. Even though her father and the macoute weren't brothers, they were all from one nation yet they treat each other as if they intruded into their country.
My question is, If you were the father how would you react to the macoute taking shoes for free? Also, if you had the power of a macoute would you take anything you wanted?
Quote #2: pg. 62 Edwidge (narrating): "It's difficult not to idealize the brave face my uncle might have put on his suffering after his radical laryngectomy in 1978, even if what appeared to be bravery was simply an attempt at shielding his pain from others."
I chose this one because it shows that her family had alot of problems with sickness, which shows how it was back in Haiti. Her family has alot of problems with heath and I'm surprised at how pretty much all of the one's who are sick try to hide it so they don't get embarrassed. They think they aren't good enough to be seen in public and are worried about their reputation.
I can relate to this because when ever i'm emotionally distressed i try to hide it, but not because I don't want people to see i'm sad but because I don't want people to ask me what's wrong and give me attention. However, at times I put on a game face to save myself from being laughed at.
My question is, If you were sick like her uncle, how would you present yourself?
Friday, February 20, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Museums
Heaven to Home
The purpose of that exhibit was to show the chronological order of the Jewish immigrants. some examples of different places in the exhibit are like the one I read about Jewish immigrants that traveled to Amsterdam and were rejected by a dutch colony because the governor was afraid they would be too much to take care of but let them colonize in the area because it was against the governor's morals to reject priests and rabies. His only rule was that the rabies couldn't preach their religion in public. They could only preach in private. Another one that I found interesting was that during Hitler's invasion over 100,000 Jews escaped to America. I know there were millions of Jews killed by the Nazis but to know that over 100,000 Jews found refuge in America reminds me of how so many other countries look up to us for guidance. And we accept.
As for the Immigrant Children exhibit I liked the picture of the African American women playing the guitar because being a musician myself, i liked seeing how different cultures of music have spread to America. America needs cultural music and Immigrants could bring it with them.
"If we stayed in Bosnia we would have probably been killed. Although no onw can predict the future, just imagine a seven year-old child wondering if he would be killed the next day or spared in this world we call home" - Denis Tuzinovi Bosnia
I chose this one because it shows how people dreaded being in their home country even though it was where they were born.
As for the Immigrant Children exhibit I liked the picture of the African American women playing the guitar because being a musician myself, i liked seeing how different cultures of music have spread to America. America needs cultural music and Immigrants could bring it with them.
"If we stayed in Bosnia we would have probably been killed. Although no onw can predict the future, just imagine a seven year-old child wondering if he would be killed the next day or spared in this world we call home" - Denis Tuzinovi Bosnia
I chose this one because it shows how people dreaded being in their home country even though it was where they were born.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Brother i'm dying
Literature Circles
Quote: “I found out I was pregnant the same day that my father’s rapid weight loss and chronic shortness of breath were positively diagnosed as end-stage pulmonary fibrosis.”
This shows that their life isn’t going in the direction they wanted to start it in. Edwidge and her father are definitely going through hard ships where she doesn’t want to tell him she’s pregnant and her father is embarrassed that he is losing so much weight. She was sad already when her parents left her for America and she was forced to be taken in by her uncle Joseph. But now that she is living with her parents she feels a little better.
I would be sad if my parents left me for another country but if I new I was being taken in by someone I really loved and that I could call “a second father” I would feel a little relieved. I can’t relate to the fact that I immigrated to America but if I was her father and I had a disease I would be embarrassed to show my face in public too.
How would you feel if you were Edwidge’s father?
Quote: “At the times, it was where papa appeared most comfortable, where he could cough without being embarrassed, because others were coughing too, some even more vociferously.”
This shows that the Americans weren’t verbally attacking her father because he’s an immigrant. Even if they didn’t pay attention to them it means they are treating him like an American. The doctors also treat him like an American and aren’t prejudice against him. I think he’s comfortable enough to feel at home in America.
I can relate to the comfortableness of the father because at the doctors if I’m coughing loudly people don’t look at me as if I’m a freak. I can also relate to being treated right because even though I was born in America I know there are people that are racist against Asians. Luckily I’m not persecuted for it.
If you were a doctor and had an immigrant patient how would you treat them?
Quote: “I found out I was pregnant the same day that my father’s rapid weight loss and chronic shortness of breath were positively diagnosed as end-stage pulmonary fibrosis.”
This shows that their life isn’t going in the direction they wanted to start it in. Edwidge and her father are definitely going through hard ships where she doesn’t want to tell him she’s pregnant and her father is embarrassed that he is losing so much weight. She was sad already when her parents left her for America and she was forced to be taken in by her uncle Joseph. But now that she is living with her parents she feels a little better.
I would be sad if my parents left me for another country but if I new I was being taken in by someone I really loved and that I could call “a second father” I would feel a little relieved. I can’t relate to the fact that I immigrated to America but if I was her father and I had a disease I would be embarrassed to show my face in public too.
How would you feel if you were Edwidge’s father?
Quote: “At the times, it was where papa appeared most comfortable, where he could cough without being embarrassed, because others were coughing too, some even more vociferously.”
This shows that the Americans weren’t verbally attacking her father because he’s an immigrant. Even if they didn’t pay attention to them it means they are treating him like an American. The doctors also treat him like an American and aren’t prejudice against him. I think he’s comfortable enough to feel at home in America.
I can relate to the comfortableness of the father because at the doctors if I’m coughing loudly people don’t look at me as if I’m a freak. I can also relate to being treated right because even though I was born in America I know there are people that are racist against Asians. Luckily I’m not persecuted for it.
If you were a doctor and had an immigrant patient how would you treat them?
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Immigration
Immigration Reflection
An immigrant is someone who moves to another country to live in. For example if someone born in Brazil comes to America to live, then they are an immigrant. Immigrants may want to leave their country of origin because their country is being dictated, because their country isn’t offering them a well paying job. Some may even have a dream to live in another country.
Our country of America offers more freedom then other countries. Our country has a better democracy then others. Our country pays better jobs. Some countries are communist countries. Our country has never been communist. This country is a lot safer then other countries for example Columbia is one of the biggest crime countries in the world. So people from Columbia may want to immigrate to our country.
Immigrants can occasionally smuggle in drugs or even people. What immigrants mostly take in from their countries is mostly knowledge, and culture. We have been able to learn about foreign countries by immigrants. The culture of America has changed its culture because of so many immigrants from all around the world. Immigration has changed my life in many ways. If my grandma had never immigrated to America I would probably not live here now. My dad’s good friend rose immigrated from Brazil and introduced him to the culture. In the early 1900’s so many people immigrated that most of us now have immigrant grandparents and great grandparents, and maybe even parents. I am grateful I live in this country and am glad my grandmother immigrated to America
An immigrant is someone who moves to another country to live in. For example if someone born in Brazil comes to America to live, then they are an immigrant. Immigrants may want to leave their country of origin because their country is being dictated, because their country isn’t offering them a well paying job. Some may even have a dream to live in another country.
Our country of America offers more freedom then other countries. Our country has a better democracy then others. Our country pays better jobs. Some countries are communist countries. Our country has never been communist. This country is a lot safer then other countries for example Columbia is one of the biggest crime countries in the world. So people from Columbia may want to immigrate to our country.
Immigrants can occasionally smuggle in drugs or even people. What immigrants mostly take in from their countries is mostly knowledge, and culture. We have been able to learn about foreign countries by immigrants. The culture of America has changed its culture because of so many immigrants from all around the world. Immigration has changed my life in many ways. If my grandma had never immigrated to America I would probably not live here now. My dad’s good friend rose immigrated from Brazil and introduced him to the culture. In the early 1900’s so many people immigrated that most of us now have immigrant grandparents and great grandparents, and maybe even parents. I am grateful I live in this country and am glad my grandmother immigrated to America
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