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Monday, May 17, 2010
Initial Description vs. Back-Story
Look back to June’ initial description for her three aunts. Now that you’ve read some of their back-stories, how does their past account for their present condition, characteristics, and personalities?
In the beginning of the book, June described each of her aunties which reflects they're past experiences and their childhoods. June describes Auntie An-mei as a quick, expert with her fingers. She doesn't have to think about what she is doing. In Auntie An-mei's past, her mother was known to be a ghost because she betrayed her family. This shows the An-mei always knows to be quick and an expert with her fingers to make all the right decisions. She does not want to be known as a ghost like her mother was, so she always is quick to making the right decisions. June describes Auntie Ying as the weird auntie, lost in her own world. This description relates to her past when she fell of the family cruise ship at a party. She was lost in the water and put ashore, the people that found her expecting her to find her way home. This reflects how she got lost as a kid, and always seemed to stay that way, even after being found be her family. Lastly is Auntie Lindo who is described as competitive and has invisible strength. This is shown in the story, The Red Candle, from her marriage at a young age, and the childhood she lived. Lindo had the strength to stand up to her mother-in-law and husband and get out of the life she hated living. This describes her strength side.
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In the beginning of the book, June described each of her aunties which reflects they're past experiences and their childhoods. June describes Auntie An-mei as a quick, expert with her fingers. She doesn't have to think about what she is doing. In Auntie An-mei's past, her mother was known to be a ghost because she betrayed her family. This shows the An-mei always knows to be quick and an expert with her fingers to make all the right decisions. She does not want to be known as a ghost like her mother was, so she always is quick to making the right decisions.
June describes Auntie Ying as the weird auntie, lost in her own world. This description relates to her past when she fell of the family cruise ship at a party. She was lost in the water and put ashore, the people that found her expecting her to find her way home. This reflects how she got lost as a kid, and always seemed to stay that way, even after being found be her family.
Lastly is Auntie Lindo who is described as competitive and has invisible strength. This is shown in the story, The Red Candle, from her marriage at a young age, and the childhood she lived. Lindo had the strength to stand up to her mother-in-law and husband and get out of the life she hated living. This describes her strength side.
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