1. The author opens
the story with an anecdote. What is the anecdote and what effect does it have
on the reader? It shows that her grandfather is very into the Chinese side
of his life but the next generation care very little about it
2. What is the
author’s view of the Chinese language in the 2nd paragraph? She thought it
was unnecessary as everything else was in English as they were in Australia.
3. What is symbolic
about the house that the Grandfather mistakes for his own? What does it say
about the assimilation of his family into Australian culture? What does it say
about his understanding of Australian culture? What is ironic about the
inhabitants of this house? It was the exact same as there so it shows that he
was losing his mind that there type of culture all had the same houses and stuff
it was very basic they were from a different culture.
4. What does the
death of her grandfather inspire the author to do? It makes her speak Chinese
again and think more about her culture.
5. Why is she
motivated to know Chinese? What is it she wants to ensure she is able to,
regretting that she couldn’t do it with her grandfather? As she wants to respect her grandfather and
talk about her culture and life.
The author makes us
consider what it really means about understanding someone's language? What
basic human skill/ability is the author highlighting that cuts across all
cultures? The basic thing that all
humans have is the ability to communicate this gives everyone the ability to
communicate and share experiences.
Describe a time when you were at fault for not
communicating with someone because of your own selfishness or lack of
compassion. When someone is disabled or with some genetic mutation I have avoided
them as the situation is hard to speak about as they put pressure on the human
mind.
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