Saturday, January 9, 2016
Questions for 1/11: Kayla, Natalie, Neil, Rob, Ryan, Skylar, Zack
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Why does Mona feel as if she is "never at home"? Does she truly not have a home (identity), or is she just trying to figure out where her "home" is?
ReplyDeleteWhat finally pushes Mona to breakup with the suddenly vulnerable Seth, and why is she determined to stray away from her usual funny personality and act heartlessly?
ReplyDeleteWhat is Gish Jen trying to say with Sherman's personality change? Is it a good change or a bad change?
ReplyDeleteIs Mona recognizing herself and conforming to idea of being a typical immigrant family kid? Does she push her friends away because she feels as though they are trying to make her a different person (compared to who she wats to be)?
ReplyDeleteWhat is Jen trying to suggest with the sexual encounter and sudden breakup between Seth and Mona?
ReplyDeleteWhat is Jen insinuating with the subtle racist remarks, (Ex: "His jacket swings in front of him like a hanged man" (Jen 219).) from the narrator when Mona is talking to Alfred?
ReplyDeleteWhy did Seth fall into a "depression" after Alfred and his friends left?
ReplyDeleteQuestions:
ReplyDelete1. What finally pushes Mona to breakup with the suddenly vulnerable Seth, and why is she determined to stray away from her usual funny personality and act heartlessly?What is Jen trying to suggest with the sexual encounter and sudden breakup between Seth and Mona?
2. What is Gish Jen trying to say with Sherman's personality change? Is it a good change or a bad change?
3. What is Jen insinuating with the subtle racist remarks, (Ex: "His jacket swings in front of him like a hanged man" (Jen 219).) from the narrator when Mona is talking to Alfred?
4. Does she push her friends away because she feels as though they are trying to make her a different person (compared to who she wants to be)?