5 Comments
1] Mai's mother finally got to reunite with her father.
2] Mai;s mother thinks that Mai looses herself in her thinking.
3] In one of her mother's entries, Mai's mother talks about karma and genetics.
4] Mai seems very uncomfortable with her situation in life.
5] Baba Quan seemed to be lost somewhere in Viet Nam.
4 Questions
1] How did they find her (Mai's) grandfather?
2] Did they go to Vietnam to see him?
3] Did they bring him back to the U.S?
4] What was Mai's mothers reaction?
3 Vocabulary
1] Embargo: an order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports.
2] Nostalgia: a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time: a nostalgia for his college days.
3] Incremental: something added or gained; addition; increase.
2 Literary Terms
1] "I could feel the pulsing of veins that usually precedes entry into a forbidden, private realm." -Metaphor.
2] "I continued my desire to probe for loose memory." -Metaphor.
1 Overview Sentence
Mai's mother didnt really reunite with her father. It was all in her head.
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