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In the TedTalk “Why Children of Immigrants Experience Guilt –- and Strategies to cope” by Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Kohli explains that children of immigrants often feel guilt if they don't meet their parents expectations, because they know their parents worked hard or sacrificed a lot to give opportunities, “Many children of immigrants feel chronic sense of guilt for letting their parents down, for not being enough, for being too American, for seeming ungrateful. There’s also this sense of a thriver’s guilt or this guilt of growing, healing, accessing resources and opportunities that maybe our parents didn't have or our family and other parts of the world don't have access to.” (Kohli 0:53). In the novel The Sun is also a Star, Daniel Bae is the son of two Korean immigrants who had immigrated to the U.S. in search for a better life, and his parents are pushing him and his older brother to become a doctor by going to Harvard or Yale, “Maybe he doesn’t want to be a doctor…Maybe he just changed. But we’re not allowed to change in my household. We’re on track to be doctors, and there’s no getting off,” (Yoon 30). In the novel, Daniel and his older brother Charlie were expected to go to Havard to become doctors, however all that pressure that was pressed onto Charlie had gone onto Daniel because Charlie had dropped out of Harvard. Daniel had an interview with Yale, however, Daniel's true passion is in poetry, but he feels he cannot pursue his dream because of the weight of the pressure his parents put onto his shoulders. These two sources connect Daniel and the feeling of guilt that comes from parents pushing their values onto their children, and the child not being able to pursue their own values and passions because of the lingering fear of disappointing their parents. Where in your novel is a character struggling with values that differ from their own? What are the values your characters have? Are those conflicting values holding your character back from something they have a passion for? For participants: -Never use a peer’s real name, only use their username -Respond to the question based on your book, not your personal opinion -If the question doesn’t directly apply to something that appears in your book, be clear about what you’re seeing instead -Make sure to include a summary of your book so far -Include a quote with the proper citation to give context to your answer -Acknowledge your lead’s reply to your response with a comment that clarifies information, offer a question to them about their book, or simply give a thumbs up To exceed: Incorporate a quote from a different Ted Talk or a different CommonLit text that has not yet been discussed in your group

By jennifer.... 1 month ago
One of the main stories in Junot Díaz’s book The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao gives the backstory on the lead character’s mother, Belicia “Beli” Cabral, and what her life was like growing up in the Dominican Republic under a dictatorship. She was briefly an orphan after her parents were killed but was then adopted by her aunt, who is referred to as “La Inca”, who then raised her on her own. While growing up under La Inca's care, Beli was told she would be expected to carry her parents legacy and get a job in the medical field as a surgeon like her father or a nurse like her mother. Beli doesn’t want anything to do with this and desires to go out on her own and figure out her own path. “La Inca expected Beli to be the last best hope of her decimated family, expected her to play the key role in a historical rescue mission… She wasn’t a maldita ciguapa, with her feet pointing backward in the past. Her feet pointed forward, she reminded La Inca over and over” (Díaz 81).

By dodonnell... 4 weeks ago
It seems like the character Daniel from my book and the character Beli from your book have very similar lives, living with the same expectations hanaging on their shoulders. What do you predict will happen with these expectations? Will the legacy of her parents pressure and guilt her into following those expectations? Or will she forge her own path and find what she desires to pursue?

By jgustafso... 4 weeks ago
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao focuses on Oscar de Leon, a very nerdy and overweight Dominican boy who struggles to find a girlfriend and loves writing and novels. When he finally falls in love after being alone for so long after he moves to the Dominican Republic. And the boyfriend of the girl that he is in love with “captain” who ends up having Oscar killed in a field because he wouldn't stop seeing her.My character values his self awareness and takes pride in knowing his place compared to others and often thinks hes intellectually superior just because of this. But he stops being self aware when he meets Ybon and he changes his mind set and stops listening to reason and does anything it takes to chase after her. “Shouldn't you be looking for a girlfriend? I got one. He said. She’s the girlfriend of my mind. A jealous Third wold cop boyfriend?”(Diaz 291)

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