Going Where I M Coming From Analysis

“The Sound of Music” directed by Robert Wise and “Going Where I'm Coming From” by Naomi Shihab Nye were inspirational short stories that helped create the lesson that was revealed in both stories. In the Sound of Music, Maria, who was a very elated, postulant person was trying to adapt to her new home and help the family she was assigned realize to follow your dreams. In “Going Where I'm Coming From”, Naomi was sent to an Armenian school for getting expelled in Missouri and was trying to adapt to her environment before going back to Texas because of a War. Even though Maria and Naomi have different backgrounds in their stories, they both discovered that human beings have not yet found their true place called “home”. The situations
with Maria and her true place of home was a bumpy ride. Maria started in a cathedral with nuns and got kicked out of her caused by her annoyance. Then, she finds her place with the Von Trapp family. Maria finds her happy place by interacting with the seven kids. Maria has one character trait that is very hard to manage which is the fact that she can make anyone realize to have joy in their lives. For instance, in the movie, the Von Trapp family had a boring life doing the same thing everyday. Maria tried to step up and give the Von Trapp family some advice without actually saying anything. A couple months later, the family was singing their hearts out and were happy to have Maria as their inspiration. Another proven fact that Maria has is that she can change anyone's personal aspect of life. For example, when she met the Captain for the first time, he had an attitude that was unmanageable to handle. Maria found the spark in the Captain that needed to light up. Maria taught the Captain to let out their emotions and focus on the real point of life. Maria showed the Captain how she taught the kids to sing, and let out their feelings. Once the kids started to share their feelings, the Captain realized how engaging their feelings makes anyone a better person. Maria shows dignity, strength, and peace to show how she is seeking to find her true home. Consequences can have good and bad effects. Naomi had good and bad consequences that effected her childhood. Naomi was an American girl who theoretically lived in Missouri, but unfortunately by her misconceptions, she got expelled and went to an Armenian school in Jerusalem. She then experiences the life there and leaves because of a war. Naomi progresses many internal conflicts such as sharing her strong sense of justice. She tried to persuade the headmaster to let her talk to boys (which was the problem). Her confidence is the key in this story and that's why she has a strong sense of justice. She goes up to the headmaster and explains the situation. Another trait she possesses is being loyal for cause. She inherits this cause because she shows true passion to her duties. For example, she emphasizes her feelings showing that standing up for yourself is great. When her dad tells her nicely to adapt to her environment, she thoroughly explains that she wants to go home with no further explanation. This shows that she has true admiration for her home and showing her feelings. That takes loyalty just to explain her true place. Having a strong sense of justice and loyalty gives anyone the power to truly express internal conflicts and how they feel about the world today. Maria and Naomi both have similar traits that effect their part of their story.
Both characters inherit confidence in their every action throughout the story. For example, Maria is not afraid to express her feelings to the Von Trapp Family and gives them a brief visual of how to just let go and feel the world a little. Naomi also expresses her feelings by marching up to the headmaster and her father about how some things need to be ignored (including not talking to boys and going home). One more clear detail that the two characters both share is that they never give up. In Maria's perspective of the story, even though the Captain is with another woman, she still wants to help the kids grow so they can be successful. Anyone can be successful if they never give up. Because of Maria's courageous acts, she got the Captain at the end of the story. On the other hand, Naomi also showed signs of not giving up by convincing her parents to leave and showing the good signs of going back. But unfortunately, she found Jerusalem peaceful and what she called “home”. Her move back to the U.S was significant because it taught her the importance of how we call a lot of places “home”. Naomi and Maria had a lot of factual beliefs, but those facts effected their daily lives in their own perspectives of both
stories. The setting for both stories emphasized how “home” has not yet been discovered for any human being. This type of setting was trying to convey how other things (animals, stars, etc.) have found their true place. Strategically, this is not the main point for this setting in both stories. The message that is being sent is that when anyone goes to more than one place, they feel a connection coming on. That connection is hope. The feeling inside of you is dignity. To find a true place of home, people need to dig deeper because obstacles are going to be ahead and in the way. Everyone's definition of “home” is different and the setting is showing how one place can effect your whole life and what next will change the meaning of “home”.