Paradise of the Blind: Cultural and Contextual Considerations of the Work through the Interactive Oral
How was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral?
My understanding of the novel was first shifted when the importance of food was brought up. While I was understanding the role of food was just to fill in the blanks, it actually reveals s citizen's status in their hierarchy of the social order during the revolution. Huong emphasizes the descriptions of food in the novel because he is trying to express that only people in the higher class can afford and enjoy the delicious Vietnamese food. Looking into the role of food more closely, food is also representing the importance of family and love in the novel. My understanding of this changed because I never realized this aspect of the novel. In the story, Que sacrifices her money and food to help Uncle Chinh when he was diagnosed with diabetes. This obviously pushed Que and Hang towards poverty, but they gave up what was important to them because they did it for the love of their family. Another understanding I came to was how much Uncle Chinh really had on the family. In Vietnamese tradition, the father is the man of the house, followed by his oldest son. In this case, that person was Chinh. He did not allow Que to be with her fiancée any longer because he did not approve of him. This changed my understanding because the presentations proved with their thesis and quotes on the role of Chinh that he really did have control of the women in the house.
My understanding of the novel was first shifted when the importance of food was brought up. While I was understanding the role of food was just to fill in the blanks, it actually reveals s citizen's status in their hierarchy of the social order during the revolution. Huong emphasizes the descriptions of food in the novel because he is trying to express that only people in the higher class can afford and enjoy the delicious Vietnamese food. Looking into the role of food more closely, food is also representing the importance of family and love in the novel. My understanding of this changed because I never realized this aspect of the novel. In the story, Que sacrifices her money and food to help Uncle Chinh when he was diagnosed with diabetes. This obviously pushed Que and Hang towards poverty, but they gave up what was important to them because they did it for the love of their family. Another understanding I came to was how much Uncle Chinh really had on the family. In Vietnamese tradition, the father is the man of the house, followed by his oldest son. In this case, that person was Chinh. He did not allow Que to be with her fiancée any longer because he did not approve of him. This changed my understanding because the presentations proved with their thesis and quotes on the role of Chinh that he really did have control of the women in the house.