Personal Narrative: A Trip To Amigee's Funeral

Part One: Adaptation

Dadiji was going to arrive to Canada tomorrow early morning. Abugee and Amigee went to pick up Dadiji to the airport. It was her first flight to abroad country. I and Hamza decided to tell her about our first winter and the places we visited until now. Amigee informed me and Hamza to clean the house before they arrive and arrange the food prepared on the table. Are you going to share your room with Dadiji, Khadija as you are more excited to see her? Hamza asked. Yes, I can share my room if needed, I replied.

Even you also would have to share your room with some or other person of our family member. All the guest will start arriving because of wedding after two days. I will think of it, or else I will talk to Amigee
not to give my room, says Hamza. Dadiji arrived, we opened the door and welcomed her. I and Hamza started asking Dadiji that what she brought from Pakistan for us. Dadiji looked very tired as it was long journey of whole one day. We were very happy to see her after long time. Amigee, Amigee can we open her bag and take all the food packets out, as I and Hamza want to eat some snacks brought from Pakistan. And Dadiji gave us the permission to open up all bags and take it out carefully. We started talking with Dadiji in the afternoon, that how things are different here from our country, the behavior of people, our friends, and description of the places we visited.

Abugee whispered; Dadiji is feeling sleepy so you both can continue your talks with her tomorrow. “Sorry Abugee” but I was so excited that couldn’t control my talks, I replied. Dadiji said politely, I am also excited to hear from Khadija and
Hamza about their lives and get new experiences being in Canada.
After dinner, Dadiji went to sleep. I and Hamza were discussing that, where should we take Dadiji tomorrow as her first visit? Amigee replied harshly, that we are not going anywhere tomorrow except ‘The Masjid’ (Mosque) for praying to god. As our whole family is getting together after long time for ‘Uravi Wedding’ all are busy in preparation of this wedding. Amigee also mentioned, will take her for visit after five days to all the paces we visited until now.

I asked Hamza, should we take her to our school? “Ask to Amigee Khadija; she is the one who decides everything” Hamza said.

Next day, Dadiji, abugee, Amigee, I and Hamza visited to the mosque for blessing from god. Dadiji said proudly, that I am proud of my children and grandchildren who still believes in culture and be religious after staying far from their country. Abugee, Amigee and Dadiji have tears in their eyes. The new beginning of Dadiji begins and sooner she will realize that how people respect to each other in every corner of Canada rather than Pakistan and the struggles which we faced while arriving in
Canada.

Part Two: Analysis

Paragraph One
“Coming to Canada” book by Rukhsana Khan inspired me to choose this story for writing my assignment 8 “Creative Adaptation”.
It is one of the best book for all the migrating people who moves from one country to another for better future and has to face many struggles in their lives. I remember when my grandmother arrived for first time in the year 2015 for the purpose of my cousin sister Uravi’s grand wedding on August 2, 2015. I thought to add a new scene at the end when Khadija named that her Dadiji (Grandmother) was coming to visit Canada soon. Our whole family has settled in Canada except my parents. Therefore the purpose of my Dadiji visit to Canada was to make sure that all are living happily and got settled nicely or not. Her visit to Canada was completely “A new life” as she was unaware of all the rules and regulation in new country Canada. There will be a respectful people more than our back home country. She will get new experience that how I and my uncle aunt got settled here facing many problems in the beginning. Same as, Dadiji will also be experiencing how Khadija, Hamza, Amigee and Abugee passes through until now. It was the support of Dadiji to adapt the change which her family experienced. How Dadiji will feel in Canada, is additive change of the story. She will like the visit to Canada or not? There will be great change found to her because the country where she lived and the country she is visiting will be vast different in terms of culture and belief
system. Would she be able to adjust with the environment and diversity from her own country? Thus, the understanding will be a great change that how a person feels while visiting new country than their own country.

Paragraph Two
In my new adaptation, the characters acted same as the story. They remained faithful to their characters as original story and played the same role without any change. I will talk about all characters roles in the original story and in my new adaptation for comparing it easily. Firstly, Khadija was an exciting character, she was the girl who like to do new things. In the beginning of the story Khadija was curious to go to Canada and start a new life in a new country. She was the person who was not afraid of a new start in her life. She also tries to motivate her brother Hamza to adapt life and face all the circumstances. Likewise, I tried to keep Khadija excitement when Dadiji arrived to Canada by showing her new places. Secondly, Hamza’s character was unpleasant and rough towards Khadija and his parents and for social life too. In the whole story, Hamza was complaining about certain things which he do not want to adapt and start comparing with his back home country Pakistan. He once said that “They look like they want to me”. Therefore, I kept Hamza rough words in my new scene when he was talking with Khadija. At last, Abugee and Amigee character was very loving with Khadija and Hamza. His father (Abugee) says that he is doing everything for their better future and get settled in an unknown country Canada by moving from their own country. By calling Dadiji in Canada is their great decision for experiencing new culture and visiting new places. Her visit may not be long but it will be great experience to her. I tried to keep all the character roles as the original story for better understanding of my new adaptation.

Paragraph Three
While reading the story for the first time, I found that Rukhsana Khan is Khadija itself and she is describing her own story about moving to Canada. Likewise, I also started writing as if I am Khadija and started describing the arrival of Dadiji. I read the whole story thrice that how Khadija use to write and tried to adapt her style. I maintain the author writing by keeping the same role of all characters and describing them in same tone by adding new lines. I kept the same character Abugee, Amigee, Hamza and Khadija, the addition was Dadiji in descriptive manner of my new story “The Visit”. The title of my new adaptation story was kept from the horror movie “The visit” in which Grandchildren visit their Grandmother and Grandfather house. Also keeping in mind, that ‘A New Life’ and ‘The Visit’ should not contradict each other in terms of sound, tone, setting etc. I tried to make it real as the original story. Therefore from the end of story, I did a new beginning of my adaptation that Dadiji will like Canada or not? It will be completely live to see her reaction about adapting new life and go through the problems which we faced in our start out. I added different dialogue but in same tone how Khadija and Hamza use to talk in “A New Life”. All in all, I contributed a unique beginning from the end of the original story, with same idea of story, in same tone and language, same personal magnetism of all the characters and new secret that what will happen with the experience of Dadiji “The Visit”.