Gail Godwin and “Saving Sourdi” by May-Lee Chai are two stories about how family will always be there for you‚ no matter what. The central themes in both of these stories are similar‚ but the methods the authors use to portray them differ. May-Lee Chai was the first of her family to be born in the United States‚ so it wasn’t hard for her to relate while writing “Saving Sourdi”‚ which is about a struggling Asian family living in the south. Growing up‚ the two oldest sisters‚ Sourdi and Nea‚ were inseparable
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“Saving Sourdi” by May-Lee Chai In “Saving Sourdi” the protagonist Nea impacts the story with her personality. She is a caring and straightforward person. Sometimes she seemed selfish because it seemed that she wanted her sister all to herself. As the story progresses it shows that Nea was just trying to make sure her sister was happy. Nea has a strong character. Certain situations in her life have made her strong. She gets to see as the bond with her sister loosens and she cannot do anything
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In May-Lee Chais’ short story‚ “Saving Sourdi”‚ and Langston Hughes’ Poem‚ “Harlem” both explore human struggle through theme‚ symbolism‚ and tone. In “Saving Sourdi” theme shows how Chais’ character Nea is resistant to change. When the story opens Nea is in the family restaurant with her sister Sourdi‚ Nea watches this man harass her sister. Nea grabs a knife and stabs the man. When Sourdi explains to Nea that she cannot function this way Nea simply tells Sourdi “I shoulda killed him! I shoulda
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“Saving Sourdi” by May-Lee Chai and “A Good man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor. In the short stories “Saving Sourdi” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find” symbolism is used to foreshadow and explain the characters’ views on life or death. In “A Good Man is Hard to Find” there are various uses of symbolism including the Misfit’s car‚ the town‚ Toomsboro‚ the family passes through on their journey‚ and the forest they crash in. The Misfit’s car is described as a “big black battered hearse-like automobile”
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remains childish in her actions and decisions. * Explain how Nea and Sourdi serve as character foils to each other. Nea is extremely protective of Sourdi. Her desire to fend for her “China Doll” sister (69) is the stem of all her decisions throughout the story. Sourdi is the prettier and more desirable sister. Nea believes that her role in life is to protect Sourdi. As the plot progresses‚ however‚ it is easy to see that Sourdi is in fact quite strong and unbreakable. * Discuss whether you
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Although society likes to paint pictures of perfect family relationships and what they are expected to be‚ they are more often riddled with trials and tribulations that do not always have a happy ending. “The Moths” by Helena María Viramontes and “Saving Sourdi” by May-lee Chai are prime examples of youth struggling to achieve acceptance. In “The Moths”‚ the narrator realizes that she does not satisfy her family’s expectations‚ but she is not willing to relent to the pressure they put on her to conform
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NEA CHARACTER ANALYSIS Literature and Composition Turner Nea: Saving Sourdi Character Analysis “Saving Sourdi” by May-Lee Chai‚ discusses a classic plot of the metamorphosis from childhood to adulthood. In her story‚ the two main characters Sourdi and Nea develop in stark contrast to one another. Nea‚ the younger sister‚ has difficulty growing up and maturing as her own life‚ as well as her sister’s life‚ progresses. Her naivety‚ aggression‚ and anxiety influence her decisions throughout
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The Price of Indebtedness in May-Lee Chai ’s "Saving Sourdi" Whether stabbing a man with a paring knife or getting a friend to punch her sister ’s husband in the face‚ Nea always manages to start trouble for her and her sister‚ Sourdi. She doesn ’t do it on purpose‚ it ’s just that Nea will do anything to protect her older sister. The issue stems from when the family lived in their native Cambodia; Nea was only four and Sourdi carried her across a minefield on her back. Ever since that moment
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Clothes The text takes place in India and in California in the USA. It is an upper class family. We can tell that by the expensive saris‚ the mahogany almirah and the zari that is used to the sari for the bride-viewing. There are many persons introduced in the text. The main character is Mita Moni. Later she is called Somita Sen because she gets married. She is an Indian girl‚ and she is going to get married to the Indian man Somesh Sen‚ who lives in the USA with his family. It is an arranged marriage
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stranger‚ who lives on the other side of the world? How do you cope with being removed from everything you know‚ and placed in a completely different culture? Clothes is a story about a woman’s life‚ which is about to be turned upside down. A marriage with a man she barely knows sends her across the ocean to the daunting world of L.A. Clothes os a short story of love‚ arranged marriage and clothing‚ with Sumita as the main character. Sumita seems like a very kind‚ yet naïve young woman. She believes
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