“Saving Sourdi” The story “Saving Sourdi” is by May-Lee Chai describes the protagonist Nea. Nea has very noticeable qualities‚ but the one that fits her best is being “protective”. Nea is very protective over her older sister Sourdi. First‚ Nea is protective in the family restaurant. Nea and her sister Sourdi is working late in the restaurant as some drunken men come in‚ and the bother Sourdi. Nea stabs one of them yelling “get away from my sister!”(129). Nea mom asks her what happen
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Saving Sourdi Brittany Bennett Brown Mackie College-Atlanta Saving Sourdi” by May-Lee Chai‚ discusses a plot of the metamorphosis from childhood to adulthood. Chai writes “Saving Sourdi” in first person point of view told by Nea‚ who is also the protagonist of story. The purpose of this essay is to examine the conflict‚ setting and theme of “Saving Sourdi” to tell the story of two sisters. In Saving Sourdi‚ the two main characters Sourdi and Nea develop in contrast with each other. Nea‚ the
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same‚ motivation is needed. Nea is driven in much of her life by the goal to save her older sister‚ Sourdi. She tried time after time to save her. Sourdi did not normally need saving though. Sourdi did not saving from the drunk man who was hitting on her. Nor did Sourdi need saving when her boyfriend‚ Duke‚ took her to the field and Nea thought she was panicking. Again‚ Sourdi did not need saving when she married a much older man‚ moved away‚ and started a family of her own. Nea was wrong when
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In the story “Saving Sourdi” May-Lee Chai expresses the theme coming of age through the eyes of a young girl Nea who desperately tries to save her older sister as she becomes more mature and grown up. Nea is faced to deal with situations where she feels a need to save her older sister Sourdi from the people around her. As Sourdi begins to distance her self away from the family the differences between the two girls begins to show. Sourdi becomes more mature‚ gets married and starts her own family
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McCarty 1 Tammy L. McCarty Jan S. Ward ENG/270 09/12/2014 In Saving Sourdi‚ the little sister‚ Nea attempts numerous times to save her sister. First Nea attempts to save Sourdi from an unruly customer. At which she gets berated not only from her mother but also Sourdi. The second time is from Sourdi’s boyfriend Buck. The third time is from an older man‚ her Uncle’s friend‚ with which Soursi marries. The fourth time she involves Buck when she attempts to save her from her husband.
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“Saving Sourdi” by Mailee Chai‚ is a story of a women name Sourdi ‚ where her life is been arranged for marriage to a husband who will provide a lifestyle suitable to raising a family. However‚ she was provided with a good environment to raise their children in‚ and a strong man who will support their needs financially. As a young child Sourdi was really close to her younger sister Nea; They talked about things every night before going to bed. Exclusively their relationship had fell down the
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to Nea in "Saving Sourdi" by May-Lee Chai who ends up being rejected by her sister despite trying to protect her on multiple
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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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Discussion Board “Saving Sourdi” Clare Barker February 25‚ 2015 “Once‚ when my older sister‚ Sourdi‚ and I were working alone in our family’s restaurant‚ just the two of us and the elderly cook‚ some men got drunk and I stabbed one of them. I was eleven” (Chai‚ 2001). The opening statement to‚ “Saving Sourdi” written by May-lee Chai‚ set the tone for the narrative. Nea‚ the narrator‚ clearly expresses her strong feelings of love and protectiveness for her older sister‚ Sourdi. She also gives
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Alexandra Simmons Professor Collum English 1302.0410 February 21‚ 2013 “Saving Sourdi” Part I In “Saving Sourdi” by May-Lee Chai‚ the author creates Sourdi and Nea’s characters using description‚ narration‚ dialog‚ and commentary. Description “Sourdi looked like a statue that had been rescued from the sea. She was smooth where I had angles and soft where I was bone. Sourdi’s face was round‚ her nose low and wide‚ her eyes crescent-shaped like the quarter moon‚ her hair sleek as seaweed.
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