Within one’s life, family is the strongest bond that motivates one to withstand obstacles. In the novels Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda and Kit’s Law by Donna Morrissey, they explore different interpretations of how family is the strongest bond between characters. In Secret Daughter, Asha is an individual who is adopted to a new family and struggles to find her identity as she uncovers her past about her biological family. Moreover, those around Asha learns the significance of how strong a family bond is. In Kit’s Law, Kit is a young naive girl who faces the harsh reality and struggles to accept the truth, as she learns that no matter the circumstances, families must remain together. Including those around her, they discover the truth …show more content…
The strong family bonds allow one to endure life and gain strength. For instance, Kavita who is her biological mother, suffers from her past since she makes a tough decision to give her daughter away to an orphanage, to give Asha a chance at life. Even after the arrival of her son years later, “the joy cannot transcend her grief. For years, she has longed for this moment. Now that it has come, it is laced with sorrow from the past” (Gowda 50). Although during this time she makes a difficult decision, her choice of giving her daughter away still haunts her, accepting that she may never see her again. Kavita’s guilt reveals that she is a loving mother and the loss of her daughter changes her life and must live in despair and grief. Kavita sacrifices herself to give Asha a chance at life and prays for her well-being everyday. The love she has for her long lost daughter is a bond that is never forgotten and that no matter the circumstances, the relationship between mother and daughter is the strongest bond. Furthermore, the bonds of family relationships are the most powerful bond that can change one’s lives. For instance, Somer learns to appreciate how much of her life revolves around Krishnan and Asha. This family bond creates a life that is meaningful and allows one to gain strength to endure its hardships. Somer realizes that “all she gave them through the years and the regret she sometimes felt over her career sacrifices, without them, her life was devoid of its meaning and fullness”(269). Although Somer struggles to maintain a happy family and live up to expectations, this strong bond reveals that despite the circumstances, family gives meaning to life and a reason to continue life. Throughout Somer’s life, her fear of losing Asha is clearly shown when she admits “that the bond she’s worked so hard to build will be tainted...”(162). Although she understands that Asha
At the same time as Lamb learned about the moral system that ties families together, she also explained about the concern that people in Mangaldihi had in regards to weakening of family connections (Lamb 2000, p.70). This is explained through a series of events including family conflicts and modernity. Many conflicts can be seen after marriage. As new member of another family usually the bride moves into the husbands household. The new status of married couples can cause tension between mother and son, mother in law and daughter in law (bou), father and son, but also between mother and daughter (Lamb 2000, p.71). The relationship between mother and daughter in law seems to generates the most problems. It is said that the bond between a mother
Family can help to build different character traits or it can help to better people. Family is also something that can be relied upon to help with different problems. Many times families and family members will teach a lesson that can be used later in life to help with varied situations. The people that are in the non-fiction literature all have one thing in common: they faced a problem, and were able to overcome it with the help of their family. With the help of family, people can better themselves and the people around them, by using the lessons their family has taught them.
Values shape the person that one becomes; they are either those that one learns to values or the ones that are instilled through others. Often values are shared with people without them being aware of it, through ones’ actions and thinking. The author of Secret Daughter, Shilipi Somaya Gowda may or may not be aware that her values were transmitted through her literature. Through her work, readers can distinguish many of her values that shaped the characters as well as the story itself. Gowda used the values that she believed in to connect with the characters almost sharing her life in the form of a novel. Gowda’s values were evident even in a small excerpt of Secret Daughter. It is clear to the readers that Gowda deeply values family, equality,
In life, there will always be ghastly memories standing in one’s way from achieving eternal happiness. It is up to mankind to determine how individuals should overcome adversity so they can experience the blissfulness that life has to offer. In Joy Kogawa’s novel, Obasan, Naomi’s experience throughout her life reveals the conflict between man versus self. Naomi seeks to find balance between remembering and forgetting her tragic childhood. Kogawa demonstrates how eradicating one’s past, dwelling on previous experiences, experiencing trauma, and shielding another from trauma can lead to one’s corruption.
The love in ones heart is not always as noticeable as we would like it to be; yet it is always present if someone truly loves another. It is hard not to have such a strong and desirable love for someone you have missed in the past. Ma and Tom Joad had so much love for each other, and it is rather funny how no one really noticed it but them. They always looked out for one and other during the hard times, it was the helping hand of the other that made them survive. "She crawled close to his voice ` I wanta touch ya again, Tom. It's like I'm blin', It's so dark. I wanta remember, even if it's only my fingers that remember `..." (569). If that person that you love with all your heart has to leave you, it would be the worst feeling in the entire world because you would know just then that you might not make it without them during the tough times. Ma Joad feels that exact emotion toward her son Tom. Thought must run through both of there head about how they will ever live without the other. It is a hard thing to face and a hard thing to defeat. The relationship between Ma Joad and her beloved son Tom is more than just family love; during the trip their connection grew to dependence and need.
In the novel Secret Daughter, it is continuously proven that blood relations are not the only element that binds a family. The main character, Asha starts off as an immature and inconsiderate girl. After making the discovery of her biological parents, Asha feels extremely upset and disconcerted. Paradoxically, however, Asha later realizes the true meaning of family and develops into a mature and understanding individual. In Shilpi Somaya Gowda's Secret Daughter, Asha changes from an immature and inconsiderate character to a mature and understanding one, because of a major turning point, which forces her to be extremely upset and disconcerted.
Through coping with the death of Maya, Sripathi is traditionally stubborn, but through coping with his daughter's death, feels the regret that comes with
who wanted to enter her life, she is left alone after her father’s death. Her attitude
Not all realities have a chance to endure alliance and devotion to assure inclusions may depict what is influenced by family and relationship. Both have its advantages and disadvantages but cannot compromise an unlimited process. An individual’s perception of Connection immaculately advocates the positive force of intriguing rewards. Challenge of hard work and motivation leads to succession. Belonging can be challenging but handsomely
This short story talks about the struggles and experiences of the main character, Nea. The main characters of the story are the elder sister Sourdi and the younger sister Nea. They both have grown up together and are really affectionate to each other. The story features diverse encounters of a family that’s consists of a single mother and her two daughters and also how their bond slowly fades away as all of them grow older gradually. The story is written from a point of view that influences how one views the numerous characters and their respective choices. This story particularly emphasizes heavily on the
...children for a short time, but as Sethe discovers, they cannot continue doing this forever or it will leave them with nothing to give and no energy to care for themselves. Modern mothers must heed the warning issued in Beloved and accept that sometimes it is necessary for a mother and child to be separated and that a mother should not try to compensate for this separation and risk losing herself in the search for her children’s happiness. The relationship between mother and child is unbreakable, no matter how much time has passed, but it must be treated with caution as it has the power to ostracize the two from the rest of the world and allow them to destroy each other.
In this paper, I will explain how House on Mango Street helps bring forth not only the true meaning of family but also how we take the simple things for granted as opposed constant wishing for materialistic items. Although family can’t be chosen, a person can control how they
How different are families compared to the past? Lately there has been some major changes in relationships, weather female dominance, or even just having no relationships at all. We also see that relationships are based only on a basis of reproduction and sometimes the child of the relationship is rather irrelevant. In a Temporary matter by Jhumpa Lahiri, the reader can see how relationships have developed with the rest of the world into failing, no relationship, and feminist relationships.
First, within each story there is a loving husband looking out for his wife. However, how the husband’s help their wife differs between A Secret Sorrow and A Sorrowful Woman. Both of the husbands mean well, but in the story A Secret Sorrow, the husband Kai had a main point for what he is doing to help. He is very persistent on fixing the problems and making the situation better for good. In the midst of the situation,
Once upon a time in a village lived a father, mother, and their beautiful daughter, Bawang Putih. They were a happy family. Although Bawang Putih’s father was just an ordinary merchant, their family lived in peace. However, one day, a tragedy happened. Bawang Putih’s mother severely sick and there was nothing that could heal her. Eventually, Bawang Putih’s mother died. Bawang Putih and her father deeply mourned for their lost one.