Sunday, September 13, 2009

Reader Response

1. Sometimes the way how the girl gets in trouble by her mom really reminds me of how my mother and I fight.
2. When the girl goes up to play piano at the talent show, I totally understand how she feels. I would also be extremely nervous.
3. When the girl's mom makes her do practice tests, that reminds me of how when I was young, my mom made me do math practice tests online and it totally sucked.
4. The girl does not enjoy playing piano, and I felt the exact same way when I used to play it.
5. When her mother told her that there are two kinds of children, the obedient ones and rude ones, it automatically made me think of the Confucius philosophy. My parents are against that philosophy, but it made me think of the older generations in my family who followed those teachings
6. While the girl was watching T.V. and her mother ordered her to turn it off, it instantly made me think of the times when my parents told me to shut off the T.V. and go up to my room when I got in trouble.

From the girl's personal perspective, the story would be told as how she is treated unfairly. Her mother expects her to be something that she's not and pushes her to do things that she is not comfortable doing with. Her mother makes her play piano, go to the talent show, and be a person that she just can't simply become. The girl constantly retorts that she's not a genius and cannot do those things.


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