In my life so far my most memorable item is a headband I solicit from my mom. She bought the headband and gifted to my grandma when she was diagnosed as a lung cancer patient. Now, when ever I sees the headband I remember my grandma and the elements of live she taught.
I consider my childhood as both sadness and cheerful. My mom went to America when I was six years old, then my dad work in other province in China right afterwards. Because my parents thought themselves as irresponsible they entreat our family, their friends, and my teachers to care for me. So my living condition is mobile between these people, which includes my grandma’s apartment.
During the time when I live there, I see how my grandma taking care of me and the house. She …show more content…
So by wearing of looking at the headband i can feel my grandma, the headband just reminds me about my amiable grandma. The headband itself might be very cheep and easy to break, the surfaces of it already falling off, but the connotation of the object is irreplaceable. This is like the argument Purbrick made in her paper “The Emotion of Material Culture” that "To consider material forms as repositories of affection, not just desire" (Purbrick 11). That is especially true in my case because I value my headband by the memories, not even its purpose as a …show more content…
With the wave of consumerism, “a typical German owns 10,000 objects” (Gobry). Gorby listed a stunning estimation of the modern society, but how many of the objects we own really have a deeper meaning than besides the appearance. As my headband is possessed by three generations, gifted and loved, yet it’s worth nothing to people beside us. People nowadays are too concerned about the eyes of others that makes them rather wear for appearance than the wearings that implicit something important to them. This is true to my dad too, once I was going to wear my headband to school because it was after a year when my grandma passed out. However, he said mockingly, “ why are you wearing the frazzle headband to school, and you are a guy.” I was embarrassed, but I did not respond
I consider my childhood as both sadness and cheerful. My mom went to America when I was six years old, then my dad work in other province in China right afterwards. Because my parents thought themselves as irresponsible they entreat our family, their friends, and my teachers to care for me. So my living condition is mobile between these people, which includes my grandma’s apartment.
During the time when I live there, I see how my grandma taking care of me and the house. She …show more content…
So by wearing of looking at the headband i can feel my grandma, the headband just reminds me about my amiable grandma. The headband itself might be very cheep and easy to break, the surfaces of it already falling off, but the connotation of the object is irreplaceable. This is like the argument Purbrick made in her paper “The Emotion of Material Culture” that "To consider material forms as repositories of affection, not just desire" (Purbrick 11). That is especially true in my case because I value my headband by the memories, not even its purpose as a …show more content…
With the wave of consumerism, “a typical German owns 10,000 objects” (Gobry). Gorby listed a stunning estimation of the modern society, but how many of the objects we own really have a deeper meaning than besides the appearance. As my headband is possessed by three generations, gifted and loved, yet it’s worth nothing to people beside us. People nowadays are too concerned about the eyes of others that makes them rather wear for appearance than the wearings that implicit something important to them. This is true to my dad too, once I was going to wear my headband to school because it was after a year when my grandma passed out. However, he said mockingly, “ why are you wearing the frazzle headband to school, and you are a guy.” I was embarrassed, but I did not respond