Buddha In The Attic Analysis

Julie Otsuka’s novel Buddha in the Attic reminds me of the famous metaphor ‘The grass is greener on the other side”. ‘The other side’ is the right side of the fence that seems full of opportunities and possibilities to the folks standing on the left side of the fence. The story is about similar events that took place in the 1920’s in the United States of America which does a masterful job in relating this daring topic. As human beings, we all want to have better lives and living conditions, for ourselves as well as for our children. This is the main reason we leave our homes and families and migrate to countries solely based on what we have heard, read and seen in pictures and movies. The novel is about a community of impoverished women who migrated from Japan as picture brides looking for a better life here in America. Their parents arranged these marriages through …show more content…
Otsuka manages to relate the story from the plural narrative and captures the voices of all the immigrant women and their plight in a new world away from their parents and unfamiliar surroundings, trying to adjust into marriage and work. Learning as they go, living with men who at times abuse them. People migrate to America for various reasons such as looking for a better life, due to political instability and economic hardships.
Wanting a better life is a universal desire for us humans. This desire extends from individuals to their families. Almost every parent wants what is best for their children, and in order to achieve this, some of them are willing to uproot themselves from their country of origin and leave their friends and loved ones to a foreign land in order to pursue happiness. The United States of America is known as the land of opportunity, where all of your dreams can become a reality. People from all walks of life come to America in search of that dream most commonly known as , ‘The American Dream’. Looking for ways to improve their current conditions