Analysis Of Museum By Naomi Nye

After reading “Museum” by Naomi Nye, I think that the purpose of her essay is to convey the message that mistakes or embarrassing moments not only have an effect on you, but on the individuals around during the moment. To explain, “Museum” is about the author and her friend, who entered into the wrong house believing that it was the McNay Museum. It is not until the home owners bring it to the women’s attention that they are in the wrong place. During this embarrassing scene, the teenage daughter was present and her views of her parents and her home were changed. To further my explanation, the teenage daughter bumps into the author thirty years later and reveals to her that it was her embarrassing moment/mistake that opened her eyes to the …show more content…
Diaz faintly states his thesis in the first paragraph only to clearly drive his thesis home in the concluding paragraph. I think Diaz chose to present his thesis in this manner so that the essay would shy away from him and bring the focal point directly onto his mother. I believe he chose to do this because he clearly stated in his thesis that his mother is the reason that he became a professional writer. By stating this in the first paragraph it takes away from his mother’s story and brings the attention to himself. Also, presenting the thesis this way did have an impact on me while reading the essay. To explain, by removing himself from the first paragraph, I found it easier to relate to the essay through his mother’s story. In other words, the actions and courage his mother showed made it easy for me to relate it to the action and courage that my own mother shows on a daily basis. Additionally, when Diaz uses a similar sentence for the first and last sentences of the essay, it brings the focal point back to his mother. This also caused to me to think of my own mother and relate to the essay as I started to read, and as I finished the