Major Themes In Family Ties By Gaiutra Bahadur

Why do i believe “Family Ties” is the BEST novel that has ever existed ? Well Since a young girl (at the age of 8 ) i’d always wanted to know more about this Amazing Black Man who for 8 years was our First African American President . I had known he had grown up in Hawaii, had two beautiful children, an amazing wife , & went to Harvard BUT THAT JUST WAS NOT ENOUGH. I had to know more!!! This novel “Family Ties” by Gaiutra Bahadur, Goes into full detail about the life of “Barry”. This is a Nonfiction novel. A major theme was , after so long he had connected with this man who he’d never seen in person *his father* . The main character name is …show more content…
That hurt his feeling this lady who he’d lived with all his life was being prejudice. He’d gone to a white school all his life but that didn’t matter he had a couple of blacks friends, they stuck together . Barack Jr was smart in school just like his dad . They even both went to the best school Harvard University. They didn’t discuss to much about his mother and they talked a little bit about his stepmother. His father was a known doctor as he flew over to Kenya the airline attendant recognized his last name and ask “You wouldnt by chance be related to Dr. Obama”?. That surprised and made him feel at home. This is a great novel because it tells from the beginning to the end of how his entire life went . He never thought as a young mixed boy that he would’ve grown up to be one of the most successful men in the world