Exposing the truth behind their families, Maxine Hong Kingston learns about her Aunt and the secret her family has kept from her. She can’t seem to figure out if it’s a life lesson that her mother is trying to give her or the actual truth. Relating to family secrets and beliefs, M. Scott Momaday revisits his home land, Oklahoma, discovering and connecting his grandmother’s history to the stories of his ancestors, the Kiowa tribe. Also, Experiencing a moment in their lives where peer pressure over rules George Orwell and Langston Hugh’s learn more about themselves from the decisions they made. Whether shooting an elephant was the right thing or if standing up and pretending to accept god is the right as well. Lastly, Henry David Thoreau, expressing
