Literature enlightens one’s mind; it opens a gateway to another dimension it captivates our thoughts and takes us to and fro into other cultures, writes Gurjyot Singh.
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ustralia is one of the most multicultural countries in the world. This multiplicity of cultures brings with it diversity and differences. Literature thoroughly discusses these key components and makes us re-think our thought process about multiculturalism. Therefore, literature should be studied to its full potential because through literature we develop and feel a new way of life and gain a thorough knowledge of a variety of concepts, which are beneficial and captivating. The concept of “culture” is engraved in and throughout the novel Only the Heart co-authored by Brian Caswell and David Phu An Chiem. Thus, the main cultural group explored throughout the novel is the Vietnamese people. …show more content…
Only the Heart is a novel full of tragedy and heart-break. It takes us through an incredible journey portraying profoundly, the hardships and tragedies that a Vietnamese family endures through communism. Throughout the novel, Vietnamese people are epitomized as having with a hard life with struggle. This becomes particularly clear in the novel when the Vo family members make themselves to leave their home country and precious belongings behind for Australia in ‘rusty-old’ boats with thousands of other refugees. This tells us that the Vo family had a hard time and went through difficult hardships on the boat.
Influences such as family, race, gender, history and geography have strong impacts on cultural groups because all of them are strongly linked to one another. The novel shows all these influences partially time to time, an example can be when the Vo family are waiting for Grandma at the airport, which puts a good influence on all family members of the Vo family showing a ‘family’
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ustralia is one of the most multicultural countries in the world. This multiplicity of cultures brings with it diversity and differences. Literature thoroughly discusses these key components and makes us re-think our thought process about multiculturalism. Therefore, literature should be studied to its full potential because through literature we develop and feel a new way of life and gain a thorough knowledge of a variety of concepts, which are beneficial and captivating. The concept of “culture” is engraved in and throughout the novel Only the Heart co-authored by Brian Caswell and David Phu An Chiem. Thus, the main cultural group explored throughout the novel is the Vietnamese people. …show more content…
Only the Heart is a novel full of tragedy and heart-break. It takes us through an incredible journey portraying profoundly, the hardships and tragedies that a Vietnamese family endures through communism. Throughout the novel, Vietnamese people are epitomized as having with a hard life with struggle. This becomes particularly clear in the novel when the Vo family members make themselves to leave their home country and precious belongings behind for Australia in ‘rusty-old’ boats with thousands of other refugees. This tells us that the Vo family had a hard time and went through difficult hardships on the boat.
Influences such as family, race, gender, history and geography have strong impacts on cultural groups because all of them are strongly linked to one another. The novel shows all these influences partially time to time, an example can be when the Vo family are waiting for Grandma at the airport, which puts a good influence on all family members of the Vo family showing a ‘family’