The texts in collection 1 focus on the relationships between individuals and society. The texts focus on how society impacts individuals. In Once Upon A Time, it is about a families’ awareness towards other races due to prejudice. In Quilt of our Country, it discusses how America is a pluralistic nation but we are all one. In Rituals of Memory, it explains of how everyone is similar because of the memory they gain through events. All 3 of these stories had certain themes or messages that had something to do with society or people. In Once Upon A Time, an author begins telling a story after she suffers from insomnia after she feels robbed. Her story is about a white family. This family takes extreme security measures because the fear the people of “other color.” They feared the outside riots and intrusions. In the end, the boy dies after playing around the coiled gate. The author of this story was a privileged white woman born in South Africa,
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She speaks of how past events have shown that America unites together. She speaks on how America is unique in its own way because of all of the distinct races that it seems out of order. The author also brings up the devastation of 9/11 to describe a devastation that brought people together. She also mentions how she grew up as a mixed culture child. The theme of this story is no matter how different someone maybe from another person, it still makes us as people one.
In Rituals of Memory, there are many examples of imagery to describe how she gains memory. She begins with her friend, and how she gained memory from hair. She also mentions on how she develops memory from culture. In her culture, she saw gaining memory like a rite of passage. She talks of how she had lived in a diverse community. The author’s claim is that no matter how different you are from someone, you are the same when it comes to developing
She speaks of how past events have shown that America unites together. She speaks on how America is unique in its own way because of all of the distinct races that it seems out of order. The author also brings up the devastation of 9/11 to describe a devastation that brought people together. She also mentions how she grew up as a mixed culture child. The theme of this story is no matter how different someone maybe from another person, it still makes us as people one.
In Rituals of Memory, there are many examples of imagery to describe how she gains memory. She begins with her friend, and how she gained memory from hair. She also mentions on how she develops memory from culture. In her culture, she saw gaining memory like a rite of passage. She talks of how she had lived in a diverse community. The author’s claim is that no matter how different you are from someone, you are the same when it comes to developing