Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “There are no facts, only interpretations.” This is very true when we talk about how parts of our culture influences our perceptions. Our perceptions of others and the world around us are so heavily influenced by our beliefs, heritage, and traditions that it sometimes blinds us from being able to view someone else’s perspective.
In the story “An Indian Father’s Plea,” by Robert Lake (Medicine GrizzlyBear), the traditions of Robert’s Indian tribe blinds him from being able to see the difference between his Indian culture and the culture of the American education system. Robert explains that, “Wind-Wolf knows the names and migration patterns of more than 40 birds. He knows there are 13 tail feathers on a perfectly …show more content…
The one and only daughter in the excerpt, Amy Tan, feels imprisoned by her mother’s control. Her mother tried her best to influence young Amy. Amy eventually got fed up with her mother's control of her life and got furious with her mother. She eventually cried,”Why don't you like me the way I am?”(Tan 20) giving a great example Amy and her mom both have very different belief views of life. Amy likes to belief that she should be able to be the person she wants to be, unlike her mother who wants her to be her mother's image of herself. “So ungrateful,”(Tan 20) Amy’s own mom is getting frustrated with her daughter’s rebellion as would any parent in this unfortunate situation with her kid. Her superior mom had also told her, “If she had as much talent as she has a temper, she would be famous now,” (Tan 20) giving a clear showing that she is disappointed with her angry daughter. The talented daughter, Amy, had a childhood full of different beliefs between her mother and herself, from a daughter that believes she can be herself, and a mother who believed her daughter could be anything. A conflict between both continued throughout the entire excerpt, at one point Amy had shouted “Then I wish I were not your daughter, I wish you were not my mother,”(Tan 24) at her mother showing the conflict ever growing. Towards the very end Amy had started to wonder why had her
In the story “An Indian Father’s Plea,” by Robert Lake (Medicine GrizzlyBear), the traditions of Robert’s Indian tribe blinds him from being able to see the difference between his Indian culture and the culture of the American education system. Robert explains that, “Wind-Wolf knows the names and migration patterns of more than 40 birds. He knows there are 13 tail feathers on a perfectly …show more content…
The one and only daughter in the excerpt, Amy Tan, feels imprisoned by her mother’s control. Her mother tried her best to influence young Amy. Amy eventually got fed up with her mother's control of her life and got furious with her mother. She eventually cried,”Why don't you like me the way I am?”(Tan 20) giving a great example Amy and her mom both have very different belief views of life. Amy likes to belief that she should be able to be the person she wants to be, unlike her mother who wants her to be her mother's image of herself. “So ungrateful,”(Tan 20) Amy’s own mom is getting frustrated with her daughter’s rebellion as would any parent in this unfortunate situation with her kid. Her superior mom had also told her, “If she had as much talent as she has a temper, she would be famous now,” (Tan 20) giving a clear showing that she is disappointed with her angry daughter. The talented daughter, Amy, had a childhood full of different beliefs between her mother and herself, from a daughter that believes she can be herself, and a mother who believed her daughter could be anything. A conflict between both continued throughout the entire excerpt, at one point Amy had shouted “Then I wish I were not your daughter, I wish you were not my mother,”(Tan 24) at her mother showing the conflict ever growing. Towards the very end Amy had started to wonder why had her