Being raised as 1 out of 5 children by a single mother, I have learned to acknowledge and appreciate the sacrifices my mother has made to be a great parent. And I feel that the only way to show my gratitude to her is by becoming successful and being happy with the decisions I make in life. In the passage “The Good Daughter,” Caroline Hwang gives an account of the obligation she felt when it came to repaying the sacrifice her parents made of moving from Korea to America for her. The main idea in the passage is that there is a debt owed to parents who make sacrifices in order to create better opportunities for their children’s future. Hwang productively expresses this main idea because she constantly talks about strong personal experiences that
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Hwang demonstrates the discontent she has when making these compromises by stating, “It tore me up inside to suppress my dream, but I went to school for a PhD in English literature thinking I had found the perfect compromise… felt I was staring at the bottom of the abyss. I had seen the flaw in my life of halfwayness, in my planned life of compromises.” The following statement was effective because she uses hyperbole to strongly express displeasure she has faced by trying to compromise with her parents intentions for her success. Usually a persons dream for their future are extremely significant and she has settled for something else because she tried to stay within the limitations of her parents expectations. The end result was her not being satisfied with the compromise as well as her parents not being pleased. This example relates to the idea that Hwang feels she owes a debt to her parents for their sacrifice because she made a compromise that she wasn’t satisfied within order to please her …show more content…
And for the most part that debt is repaid by the success and happiness of their future. This main idea expressed through the passage is significant because good parenthood is made by those sacrifices the parents make and it should never be taken for granted. Every child should show appreciation although it shouldn’t necessarily be considered a debt; gratitude should be given to let those parents who go the extra mile know that they are appreciated and remind them that all their sacrifices were for a greater
Hwang demonstrates the discontent she has when making these compromises by stating, “It tore me up inside to suppress my dream, but I went to school for a PhD in English literature thinking I had found the perfect compromise… felt I was staring at the bottom of the abyss. I had seen the flaw in my life of halfwayness, in my planned life of compromises.” The following statement was effective because she uses hyperbole to strongly express displeasure she has faced by trying to compromise with her parents intentions for her success. Usually a persons dream for their future are extremely significant and she has settled for something else because she tried to stay within the limitations of her parents expectations. The end result was her not being satisfied with the compromise as well as her parents not being pleased. This example relates to the idea that Hwang feels she owes a debt to her parents for their sacrifice because she made a compromise that she wasn’t satisfied within order to please her …show more content…
And for the most part that debt is repaid by the success and happiness of their future. This main idea expressed through the passage is significant because good parenthood is made by those sacrifices the parents make and it should never be taken for granted. Every child should show appreciation although it shouldn’t necessarily be considered a debt; gratitude should be given to let those parents who go the extra mile know that they are appreciated and remind them that all their sacrifices were for a greater