“High expectations are the key to everything.” This quote by Sam Walton, who claims how these expectations tend to inspire and courage us to achieve higher in life and nobody else can prevent from doing it if we have desire to do it. Every parent has had expectations and goals for their children’s that play a huge role in their life in shaping a better opportunities and future. In the novel, Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet by Jamie Ford, he describes how Henry’s father have a lot of expectations for his son, how he wants him to go to all-white school as a scholar student, become like an American person. These expectations created a lot of conflicts with their relationship with each other, sometimes high expectations from parents can
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While there are a lot of things that our parents expect for their children, the main expectations they have from us are following cultural tradition, following family rules, and being self-disciplined to others; however, it also can create a lot of conflicts between their relationships for not living upon their expectations. Parents have so many expectations for their children, which they expect us to fulfill it such as following cultural tradition. However, it also tends to create a lot of conflicts between their relationships. It is very hard to live up to parents’ expectations, this is one of the main consequences that children are facing in today’s world. For example, in Jamie Ford novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, when Mr. Lee saw photos of Japanese families he got so angry that he said to Henry, “I do this for you. A top white school. And what happens? Instead of studying you’re making eyes with this Japanese girl. Japanese! She’s a daughter of the butchers of my people. Your people. Their blood is on her! She stinks of that blood!” (183). This quote explains how Mr. Lee wanted Henry to follow his tradition. Henry’s father is very shocked with Henry for keeping the Japanese girl album at
While there are a lot of things that our parents expect for their children, the main expectations they have from us are following cultural tradition, following family rules, and being self-disciplined to others; however, it also can create a lot of conflicts between their relationships for not living upon their expectations. Parents have so many expectations for their children, which they expect us to fulfill it such as following cultural tradition. However, it also tends to create a lot of conflicts between their relationships. It is very hard to live up to parents’ expectations, this is one of the main consequences that children are facing in today’s world. For example, in Jamie Ford novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, when Mr. Lee saw photos of Japanese families he got so angry that he said to Henry, “I do this for you. A top white school. And what happens? Instead of studying you’re making eyes with this Japanese girl. Japanese! She’s a daughter of the butchers of my people. Your people. Their blood is on her! She stinks of that blood!” (183). This quote explains how Mr. Lee wanted Henry to follow his tradition. Henry’s father is very shocked with Henry for keeping the Japanese girl album at