After divulging into “Cheyenne Again” and “When My Name was Keoko” the books and characters provoked thoughts of reflection upon my own culture, both my Chinese heritage, and my adopted mixed Lithuanian-American culture, but above all how much courage I have within myself and to what extent would I be willing to risk for a cause that I and so many others feel deeply passionate about, ourselves.
It is simply human nature to develop beliefs, values, and traditions throughout the course of our lifetime, regardless of how long that lifetime is, and somehow these things compile and muddle together into one complex giant that creates something so remarkable: a person's identity and who they are. So it is the inevitable result that humans hold their …show more content…
Uncle showed the Korean flag, which has been banned, to Sun-hee and Tae-yul he says, “Keep it in your minds always-what the flag looks like and what it means.” (pg.14). When Tae-yul joined the Japanese military he devised a plan to crash a plane that he flew. “I’d have done no damage to the Americans and I’d have taken out a Japanese plane.”(pg.182). Tae-yul was willing to die for a cause he loved because he knew the only way to fully regain the Korean culture, in Korea, the Americans would have to win the war. Omoni kept a Sharon tree, the national tree of korea, even after they were all to be uprooted and burned. Because of how much she valued the trees and what they meant to her country “Omoni stayed inside the house; she couldn't bear to watch as Tae-yul chopped down the rose of Sharon trees.” (pg. 32).
“Cheyenne Again” is about a boy, Young Bull, who is sent to live at an Indian boarding school to assimilate him to conform with the white culture. This story is also told from the perspective of a child, Young Bull. In this story Young Bull’s innocent perspective enhances the cruelty of cultural assimilation because his perspective is unpolluted by the world so, it puts the occurrences of the book into a simplistic light which highlights a young boy who just wishes to retain his Indian
It is simply human nature to develop beliefs, values, and traditions throughout the course of our lifetime, regardless of how long that lifetime is, and somehow these things compile and muddle together into one complex giant that creates something so remarkable: a person's identity and who they are. So it is the inevitable result that humans hold their …show more content…
Uncle showed the Korean flag, which has been banned, to Sun-hee and Tae-yul he says, “Keep it in your minds always-what the flag looks like and what it means.” (pg.14). When Tae-yul joined the Japanese military he devised a plan to crash a plane that he flew. “I’d have done no damage to the Americans and I’d have taken out a Japanese plane.”(pg.182). Tae-yul was willing to die for a cause he loved because he knew the only way to fully regain the Korean culture, in Korea, the Americans would have to win the war. Omoni kept a Sharon tree, the national tree of korea, even after they were all to be uprooted and burned. Because of how much she valued the trees and what they meant to her country “Omoni stayed inside the house; she couldn't bear to watch as Tae-yul chopped down the rose of Sharon trees.” (pg. 32).
“Cheyenne Again” is about a boy, Young Bull, who is sent to live at an Indian boarding school to assimilate him to conform with the white culture. This story is also told from the perspective of a child, Young Bull. In this story Young Bull’s innocent perspective enhances the cruelty of cultural assimilation because his perspective is unpolluted by the world so, it puts the occurrences of the book into a simplistic light which highlights a young boy who just wishes to retain his Indian