https://padlet.com/chrissyrikkers/pgc06ag8bcdpvusm en-us 2021-01-25 18:53:03 UTC 2021-01-29 19:35:04 UTC hello@padlet.com chrissyrikkers https://padlet.com/chrissyrikkers/pgc06ag8bcdpvusm/wish/1123633099 The dying fish in the story symbolizes the death/loss of the protagonist's innocence.  As the fish dies, she finally begins to see the reason for the fragile relationship between her father and brother.]]> 2021-01-25 18:53:03 UTC https://padlet.com/chrissyrikkers/pgc06ag8bcdpvusm/wish/1123633099 chrissyrikkers https://padlet.com/chrissyrikkers/pgc06ag8bcdpvusm/wish/1123633106 Food and culture]]> 2021-01-25 18:53:03 UTC https://padlet.com/chrissyrikkers/pgc06ag8bcdpvusm/wish/1123633106 chrissyrikkers https://padlet.com/chrissyrikkers/pgc06ag8bcdpvusm/wish/1123633107

The coming of age moment is when the narrator asks herself how to reconcile what she knows of him and still love him. This moment shows the narrator's change in perspective. It shows her loss of innocence, because she sees a different side of her father than the one she cooks with.

]]> 2021-01-25 18:53:03 UTC https://padlet.com/chrissyrikkers/pgc06ag8bcdpvusm/wish/1123633107 chrissyrikkers https://padlet.com/chrissyrikkers/pgc06ag8bcdpvusm/wish/1123633110 "Sometimes I still dream of my father, his bare feet flat against the floor, standing in the middle of the kitchen. He wears old buttoned shirts and faded sweatpants drawn at the waist. Surrounded by the gloss of the kitchen counters, the sharp angles of the stove, the fridge, the shiny sink, he looks out of place. The memory of him is so strong, sometimes it stuns me, the detail with which I can see it." (Thien 1)

]]> 2021-01-25 18:53:03 UTC https://padlet.com/chrissyrikkers/pgc06ag8bcdpvusm/wish/1123633110 chrissyrikkers https://padlet.com/chrissyrikkers/pgc06ag8bcdpvusm/wish/1123797617 "[...] my father would keep eating, pushing the rice into his mouth as if he never expected anything different as if he noticed no difference between what he did so well and I so poorly. He would eat every last mouthful, his chopsticks walking quickly across the plate." (Thien 1)

]]> 2021-01-25 19:23:59 UTC https://padlet.com/chrissyrikkers/pgc06ag8bcdpvusm/wish/1123797617 https://padlet.com/chrissyrikkers/pgc06ag8bcdpvusm/wish/1123892691 The rice cooker given to the protagonist by her father as an adult was tucked away neatly in a cabinet, unused. This could symbolize her unwillingness to bring back unpleasant memories from her past.]]> 2021-01-25 19:43:24 UTC https://padlet.com/chrissyrikkers/pgc06ag8bcdpvusm/wish/1123892691 https://padlet.com/chrissyrikkers/pgc06ag8bcdpvusm/wish/1123941490 The bamboo stick that father uses to beat his son can also be considered a symbol.  As bamboo is native to Malaysia, it can symbolize the Malaysian culture that the father is trying to force upon his son, as his son stubbornly resists.]]> 2021-01-25 19:54:01 UTC https://padlet.com/chrissyrikkers/pgc06ag8bcdpvusm/wish/1123941490 https://padlet.com/chrissyrikkers/pgc06ag8bcdpvusm/wish/1142200562 Cultural Assimilation in a Foreign Country]]> 2021-01-29 19:27:45 UTC https://padlet.com/chrissyrikkers/pgc06ag8bcdpvusm/wish/1142200562