https://padlet.com/22ckramlick/y6pdvsjr34z6 By: Courtney Kramlick, Liz Shimsky, Grace Pfitzner en-us 2019-02-21 14:35:52 UTC 2019-02-22 14:35:33 UTC hello@padlet.com 22eshimsky https://padlet.com/22ckramlick/y6pdvsjr34z6/wish/333646593 The theme of this short story is to respect yourself and your culture, and don't change yourself no matter what circumstances you may be under. ]]> 2019-02-21 14:41:06 UTC https://padlet.com/22ckramlick/y6pdvsjr34z6/wish/333646593 22eshimsky https://padlet.com/22ckramlick/y6pdvsjr34z6/wish/333651352 In the short story titled, "Fish Cheeks", Amy's mom explains to her, "You want to be the same as American girls on the outside, But inside you must always be Chinese. You must be proud you are different. Your only shame is to have shame." Amy's mom realizes that Amy seems embarrassed by her culture and wishes to be different. Amy realizes where her mother is coming from and appreciates the words of her wise mother. ]]> 2019-02-21 14:48:28 UTC https://padlet.com/22ckramlick/y6pdvsjr34z6/wish/333651352 22eshimsky https://padlet.com/22ckramlick/y6pdvsjr34z6/wish/334138791 In "Fish Cheeks" , Amy thinks," I was able to fully appreciate her lesson and the true purpose behind our particular menu. For Christmas eve that year, she had chosen all of my favorite foods." Amy goes to realize that her mom tries very hard to make Amy not want to be anyone else but herself, and that she is to embrace her culture because it is all she has. ]]> 2019-02-22 14:25:34 UTC https://padlet.com/22ckramlick/y6pdvsjr34z6/wish/334138791 22gpfitzner https://padlet.com/22ckramlick/y6pdvsjr34z6/wish/334139237 In the novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, the main character, Junior, is at times ashamed of his Native American culture, and wishes he was a white American. This is very similar to Amy's conflict between her, and her traditional Chinese culture. Both character's experience embarrassment and shame due to their non-American culture, but both learn to embrace who they are, and in the end, were both able to stay true to themselves. ]]> 2019-02-22 14:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/22ckramlick/y6pdvsjr34z6/wish/334139237