you must give a response for both parts or ask questions etc

you must give a response for both parts or ask questions etc...

Part 1

            The story I read was Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use,” and it is hard to read this story without feeling the emotions that the main character of the mother felt. The two girls, Dee and Maggie, could not have been more different, and it was clear that the mother had somehow lost control of Dee early on, or that Dee had been born with a determined and defiant spirit. When I consider Dee and Maggie’s dynamic and opposite natures, I think of my two female cousins who grew up in a humble home with a very similar experience. My aunt and uncle were very poor when the girls were born, and Shatha was born with a cleft palate while her younger sister Hassah was born very beautiful. Shatha grew up with a low self esteem, but Hassah grew up rather smug and was not kind to either her friends or family. The part in the book that stood out to me the most in connecting my personal experience with the narrative was when Walker described Maggie as “somebody used to never winning anything, or having anything reserved for her,” since this is exactly how Shatha always acted (276). Most of the time Hassah took the best of everything, and it was not until Hassah was excessively overt in her tactics to take the best and leave nothing to her sister that her father called her out on it. I was there that day, and the look on Shatha’s face was what I imagine Maggie’s face looked like in this story when the mother finally stood up to Dee/Wangero and took the quilts from her to give them to Maggie. There was a sense of triumph in my own spirit as I read how this happened, and it reminded me how a narrative can awake memories and emotions within me when they connect to things I have seen in my own life. Have you ever read a story that made you feel as if your were ready only a slightly altered version of your own life’s experiences?

Part 2

            The reader’s family background influence his interpretation of a literary work in an unavoidable way because people’s experiences define how they see people, events, and situations. For example, someone that comes from humble, even impoverished beginnings will read a story about a character who overcomes insurmountable odds in life to succeed and identify with that character. On the other hand, a reader who has grown up with luxuries and privilege might see it as a human interest piece rather than something that touches them personally. Other situations that show the power of one’s family background in interpreting a literary work can include family biases and beliefs that either lend the reader to identify with literary characters, or judge them. I remember reading a book about a young Hindu boy that survived poverty to do something amazing with his life and recounting the tale to my uncle in amazement. However, because my uncle was very prejudiced against people of the Hindu religion he stated that the little boy would not have started out in such poverty if his family had been faithful to Allah and had his blessings. In other words, my uncle saw the tale through his myopic perspective that comes from his religious-centric view of the world and the people around him, which led him to judge the character rather than applaud him. I do not hold that same mindset, but it came to mind as an example of just how much family backgrounds influence our reading. Is there anything that you have noticed from your background that has influenced the way you read things in this class so far?

Solution

Part1

The comparison said in the story between two persons of a family is quite common. This type of experiences felt by many persons like me who feel all the emotions of life. So the story with full of emotions looks like own story of every one.

This is because no two people feel to a situation alike.

Part2

Family background, parents, environment, and education influence the people thinking. So this situation should be felt by some one on their own.