Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Kite Runner

Baba loved the idea of America. He said that there were only three real men in the world; it was included America, Britain and Israel. Others were like the old women who were gossiped at something. Early in 1980, the USA boycotted the Olympics Games which were held in the Russia. What the America and the world needed was the dauntless man who could take actions instead of the with no ideas, such as the American’s president Ronal Reagan, who called the Shorawi “the Evil Empire,” Baba pretty agree with the idea of the president and went out and bought the photo of the president, and then hang it up on the wall. Most of our neighbors were blue-collar people who under the pressed of the economics of the president of Reagan, however, Baba was only the Republican in that apartment. In reality, Baba can not be suitable for the around environment in America, such as the smog and noises of the traffic, and pollen made him to cough and the so forth. One day, Baba went to the grocery to buy some oranges, Baba without cash and write a check for Mr. Nguyen and he asked father for an ID, Baba was very angry and then caused some troubles with him. He said, “What kind of the country? No body trusts anybody!” Baba started to miss the past life, for Baba, America was a place to condolences to the past. These things what happened on Baba made him feel much different from the idea of America in reality. For me, it is certainly to say that America is different what I thought before I came to the USA, no one could recognize a new country so exactly before he/she comes. For example, I cannot believe Americans would not like to drink hot water, except hot coffee, so it is hard to find hot water at school, most Chinese people prefer hot water. This is little thing what I found around me.

7 comments:

  1. I agree with your idea.In China,most people,especially females, would like to drink hot water. But here, in US,I found them holding a cup of iced water to class in the morning of a cold day.But maybe it's just culture gap between eastern and western countries.

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  2. Can't agree more with your points!

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  3. well, u better learn more of the U.S. stuff cause u need to live here for a long time. drinking the cool water is not a big deal, u gotta learn how to drink through the tap without heat. keep on working, never give up, the god loves people who are brave. btw, hope u have a nice day.

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  4. I don't agree with you. So what if you don't find hot water in school? You can drink it in your house. Maybe they don't have my favorite chocolate here, and maybe in your country you don't have peanut butter or Cap'n Crunch. So, I think this is not a good point, they are not different, they just have another drinks or food, like your country. Just try to fit in.

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  5. Andreea, maybe you are right. But it is just my idea for it, for hot water, we just find cold water which we can drink. No matter I would like classmates give me suggestions for me, I think I need to change the example and find a good one insteas of it.

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  6. Yan, I think this is an excellent example of a difference between China and the U.S.! It is really all of the "little things" that make the most difference in our lives, after all. Of course, Andreea & Zach are right in suggesting that you make the best of this situation.

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  7. Also, for the first part of the assignment, try to use your own words MORE, and just a little quote from the text. Don't use quotations for most of it.

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