Week Four
Reading One: "A Pair of Tickets"
1. What is the general temporal and geographical setting of the story? How important does the setting seem to be to the story?
The temporal setting is 1980's and the geographical setting of the story is in China. The main character was just realizing her heritage was more then just an average American.
2. The first five paragraphs in “A Pair of Tickets” describe three different settings (remember that setting is both temporal (time) and place (geographical) : what are these different settings? What do these three settings suggest about the story?
Setting One: temporal setting--1980's; geographical setting--America; the setting suggest June May's home land and birth place.
Setting Two: temporal setting--1980's; geographical setting--Guangzhou; the setting suggest June May's heritage and family background.
Setting Three: temporal setting--1980's; geographical setting--Shanghai; the setting suggest even though you are thousands of miles apart and have never spoke or known each other you are still family by acceptance.
3. When June May arrives in Guangzhou, what are some of the details that seem familiar to her, and what are some that seem exotic? Why is she so preoccupied with comparing China to America?
Some things that are familiar to her is the crowded area within the building. Some of the exotic things to June May was the aspect that she looked like everybody else but was taller then everybody else. June May compares China to America, because she is trying to depict the difference of her being an American or if she is Chinese person.
4. Why is June May reluctant to go to China? What are her fears? How are these fears resolved?
June May is reluctant to go to China, because she fears that her sisters will blame her for their mothers death. When she comes off the plane, her and her sisters see each other and feel an automatic connection and joy for seeing each other.
1. Why is the opening scene of "A Pair of Tickets"--the journey from Hong Kong to Guangzhou--an appropriate setting for June May's remark that she is "becoming Chinese"?
The opening scene of "A Pair of Tickets" is an appropriate setting for June May's remark of becoming Chinese, because the introduction grabs the audience attention. We are first starting out in the story as reading June May turning from American to Chinese in an instant second of the moving of a train from one city to the next.
2. When June May arrives in Guangzhou, what are some details that seem familiar o her, and what are some that seem exotic? Why is she so preoccupied with comparing China to America?
Some things that are familiar to her is the crowded area within the building. Some of the exotic things to June May was the aspect that she looked like everybody else but was taller then everybody else. June May compares China to America, because she believes that she is an every average day American and not Chinese.
3. June May says that she could never pass for true Chinese", yet by the end of the story she has discovered "what part of me is Chinese". How does the meaning of Chinese evolve throughout the story?
June May's story builds up her discovering of "what part of me is Chinese" evolved, because she is learning her heritage and where her family begins.
Summary of my thoughts: I enjoyed this story from reading June May discovering her heritage and her own family connection. She learned that they may live thousands of miles apart; however, she comes to terms that her heritage is what makes her foundation of being and not just where she grew up or what she knows makes her being. She discovered there is more to the story of life then just where a person grows up.
The temporal setting is 1980's and the geographical setting of the story is in China. The main character was just realizing her heritage was more then just an average American.
2. The first five paragraphs in “A Pair of Tickets” describe three different settings (remember that setting is both temporal (time) and place (geographical) : what are these different settings? What do these three settings suggest about the story?
Setting One: temporal setting--1980's; geographical setting--America; the setting suggest June May's home land and birth place.
Setting Two: temporal setting--1980's; geographical setting--Guangzhou; the setting suggest June May's heritage and family background.
Setting Three: temporal setting--1980's; geographical setting--Shanghai; the setting suggest even though you are thousands of miles apart and have never spoke or known each other you are still family by acceptance.
Some things that are familiar to her is the crowded area within the building. Some of the exotic things to June May was the aspect that she looked like everybody else but was taller then everybody else. June May compares China to America, because she is trying to depict the difference of her being an American or if she is Chinese person.
4. Why is June May reluctant to go to China? What are her fears? How are these fears resolved?
June May is reluctant to go to China, because she fears that her sisters will blame her for their mothers death. When she comes off the plane, her and her sisters see each other and feel an automatic connection and joy for seeing each other.
1. Why is the opening scene of "A Pair of Tickets"--the journey from Hong Kong to Guangzhou--an appropriate setting for June May's remark that she is "becoming Chinese"?
The opening scene of "A Pair of Tickets" is an appropriate setting for June May's remark of becoming Chinese, because the introduction grabs the audience attention. We are first starting out in the story as reading June May turning from American to Chinese in an instant second of the moving of a train from one city to the next.
2. When June May arrives in Guangzhou, what are some details that seem familiar o her, and what are some that seem exotic? Why is she so preoccupied with comparing China to America?
Some things that are familiar to her is the crowded area within the building. Some of the exotic things to June May was the aspect that she looked like everybody else but was taller then everybody else. June May compares China to America, because she believes that she is an every average day American and not Chinese.
3. June May says that she could never pass for true Chinese", yet by the end of the story she has discovered "what part of me is Chinese". How does the meaning of Chinese evolve throughout the story?
June May's story builds up her discovering of "what part of me is Chinese" evolved, because she is learning her heritage and where her family begins.
Summary of my thoughts: I enjoyed this story from reading June May discovering her heritage and her own family connection. She learned that they may live thousands of miles apart; however, she comes to terms that her heritage is what makes her foundation of being and not just where she grew up or what she knows makes her being. She discovered there is more to the story of life then just where a person grows up.
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