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Blueprint 1: The Parent-Child Relationship

Introduction

Introduction

Each of these stories from Unit One encapsulates a different aspect of difficult parent-child dynamics. However, they all illustrate the difficulty of understanding among generations. Pride, huility, shame, love, and respect all play a part in these stories of familial conflict. Some characters discover a way to repair and preserve family bonds, while others let them fall apart.

"The First Child" by Ignacio Díaz Olano

Mother's Love by Debra Haaland

"Mother's love" deals with the feelings of a woman looking back on her childhood, especially the changing relationship with her mother. Haaland uses the story to paint a picture of how memory changes over time when a parent is lost. The death of the character's mother brings feelings of regret and nostalgia. Her mother taught her how to sew, clean, and cook. She taught her many things to prepare her for adulthood. Now that she is grown and her mother is dying, she looks back on these teachings gratefully, regretting all that was taken for granted in the past. Most of all, he rmother taught her what womanhood in her culture truly means and the strength that comes with it (Haaland, 9-14).

Mother's Love

https://indianpueblo.org/matriarchs-at-the-heart-of-pueblo-families/

“Motherhood takes strength. A different kind of strength... you have someone helping you, and you are in your own pueblo and with your own relatives all the time, and that helps you, too. Every woman has her own strength to do what she needs to do. You have to know what kind of strength you have and how to use it.”

– Maria Martinez, renowned Pueblo potter

Maria Martinez family

Who's Irish? by Gish Jen

"Who's Irish?" is written from the perspective of a grandmother who has raised her daughter according to certain cultural expectations, but is having difficulty accepting the differences she sees in her daughter's family. She longs to be respected and revered as an elder, but her family has different ideas. Sophie, her grandaughter, illustrates the worries of a traditional Chinese grandparent whose family now lives in the U.S., "Did you ever see a Chinese girl act this way?" (Jen, 23).

Who's Irish?

By the end of the story, the grandmother discovers the importance of belonging to a family with her son-in-law's Irish mother, Bess. Bess shows her the necessity of understanding through family ties that go beyond blood (Jen, 20-24).

Chinese Family Values

https://youtu.be/wLJoPWNBjjA

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/in-china-childcare-is-truly-a-family-affair/

The Oratory Contest by James T. Farrell

The Oratory Contest

The primary familial confict in "The Oratory Contest" is between Gerry and his father, Mr. Odell. Gerry is an excellent orator, and Mr. Odell is so proud. However, the conflict stems from the family's social status and Gerry's disappointment with it. Despite their pride and love for him, Gerry is ashamed of his family's lack of wealth, even leaving them to go home alone after he has won the contest. The feelings of shame aren't exclusive to Gerry, however. His father's emotions toward Gerry are a complicated "mingling of pride and humility" (Farrell, 25). Mr. Odell wants the best for his son, but Gerry has surpassed him in success, leaving the reationship fraught (Farrell, 25-29).

How Some Kids Escape Poverty

Just 16 percent of children who grow up in poverty manage to become economically successful adults. How do they do it?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-19/why-some-children-born-into-poverty-become-successful

Conclusion

Conclusion

Each of these stories shows a different outcome when parent-child conflict arises. "Mother's Love" represents forgiveness and appreciation of one's parents. "Who's Irish" illustrates how one can create a new family in order to heal from past conflict. And finally, "The Oratory Contest" reveals the tragedy of parent-child confict that has been left unrepaired.

"The Happy Family" by Ferdinand Georg Waldmuller

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