1. The author opens the story with an anecdote. What is the anecdote and what effect does it have on the reader?
- the anecdote describes her relationship with her grandfather and that he used to live with them when she was a teenager.
2. What is the author’s view of the Chinese language in the 2nd paragraph?
- After a while she could not be bothered with the chinese language. Her skills with the language became worse as she listened to everyone at school, spoke to everyone at school and listened tv in English. She did not see the point of it in Australia.
3. What is symbolic about the house that the Grandfather mistakes for his own? What does it say about the assimilation of his family into Australian culture? What does it say about his understanding of Australian culture? What is ironic about the inhabitants of this house?
- the yellow rose bush made her grandfather mistake his house for someone else. It shows that he can't really tell the difference between a non Asian or Asian home.
4. What does the death of her grandfather inspire the author to do?
- The death of her grandfather incouraged her to learn to speak better Chinese again because she felt that she didn't communicate well with her grandfather.
5. Why is she motivated to know Chinese? What is it she wants to ensure she is able to, regretting that she couldn’t do it with her grandfather?
- the death of her grandfather motivates her to speak better Chinese beacuse she felt she could of communicated better wither her grandfather if she could speak it better.
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