So, today Ms Shereen has assigned us optional tasks, so I decide to pick Task 2 which is less interpersonal and fits my mood today. Rose and her family's traditions are described indiscretely by the writer through the usage of functional words like 'always' and 'have been'.
I'll be pleased give you readers an appropriate definition for tradition before I start with my analysis. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, tradition is the handing down of information, beliefs, or customs from one generation to another.
What I noticed in TPSOF is that the tradition highlighted also have something to do with food. Can you guess what???
Yes! It's dining together! Rose and her family of four (Dad, Mom, her and Joseph) had dinners together, since the start of the novel until the end, when there's only three of them left.
At their first dinner together in the novel, Rose has been subtle of what she tasted in Lane's cooking (which is quite depressing for a 9-year-old), yet the taste was still not understandable enough for her to describe what she tasted. She ends up very confused and feels that her family is not supportive of her problems by not listening to her carefully. In this part, the writer introduces other characters which are Lane, her mother who feels lonely and John, her father who loves eating her wife's cooking. Joseph is also describes as not a person who likes eating and prefers to eat in pills, if possible.
This tradition continued in method until 13 years later, when Rose was 22. She cooked her own first meal (spaghetti and meatballs) after her brother, Joseph disappeared for good. Through the event of Rose making her first family meal, I noticed her insecurity in tasting her own feelings while her parents were also eating, so she waited for them to finish eating. John and Lane, now ripe in age, complimented their daughter's cooking. Afterwards, Rose took courage and tasted things, factories and something she couldn't comprehend.
Hence I could conclude that this dining tradition is used by the writer, Aimee Bender, to beautifully pass on the message that family traditions are meant to be continued and the younger generations should defend it to the end of their lives, same as Rose who tried conquering her fears of tasting her own feelings in order to simply cook for her family.
What I noticed in TPSOF is that the tradition highlighted also have something to do with food. Can you guess what???
Yes! It's dining together! Rose and her family of four (Dad, Mom, her and Joseph) had dinners together, since the start of the novel until the end, when there's only three of them left.
At their first dinner together in the novel, Rose has been subtle of what she tasted in Lane's cooking (which is quite depressing for a 9-year-old), yet the taste was still not understandable enough for her to describe what she tasted. She ends up very confused and feels that her family is not supportive of her problems by not listening to her carefully. In this part, the writer introduces other characters which are Lane, her mother who feels lonely and John, her father who loves eating her wife's cooking. Joseph is also describes as not a person who likes eating and prefers to eat in pills, if possible.
This tradition continued in method until 13 years later, when Rose was 22. She cooked her own first meal (spaghetti and meatballs) after her brother, Joseph disappeared for good. Through the event of Rose making her first family meal, I noticed her insecurity in tasting her own feelings while her parents were also eating, so she waited for them to finish eating. John and Lane, now ripe in age, complimented their daughter's cooking. Afterwards, Rose took courage and tasted things, factories and something she couldn't comprehend.
Hence I could conclude that this dining tradition is used by the writer, Aimee Bender, to beautifully pass on the message that family traditions are meant to be continued and the younger generations should defend it to the end of their lives, same as Rose who tried conquering her fears of tasting her own feelings in order to simply cook for her family.
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