Kiyoshi's mother became very ill after her teeth got rotten. The dentist had to remove all her teeth to help her ease the pain but it was already so bad that the infection go worse. She would try so hard to work even though she couldn't because she knew that she was the only income they had. so if she would feel just a tad better she would get right to work and push her self pass the limit with out realizing it and then she would get extremely sick again and the she couldn't do anything after that because she would get so bad. so that would effect them in different ways because she wasn't able to be there for her kids and her husband. Kiyoshi's mothers illness lead to her telling Kiyoshi about how in debt the where with everyone and that this has been going since they moved to Hawaii.
So that made her believe that she was bad luck and that she would bring bad luck to her family. One thing that she says is that if you are in debt starting that new year that it will bring bad luck that year. She was very superstition about everything and thing, and what everyone would do. She would believe in every superstition that you could possibly think of and that would effect her and her family in so many ways, and in there relationship between them and their mother.
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Hi Luz,
ReplyDeleteThe family’s debt is a big part of this text, especially Part III. I’m interested in reading what you think about her belief that not paying off a debt before the start of the New Year brings bad luck, after you read the next section. There are very few people in the book, aside from Makot’s family, who are able to pay off their debts.
Lauren :)
Your dialogue has me wondering. We do not so far know much about the dad, except he fishes, he does not work on the plantation. We know from this chapter how Kiyoshi's mother feels about their monetary situation and how she wants to make more money to help pay bills, but, we do not hear from the father. This makes me believe that maybe she has been the one that has been steadfast about bringing money in.
ReplyDeleteI really like how you pointed out that Kiyoshi's mother was affecting her relationship with the family by believing so much in superstition.
ReplyDeleteI agree, I think Kiyoshi's mothers superstition was affecting her own physical life and those of her families.
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