“The White Umbrella” By Gish Jen And “The Medicine Bag” By Virignia Driving Hawk Sneve
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“The White Umbrella” by Gish Jen and “The Medicine Bag” by Virignia Driving Hawk Sneve Comparing Symbols
The White Umbrella The narrator thinks the umbrella What does the is beautiful and longs to have one. object mean to the main character? The umbrella is a symbol of what she wants to be and to have as a young Chinese American girl.
What does the The umbrella is insignificant to object mean to other characters in the story. others in the story? The umbrella represents What cultural or American girls to the narrator. historical meaning does each object To have an umbrella like it would have? make her like the American girls.
The umbrella comes to represent What significance the narrator’s desire to be a part does each object have in the of American culture and her development of embarrassment over her mother the story? working. When Miss. Crosman gives it to her, she says she wishes Miss. Crosman were her mother but then regrets saying it. “The White Umbrella” by Gish Jen and “The Medicine Bag” by Virignia Driving Hawk Sneve Comparing Symbols The Medicine Bag
Martin doesn’t want to wear the What does the medicine bag. He describes it as a object mean to the “dirty leather pouch” and fears his main character? friends will make fun of him if he wears it. He is embarrassed by it.
What does the The medicine bag is very important object mean to to Martin’s grandfather. others in the story? The medicine bag is passed down What cultural or through the males from one historical generation to the next. It represents meaning does their family’s vision quest and each object have? history. The medicine bag has a great cultural significance to the Sioux.
The medicine bag represents the What significance grandfather and the family’s Sioux does each object heritage through the story. The boy’s have in the embarrassment over his grandfather development of parallels the boy’s embarrassment the story? over the medicine bag. The boy’s pride in his grandfather parallels his pride in receiving the medicine bag.