ina Men - The Brother in VietnamIn her short story "The Brother in Vietnam", author Maxine Hong Kingston recounts the drastic misinterpretation of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" by the "brother" students. It is clear to the reader that their disillusioned thoughts and ideas about the world were instilled into their vulnerable minds by their own parents at a young age, an event that still occurs in our society today. In his account of the situation, the brother first clearly notes that these confused and suspicious students do not comprise one of his elementary classes, but rather his only non-remedial class. From this he evidently implies that one would expect a greater ability to understand and analyze more accurately the power and beauty of great literature on the part of students. Thus, from the outset, the reader is alerted to the fact that his or her confusion is not due to the difficulty of the material, but rather is the product of some underlying factor. In this way students perceive this Shakespearean tragedy as a horror story, the very thought of it is darkened in their mind by fear. They see the Montagues and Capulets as families gone mad; Verona as a plague-infested town where murders and marriages alike occur in dark regions. They deduce that young love is dangerous, and, reading about a suicide made possible by a potion initially intended to preserve tender love rather than steal it, their idea that there is evil in everything seems to be confirmed. frustrated and distraught, he can't "shift the emphasis" the show has left on these young people, and feels... center of paper... a protective shield around their children. Do they really believe that this benefits our young people? It's understandable to want to protect children from unnecessary harm, but sometimes, by building walls around their worldly outlook, they are actually isolating their children from reality. It is much healthier and more useful to face these problems head on, rather than trying to work around them. Indeed, in the long run, as can be seen from students' misinterpretation of "Romeo and Juliet", such avoidance of the topic at hand will often prove more harmful to the development of young minds. the children in her short story "The Brother in Vietnam", Maxine Hong Kingston allows her reader to see how necessary the truth is to the vulnerable minds of our youth.

Topic > ina Men - The Brother in VietnamIn her short story "The Brother in Vietnam", author Maxine Hong Kingston recounts the drastic misinterpretation of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" by the "brother" students. It is clear to the reader that their disillusioned thoughts and ideas about the world were instilled into their vulnerable minds by their own parents at a young age, an event that still occurs in our society today. In his account of the situation, the brother first clearly notes that these confused and suspicious students do not comprise one of his elementary classes, but rather his only non-remedial class. From this he evidently implies that one would expect a greater ability to understand and analyze more accurately the power and beauty of great literature on the part of students. Thus, from the outset, the reader is alerted to the fact that his or her confusion is not due to the difficulty of the material, but rather is the product of some underlying factor. In this way students perceive this Shakespearean tragedy as a horror story, the very thought of it is darkened in their mind by fear. They see the Montagues and Capulets as families gone mad; Verona as a plague-infested town where murders and marriages alike occur in dark regions. They deduce that young love is dangerous, and, reading about a suicide made possible by a potion initially intended to preserve tender love rather than steal it, their idea that there is evil in everything seems to be confirmed. frustrated and distraught, he can't "shift the emphasis" the show has left on these young people, and feels... center of paper... a protective shield around their children. Do they really believe that this benefits our young people? It's understandable to want to protect children from unnecessary harm, but sometimes, by building walls around their worldly outlook, they are actually isolating their children from reality. It is much healthier and more useful to face these problems head on, rather than trying to work around them. Indeed, in the long run, as can be seen from students' misinterpretation of "Romeo and Juliet", such avoidance of the topic at hand will often prove more harmful to the development of young minds. the children in her short story "The Brother in Vietnam", Maxine Hong Kingston allows her reader to see how necessary the truth is to the vulnerable minds of our youth.