1. The author opens the story with an anecdote. What is the anecdote and what effect does it have on the reader?
The anecdote represents how you should never expect that people dont know more then you think they know
2. What is the author’s view of the Chinese language in the 2nd paragraph?
The author explains why speaking Chinese in a English speaking country is irrelevant.
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 grandfather mistakenly took the 'identical' house for his own, and stands as a microcosm for how Asian's cannot interpret Australian similarities ( for example how the houses are the same ), thus making the Grandfather's understanding of Australian culture limited. The irony behind the people in the house is that they are also immigrants like the Grandfather and his family.
4. What does the death of her grandfather inspire the author to do?
The death of her Grandfather inspires her to re learn Chinese when she is in her late teens and twenties
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 author wants other Chinese people to be able to talk to her and she regrets that she wasn't able to do this with her grandfather ".I am not trying to discover my roots but am simply trying to ensure that the next time an elderly relative wants me to listen to them, i am not only willing, i am able"
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