Dr. Cobos
ELA
10 February 2018
How Marriage Changes Thi's Parents
In the graphic novel The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui, marriage drastically changes the aspirations and behaviors of Thi's ma and bo. Growing up, Thi knew her mother as desperate to provide for her large family and her father as negative and unmotivated. However, when interviewing her parents Thi learns how different they used to be before getting married. During a flashback scene when Thi's ma is a young high school student, Thi's ma states, "I just want to study all my life. Become a doctor, if I can, and help people"(150). Additionally Thi's bo discusses how much he appreciated the house he lived in as a teen. He describes it by stating, "It was really just the space between two other houses"(178), and justifies his gratefulness by stating, "But to me at age fourteen, it was a home. An address" (178). In brief, Thi's ma goes from focusing on her education and dreaming to become independent to giving her full attention to her family. On the other hand, her father goes from being grateful for everything he has to being harsh and non-passionate towards his children. Overall, Thi's understanding of her family's history becomes deeper when she learns about the changes that occurred to her parents due to marriage.
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