Caroline's Wedding Reading Notes
1. Characters in this story are Grace, Caroline, Hermine(mother), Eric and the father of Grace and Caroline. Hermine is the mother of Grace and Caroline. Their father died because of illness. Grace is the elder sister in her family. She has a younger sister, Caroline. Eric is Caroline's fiancé.
2. Themes of this story are: mother-daughter relationship. family. sacrifice, immigration, freedom, identities, culture, country, transition, conflicts, generations, and traditions.
3. In the beginning of the story, Grace just got her documents that would ensure her identity as a U.S. citizen. She went back home to share this exciting news. However, her mother and her sister put almost all of their attention on Caroline's wedding which will take days soon. Hermine, their mother, really doesn't like Eric because he is not Haitian. She's afraid once Caroline marries him, the way Caroline lives will be totally different from what Haitians used to do. Nevertheless, all mother wish for happiness for their children. In the end of the story, Hermine finally accepted Eric. Her relationship with Caroline is fixed too.
4.This story is very different from the rest of the story because it describes how Haitians live in America in detail. They face culture shock here. Their children are exposed to the rest of the world, learning new things every day while they try to pass on their tradition generations after generations. However, Caroline marrying a man from different culture than Haitian culture made Hermine angry because she sees this action as a way that Caroline chose to take to get away from Haitian cultures. Not only the bone soup, but everything from Haitian. Hermine would not want that too happen. However, she just can't stop Caroline from marrying Eric since they are both so in love with each other. Finally, Hermine approved Caroline's wedding with Eric. Grace played a very important role in this story. She's not only the messenger between Hermina and Caroline, but also their counselor. She tried to comfort both of them. She asks her mom to understand Caroline and she's always there when Hermine wants to talk about Caroline's thins with her.
2. Themes of this story are: mother-daughter relationship. family. sacrifice, immigration, freedom, identities, culture, country, transition, conflicts, generations, and traditions.
3. In the beginning of the story, Grace just got her documents that would ensure her identity as a U.S. citizen. She went back home to share this exciting news. However, her mother and her sister put almost all of their attention on Caroline's wedding which will take days soon. Hermine, their mother, really doesn't like Eric because he is not Haitian. She's afraid once Caroline marries him, the way Caroline lives will be totally different from what Haitians used to do. Nevertheless, all mother wish for happiness for their children. In the end of the story, Hermine finally accepted Eric. Her relationship with Caroline is fixed too.
4.This story is very different from the rest of the story because it describes how Haitians live in America in detail. They face culture shock here. Their children are exposed to the rest of the world, learning new things every day while they try to pass on their tradition generations after generations. However, Caroline marrying a man from different culture than Haitian culture made Hermine angry because she sees this action as a way that Caroline chose to take to get away from Haitian cultures. Not only the bone soup, but everything from Haitian. Hermine would not want that too happen. However, she just can't stop Caroline from marrying Eric since they are both so in love with each other. Finally, Hermine approved Caroline's wedding with Eric. Grace played a very important role in this story. She's not only the messenger between Hermina and Caroline, but also their counselor. She tried to comfort both of them. She asks her mom to understand Caroline and she's always there when Hermine wants to talk about Caroline's thins with her.
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