Response to the Discussion Question

Discussion Question: The author spent lots of space discussing the history of ancestors, their immigration. Why did the author do that? What is the function of telling the history in detail? (From: Tina, Jocy and Zoe)

The author spent lost of space discussing the history of ancestors, their immigration, because the author should introduce their tribe’s background in order to hide the foreshadowing for creating new world in following. The history is told in detail with flowery language; so that we can gain the information that this tribe has gone through hard suffering for escaping from war, and they are safe now.

The words “the beginning” shows up over and over again. I think it has double meanings. The meaning of first layer is “the beginning” shows us how the author’s ancestor immigrated at the beginning. And they owned “the beginning” over and over again when they immigrated every time. The meaning of second layer is “the beginning” emphasizes the villagers want to have a new beginning, which prepares for the following action: create a new world. The day of immigrating and escaping had been gone for a long time so they are ready to restart new life.