Read any story that we haven't read yet and write a review of the story and explain why it matters. Why should anyone care about the story/read it?
Papa Bear pg 183
In this story the author talks about his father how he grew up through primary school and what he did throughout highschool and in university before he moved to Australia. He talks about how his dad lived a very dangerous rebellious type life in Shanghai begining with starting to smoke and 14 and soon joining a gang in highschool. The author describes how has father was like and he he treated him throughout the authors school life and how his life was with his parents mainly focusing on his dad. Also the author really honestly describes his father and how even though he was involved in so much wrong and how ironic the authors father's personality was how the author still looks up to him.
I think people should take the time to read this story becuase the author makes a very interesting description about his father and this reiterates how important role models are for kids. "In primary school, my dad would coat his daily homework sheets in a thin layer of wax so he could scrape off the teacher's big tick and hand in the same sheet again another" The author cleverly depicts his father as someone who always cheats in life and what is important is that throughout the story when we learn about all the bad things the author's father has done throughout his life it is interesting to see how even in different cultures this story being an Asian culture the author still looks up to his father as a role model.
Also another reason why I think you should take the time to read this story is the author has used humor to describe his life and the adventures his parents had in university and how they met which give the story a bit of spark and make it very interesting to read. "Considering my dad looked like an anorexic Chinese mafia messenger, it's a wonder he pulled at all. Mum says she saw a kind of heart. She wears glasses" The author successfully uses humor to describe how his father's personality was. We get evidence that the author is really insulting his father but really we can infer he is just stating how he was and what kind of character he had.
Lastly the most important reason why you should take the time to read this story is based upon the very last page of the story. When the author uses repetition to describe the last few characteristics of his father. "This is the same man who used to mix a little whiskey with my milk to pacify me, the same man who recorded me snoring when I was six and played the audio everyday like it was a top 40 CD" what is very important becuase it is evident to see in the story is this Asian family is very different to a typical Australian family becuase of what the father experienced growing up is pretty rare but it is especially rare to see despite all this the author still wants to be exactly like his father. "He's the same, yet he continues to surprise me. He's my dad. And I want to grow up to be just like him"
Also another reason why I think you should take the time to read this story is the author has used humor to describe his life and the adventures his parents had in university and how they met which give the story a bit of spark and make it very interesting to read. "Considering my dad looked like an anorexic Chinese mafia messenger, it's a wonder he pulled at all. Mum says she saw a kind of heart. She wears glasses" The author successfully uses humor to describe how his father's personality was. We get evidence that the author is really insulting his father but really we can infer he is just stating how he was and what kind of character he had.
Lastly the most important reason why you should take the time to read this story is based upon the very last page of the story. When the author uses repetition to describe the last few characteristics of his father. "This is the same man who used to mix a little whiskey with my milk to pacify me, the same man who recorded me snoring when I was six and played the audio everyday like it was a top 40 CD" what is very important becuase it is evident to see in the story is this Asian family is very different to a typical Australian family becuase of what the father experienced growing up is pretty rare but it is especially rare to see despite all this the author still wants to be exactly like his father. "He's the same, yet he continues to surprise me. He's my dad. And I want to grow up to be just like him"
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