Content A. Kingston family was ashamed because No Name Women became pregnant by a man who was not her husband. Yes, it’s important to the culture and the family.
Engaging the text A. “You must not tell anyone,” my mother said, “what I am about to tell you. In china your father had a sister who killed herself. She jumped into the family well. We say that your father has all brothers because it is as if she had never been born. This is just saying that her father had a sister who killed herself. When I first read this I thought that it was insane, but after reading the whole story it makes sense, but it is still sad.
Sustained Writing B. I think that the Kingston’s family and the villagers acted the way that they did when they found out that no name women was pregnant was because at that time period it was considered way bad being pregnant if you weren’t married. I think the Kingston’s family was probably embarrassed that she was pregnant and not married. In 1924 the village celebrated seventeen hurry up weddings- to make sure that every young man who went out on the road would responsibly come home. This time period was very important to the culture at this time. It was very important that if you were pregnant that you would be married. Sometimes you would even only be allowed to have on kid. I think that today if you are pregnant and not married is kind of common. There isn’t a punishment today that if you are pregnant and not married. I think that if the grandmother in grandmothers victory found out that one of her granddaughters were pregnant and not married that their would’ve been a punishment. The grandmother you be very disappointed in her granddaughter. If I was pregnant and not married, my parents would kick my butt!!!
A. Kingston family was ashamed because No Name Women became pregnant by a man who was not her husband. Yes, it’s important to the culture and the family.
Engaging the text
A. “You must not tell anyone,” my mother said, “what I am about to tell you. In china your father had a sister who killed herself. She jumped into the family well. We say that your father has all brothers because it is as if she had never been born. This is just saying that her father had a sister who killed herself. When I first read this I thought that it was insane, but after reading the whole story it makes sense, but it is still sad.
Sustained Writing
B. I think that the Kingston’s family and the villagers acted the way that they did when they found out that no name women was pregnant was because at that time period it was considered way bad being pregnant if you weren’t married. I think the Kingston’s family was probably embarrassed that she was pregnant and not married. In 1924 the village celebrated seventeen hurry up weddings- to make sure that every young man who went out on the road would responsibly come home. This time period was very important to the culture at this time. It was very important that if you were pregnant that you would be married. Sometimes you would even only be allowed to have on kid. I think that today if you are pregnant and not married is kind of common. There isn’t a punishment today that if you are pregnant and not married. I think that if the grandmother in grandmothers victory found out that one of her granddaughters were pregnant and not married that their would’ve been a punishment. The grandmother you be very disappointed in her granddaughter. If I was pregnant and not married, my parents would kick my butt!!!