Essay-A literary composition dealing with subject from limited personal and point a view.
I need not go beyond myself to find examples of love, at least the yearning for love. My home is now Guam and I have not left Manengon too far behind.
There, in ways still cherished by my traditional family, freedom is based on gender, and I am a female. My parents expect women to cook, clean and nurture.
My parents expects me to marry the man of their choice, although my brother will have the freedom to choose his own mate. If I disobey, I will no longer be recognized by my parents. It is easy to give in to such a custom: it is difficult to disobey. My parents have always believed as they do. I can not change them, nor do I want to, but wish they would accept my difference in this different place.
a. thesis-find examples of love
b. background - my parents expect women to cook, clean and nurture.
c. definition of terms- my parents expects me to marry someone of their choice.
d. quotation-If I disobeyed I will not be recognized by my parents.
e. a shocking statement.-It is difficult to disobey.
f. questions- my parents will never change, nor do I want to try.
e. questions& definitions- do I think they'll change? I'll pray they do.Lou
This was very touching and I never knew that with Chamorro traditions that freedom was based on gender. As a filipino woman I do clean, cook, and nuture a lot too. Filipinos and Chamorros are basically derived from Spanish culutres.
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