In my opinion all people in their lives must face the unknown. Like Sundara had the flea her country because the communists were coming, so she jumped on a boat not knowing what would happen to her and her family. But she landed in America and must adapt to this weird new country. In Children of the river, the author Linda Crew develops the idea that “Life is like a River.”
“Life is Like a River.”- Sundara (pg.146). Life is like a river because it never stops moving. Un like a road can stop. Its also like a river because a river can be fast or slow. A river can take you in any direction just like life can. You can choose a path or sometimes it will take you down a path that teaches you a lesson. Or
...something you will benefit later down the road.
For Sundara life is like a river because she hoped onto a boat and not knowing where it would take her. Then she ended up in America and for her it is very strange because she had to adapt to the weird American ways. Sundara was the only darker skinned in her school it was hard for her to fit in. From going to America from Cambodia it was a very big change a cultural change. Imagine you coming from a different country and not knowing the language and their culture.
Sundara is raised very culturally different then the American ways. Like Sundara won’t talk back to her elders unlike the Americans in her class where talking back and have a discussion bac
and forth with their teacher and for her that’s culturally wrong. Same thing happened when Jonathan an American boy came to her house and touched Sundara’s younger cousin on the head. In her culture touching a kid on the head with make the younger kid dumber. Also it is culturally wrong for Sundara to even talk to boys. Sundara is also not aloud to go out on dates because her parents are supposed to arrange her wedding and chose the husband for her.
In children of the river Sundara had to over come many cultural differences. She faced the unknown with her head up and was open-minded. Even though she moved to America to escape war she still accepted the American way but still hold on to the Khmer way. So sometimes it is a benefit to take a risk and face the unknown because one day it can be a blessing.
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