ENG2D1 CPT Essay
Cui 1
Richard Cui
Ms. Hinch
ENG2D1
December 16 2014
Just Go Home
Blue Winds Dancing and A Son’s Return explore the theme of going home to comment on the family problems that occur in today’s society.
Blue Winds Dancing shows the North
American point of view, the urban perspective and the more fantazized view on th theme.
A
Son’s Return exhibits the European point of view, the rural picture and a more reasonable view on the theme. Both
Blue Winds Dancing and
A Son’s Return presents the central idea of going home but portrays the concept in different ways. The stories both show a character returning to a family but their purpose of returns and their personalities are distinct.
The two stories are different but not completely; they have one similar way of showing the theme which is to return to a family. In the story Blue Winds Dancing
, the main character is returning to his family for Christmas. The quote “Father stares at me for a moment, then I am in his arms,”(Whitecloud, 06)shows that family is important to the main character because he is immediately hugging his father. The quote also shows that one of the main reasons why people go home is due to family. The main character would go through obstacles to reach his family which reveals that family can provide a sense of unity and security that nothing else can replicate because the main character could have done something to feel the same sensation. The father also stares at the main character because he cannot believe that his son is back home. This shows that family members are always loving and even though his son has left home for quite a while,
Cui 2 his father’s love has not perished. The author used the idea of family to show going home in this story because the main character’s home is his family and his people. The theme has been shown by the idea of family through the story
A Son’s Return.
The son ran away from home and has not
come
Richard Cui
Ms. Hinch
ENG2D1
December 16 2014
Just Go Home
Blue Winds Dancing and A Son’s Return explore the theme of going home to comment on the family problems that occur in today’s society.
Blue Winds Dancing shows the North
American point of view, the urban perspective and the more fantazized view on th theme.
A
Son’s Return exhibits the European point of view, the rural picture and a more reasonable view on the theme. Both
Blue Winds Dancing and
A Son’s Return presents the central idea of going home but portrays the concept in different ways. The stories both show a character returning to a family but their purpose of returns and their personalities are distinct.
The two stories are different but not completely; they have one similar way of showing the theme which is to return to a family. In the story Blue Winds Dancing
, the main character is returning to his family for Christmas. The quote “Father stares at me for a moment, then I am in his arms,”(Whitecloud, 06)shows that family is important to the main character because he is immediately hugging his father. The quote also shows that one of the main reasons why people go home is due to family. The main character would go through obstacles to reach his family which reveals that family can provide a sense of unity and security that nothing else can replicate because the main character could have done something to feel the same sensation. The father also stares at the main character because he cannot believe that his son is back home. This shows that family members are always loving and even though his son has left home for quite a while,
Cui 2 his father’s love has not perished. The author used the idea of family to show going home in this story because the main character’s home is his family and his people. The theme has been shown by the idea of family through the story
A Son’s Return.
The son ran away from home and has not
come