Reflective Essay On Home Reading Monologue

A business CEO,Lynne Doughtie once said “Different perspectives, experiences, and insights improve decision making- and lead to superior performance.” I feel as though that quote relates a lot to Yaa Gyasi book, Homegoing, very well. The chapters in Yaa’s book all go through different experiences that will alter their and other people's lives forever. From reading Homegoing, I have learned how people's parents raise you affect how you treat others, people can make you feel like you don't belong and people's choice affect their happinesses.
The first lesson I learned was how people's parents raise you affect how you treat others. This lesson was showcased through two characters, Quey and James. Quey’s father is a white governor of Cape Coast …show more content…
Although this was showcased between many characters, I thought its was mainly shown between Quey and H. Thought Queys life he had struggled with identity of who he should be friends with because the blac children did not except him nor did the white children. Queys mother expressed to her husband that she was scared that Quey did not have any friends. So James brought an chief of a Fante village and the chief son, Cudjo to visit. Immediately Quey was able to feel like he did belong and finally someone understood him. Thought the distance later brought between the two men, Cudjo reached out to Quey saying “I heard you're back from London. Can I see you old friend” (61). Through the distance, Quey started feeling lost and like he didn't belong, but Cudjo was able to feel like he finally did again H was a son of Kojo and Anna Foster. During the time when H was in his mothers stomach, a law that allowed any slaves that got free were found that they would be taken was in the process of being passed. H had seven siblings that he had not met yet. H’s mother was taken because of this law, even though she was a free person. Because of this, H and his mother were separated when she gave birth to him. Not knowing anyone in his family, H worked in the mines, he did exceptionally well at his job there so they left him out a few years earlier. Once H was out he did not have anyone or anything, making him feel …show more content…
I mainly saw this in the character of Willie and Yaw. Willie and her husband moved from ALABAMA to New York which completely changed her life. At first her and her husband who were together since they were teenagers thought this was a great decision but in reality it wasn't. When they were trying to find jobs, she had no luck becuts she was black, but her husband Robert who appeared white got a job right away. There relationship was ripped apart because of the social differences resulted in Wilies happiness to be slim to none. “Most nights, Robert didn't come home”(212). The reader can observe how their relationship has changed because of this move to New York. For a couple who was head over heals for each other, the move to New York destroyed them. This showed how Willies decisions made her happiness slim to none. Yaws mother was known as the crazy women in her village, therefore at a very young age Yaw was taken away from his mother because she set his two siblings on fire. Yaws mother, Akua had terrible nightmares about fire, so it was in best interest for everyone for Yaw to not see his mother. Yaw moved to a different village to avoid people knowing that his mother was a the crazy lady but still yearned for his mother's love. Yaw later married Esther Amoah and she prompted him to meet his mother. “The two stayed like this for a long while, and after Yaw had cried more tears