2.) I like/ dislike (name of character) because…
I like Han Fook’s father for a number of reasons. He is an incredible example of a parent only wanting what is best for their child. He accepts that his son has postponed his marriage to pursue his true passion of poetry, and is completely okay with it. He wants his child to be as happy as possible and if it's leaving his family to “pursue this dream of [his] which may have been sent to [Han Fook] by a god” ( Hermes, 2) then so be it. He reminds me of a character in a Bollywood film called Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gham. In this movie, a father lets his son move to England to pursue his education rather than keeping him in India. That father knows that though he may be in a far away land where he has no control over his son, his son will do him proud and follow his dreams. Han Fook’s father has the same morals as he…show more content… Explain. + 7.) What is the most important sentence/paragraph/passage in this story? The most important event or feeling? Explain.
Han Fook’s true passion for his poetry is explained incredibly through this story. Instead of being with his family of friends, he chose “to remain an observer, to drink in his own impression of the scene, and then to transform them into a perfect poem” (1). He put his entire soul and life into his craft and this shows how important this form of art was to him. He sacrifices his social life and his family life for his art. This reminds me of a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson, a poet who said “Artists must be sacrificed to their art. Like bees, they must put their lives into the sting they give”. Han Fook had to sacrifice a lot of his personal life for art and it was important that he did so, as he could not have reached his full potential with distraction in his life. This evoked a reaction of envy in me as I know I could never sacrifice anything as big as Han Fook did for my art because of the fear I have of not
