ina Men - The Brother in VietnamIn her tale "The Brother in Vietnam", author Maxine Hong Kingston recounts the radical misinterpretation of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" by the students of the "Brother". It is clear to the reader that their disillusioned thoughts and ideas about the world were instilled into their vulnerable minds by their own parents from a young age, a phenomenon that still occurs in our society today. In his account of the situation, the brother first clearly notes that these confused and suspicious students do not constitute one of his elementary classes, but rather his only non-remedial class. By this he obviously implies that we might expect from students an increased ability to understand and analyze more precisely the power and beauty of great literature. Thus, from the outset, the reader is alerted to the fact that their confusion is not due to the difficulty of the material, but rather the product of some underlying factor. In this way, students perceive this Shakespearean tragedy as a horror story, with the mere thought of it being clouded in their minds with fear. They see the Montagues and the Capulets as families driven mad; Verona as a plague-infested country where murders and marriages take place in dark regions. They deduce that young love is dangerous, and reading about a suicide made possible thanks to a potion initially intended to preserve tender love instead of stealing it, their ideas that there is evil in all things seem to be confirmed. The brother, frustrated and upset, is unable to "shift the focus" that the play has left on these young people, and he feels... middle of paper... protective shield around their children. Do they really believe that this benefits our young people? It's understandable to want to protect children from unnecessary harm, but sometimes, by building walls around their worldview, they actually cut their children off from reality. It is so much healthier and more helpful to face these issues head on, rather than trying to work around them. In fact, in the long run, as students' misinterpretation of "Romeo and Juliet" shows, such avoidance of the subject at hand will often prove more detrimental to the development of young minds. children in her short story “The Brother in Vietnam”, Maxine Hong Kingston allows her reader to see how truth is necessary to the vulnerable minds of our young people.

Essay / ina Men - The Brother in VietnamIn her tale "The Brother in Vietnam", author Maxine Hong Kingston recounts the radical misinterpretation of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" by the students of the "Brother". It is clear to the reader that their disillusioned thoughts and ideas about the world were instilled into their vulnerable minds by their own parents from a young age, a phenomenon that still occurs in our society today. In his account of the situation, the brother first clearly notes that these confused and suspicious students do not constitute one of his elementary classes, but rather his only non-remedial class. By this he obviously implies that we might expect from students an increased ability to understand and analyze more precisely the power and beauty of great literature. Thus, from the outset, the reader is alerted to the fact that their confusion is not due to the difficulty of the material, but rather the product of some underlying factor. In this way, students perceive this Shakespearean tragedy as a horror story, with the mere thought of it being clouded in their minds with fear. They see the Montagues and the Capulets as families driven mad; Verona as a plague-infested country where murders and marriages take place in dark regions. They deduce that young love is dangerous, and reading about a suicide made possible thanks to a potion initially intended to preserve tender love instead of stealing it, their ideas that there is evil in all things seem to be confirmed. The brother, frustrated and upset, is unable to "shift the focus" that the play has left on these young people, and he feels... middle of paper... protective shield around their children. Do they really believe that this benefits our young people? It's understandable to want to protect children from unnecessary harm, but sometimes, by building walls around their worldview, they actually cut their children off from reality. It is so much healthier and more helpful to face these issues head on, rather than trying to work around them. In fact, in the long run, as students' misinterpretation of "Romeo and Juliet" shows, such avoidance of the subject at hand will often prove more detrimental to the development of young minds. children in her short story “The Brother in Vietnam”, Maxine Hong Kingston allows her reader to see how truth is necessary to the vulnerable minds of our young people.

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