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5.Comments:
- The word ostentatious was a vocabulary word in my ELA class.
- Bobbie seems like a very good friend since he has been supporting Mai and her mother while they are going through a somewhat hard time.
- I did not know that they had Hostess Twinkies back then; I don't like Hostess Twinkies though (too sweet).
- Vietnamese people call adults who they know as aunt or uncle; they call it out of respect.
- My family also celebrate Tet with friends and family; I love the celebration because it is very a fun and energetic Vietnamese holiday.
- What does the Vietnamese saying "Parents point, children sit and the American saying "Children point, parents sit" mean?
- What is the movie or show I Dream of Jeannie about?
- What are sea swallows' nest?
- What are ghost money?
- Regurgitating: to cause to surge or rush back; vomit
- Stoic: one who is seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain
- Ambiguity: doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention
- Simile: "As a child I could lie in his arms, and they held me like a sturdy hammock on a windy day." (page 59)
- Simile: "It was a tactic as smooth and sleek as hot wax on tender skin." (page 61)
- Mai describes her father as a person and Vietnamese customs.
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