The extract from Andre Agassi’s autobiography Open is about family expectations. When you ex-pect something particular from someone or something you are talking about expectations. Family expectations is, therefore when for example when your father has a certain expectation to you, about the fact that you have to live up to a certain demand from your family.
In the extract from Andre Agassi’s autobiography Open we are aware of how there are some fami-ly expectations in his family. He says: when his father was a child, his mother, Andre Agassi’s grandmother, had expectations to his father about how he should behave and be a good boy. He mentions that she would beat him if he hadn’t behaved properly. He describes his grandmother as a “nasty old
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“Uncle Isar is soft-spoken and patient and funny. He’s also a genius - he was an engineer back in Iran” (page 4, line 202-204). The fact that he makes a comparison to his father when he talks about his Uncle Isar could make the reader like his uncle more than his father and therefore “take his uncle’s side”. However, Andre Agassi and his father plays tennis together and with that common hobby they could probably easier bond, but that isn’t the case because his father is a man full of rage and therefore he yells at Andre Agassi, which make Andre like his father less. His father has a lot of expectations to Andre Agassi and maybe Andre Agassi feels like he can’t live up to his father’s expectations and therefore it makes their bond weaker. When Andre Agassi describes his family he appeals to pathos, because he ap-peals to the reader’s feeling, by the way, he is kind of dramatic and maybe …show more content…
In that way, he uses pathos to appeal to the reader. Because he is describing his family in the way he does, it makes his autobiog-raphy humoristic to read. Andre Agassi appeals a lot to the reader because his way of writing is quite easy to deal with and easy to understand. The sentences in the autobiography are mostly short and therefore, in this case, easier to understand. Andre Agassi is able to tell his story about his life very well in his autobiography, he makes his autobiography personal in which way makes the autobiography exciting and inviting. When he uses examples of a dialogue, which have been going on between his father and him or his father and his grandmother he makes the autobiog-raphy
The autobiography has many symbols and themes associated within it. Dealing with Identity, family, and religion. He lost himself, he went from an young man who was a strong believer in faith. To an careless guy who doubted god's absolute
Throughout literature there are many characters who exemplify the THS core values such as engagement, perseverance, and collaboration. Andre Dubus in his memoir Townie demonstrate all of these when he runs with his father, overcomes the troubles of his childhood, and rebuilds the broken relationship with his father. At the opening of the book, Andre is looking for sneakers to wear running with his father. When he can’t find his own shoes he wears his sister’s that are two sizes too small for him.
The narrator and his father have the kind of relationship where on the surface it might come off as cold because they’re reserved and don’t openly share thoughts and emotions but, underneath it all, the narrator must feel some respect for his father because he still contemplates over the advice his father gave him.
The essay goes into great detail of his relationship with his father. He describes his father as cruel (65), bitter (65), and beautiful (64). He does mention the bad in length. On the flip side, he tells us some of the good as well. Throughout his storytelling, the reader gets a glimpse into his life and the way he feels. His feelings evolve during the extent of the essay.
“The poor we shall always have with us, but why the hungry?”- John van Hengel, founder, St. Mary’s Food Bank. John van Hengel was the founder of one of the largest food banks in the United States. His idea spread to other cities and eventually carried enough of an impact to cause other countries to follow suit and open food banks as well. John’s concept of a food bank is the same as a typical bank. This being born when overhearing a mother talking about how difficult it was to feed her family.
Like I was that good.” (pg.10) Amir and his dad on the other hand are very different from Taylor and her mama. Amir’s dad, Buba, is a very business like and serious and does not like Amirs choices about being a writer thinks he should be manlier. “ He needs someone who... understands him, because god sure knows I don’t… he lowered his voice, but I heard him anyway. If I hadn't seen the doctor pull him out of my wife with my own eyes , I’d never believe he’s my son” (Baba pg.23) I feel like the way the parents treated them is why they have such different personalities which leads to my second difference that helped build the main character into how they act in the stories. Taylor Greer is the kind of person that was confident spoke her mind when she needed too and was very confident but Amir was timid, sensitive and didn’t fight back which lead his dad to be disappointed in his son. Amir always felt like he had to prove himself to his father but his father seemed to like Hassan better which
The reader can tell that he is not telling his way of life in an emotional tone. He is just exposing the day-to-day realities. This increases his honesty and credibility. Had he written in an emotional tone, he would not have been as likely to discuss his life in an accurate manner. Emotions can heavily impact one’s ability to recall their
Beginning with his father, Conor witnesses how a parent can be unwilling to give their all for their children and acts selfishly in order to make him aware of this fact. He faces a reality of life at the time of his parent’s divorce; there was nothing he could do to keep them together. As a result, the bond he has with his father is imperfect. There is a clear barrier between the two that emerges from the distance that separates them. Even as Conor yearns for a proper parent figure in his life, he is unable to have one and he allows himself to act selfishly towards his father because he will eventually be the only parent Conor has left. By confessing to his father that he does not “want to live with grandma” (Ness, 88) and asking his father questions about “why can’t [he] come and live with” (Ness, 88) him, Conor wants his father to own up to his responsibilities as a parent. Despite being aware his wishes will not be granted, but he wants his father to realize how less he commits to caring for his son when he needs him the most. If all his father wants to do is make promises to only break them, then he might as well push his father to his limits and demand things from him regardless
hostile environment his father sought to escape. His mother betrayed him as she never embraced
Amir presents this information with a tone that informs the reader that he is devastated with his father, regardless
Amir was a son of a reputed father and he gets to attain school and he gets to learn and experienced many things. For example, he gets to participate in the poetry recitation where he is much interested in and sports although it wasn’t his choice. Whereas, Hassan as a servant stayed home to do the household work. Hassan made Amir’s breakfast, cleaned his room and did all the household chores while Amie goes to school. Though Hassan desires to get the education but there wasn’t a chance given to him as a servant. Therefore, despite illiteracy he would passionately listen to what Amir would read for him. Additionally, Amir grows up as young child who longs for his father’s love and approval. He lives with inexplicable jealousy of Hassan. Whereas, Hassan grows up as a young child serving under Amir and respecting Amir’s order. Hassan is cheerful, loyal and loving. He always attempt to please and serve Amir. Moreover, Hassan wasn’t privileged like Amir as he had to undergo insult and defamation by other people around
He enjoys the antics of writing about himself in the third person quite a bit. This includes the ability to note his eccentricities and relatively detached nature from the eyes of an observer. This also includes the ability to use this webpage as a conduit to write too much about himself. In addition, he enjoys using little known words and various word plays as pseudonyms in place of his fore and/or surname.
1 ll. 1-2: “My father’s mother lives with us. She’s a nasty old lady from Tehran…” Agassi uses the word nasty to describe his old grandma which is informal, negative and also slang. It gives us as readers an impression of an informal language and makes us expect a simple choice of words, since he uses it at the beginning. To sustain the fact that the writer, Andre Agassi, uses an informal style, it is interesting to look at the word on P. 4 l. 239: “Boo!” The word boo is an onomatopoeia, as the word imitates the sound that is similar to the noise. This does also characterize an informal and low style. The style of writing connects perfectly with the receiver who probably are people that are interested in tennis and does not have to be well educated and academic, this can be the reason behind the simple and the variation of formal and informal language.
He writes in a language, and he uses a lot of metaphorical features. We as readers are very confused about the way he has chosen to describe the story, but we are also very fascinated by the action. So whole this short story tells us that he has had a tragic life and how he helps others achieve a good life and you can say here that he has a good point.
He is fervently determined to succeed in his contemporary competitive society. In a conversation with his children about Bernard, he enumerates a few