“Red Velvet Dress” by Naomi Shihab Nye Essay

In the short twaddle blushing(a) Velvet Dress by Naomi Shihab Nye, Lena is a girl with a vex who is Arab. This theme really made me think about what it would be the like to just be sitting at home when mortal comes up to me and asks me questions about my family. I think that it would make me feel quite uncomfortable, much(prenominal) as it made Lena in the story. Although I have nalways been asked if at that place was a Japanese in my house or an Irish. This story made me think of a time that my mother picked up the shout and a total stranger started talking in Japanese to her. Everyone in my family was freaked out that someone who didnt ever knew us would complete that capacious detail about my mother. I would think thats how Lena felt when those deuce children that she had never seen before, let alone talked to, suddenly knew this part of her and her family that some of her friends didnt even know. It almost seems as if total strangers would know that about you, and so what else would they know? Would they know that I have an older sister? Would they know that some of my cousins are in the army?I suppose I would react the same way that Lena did, just close the door in his or her face after saying, no there is no soulfulness like that here. My favorite part of the story though is when Lena confesses to her father that she lie to those children at the door, and he forgave her. The kindly man even said that it baron be fun sometime to give the children a show if they ever came back. I think this shows a lot about his character, how he seems to be jolly, forgiving, and definitely not one to hold a grudge against someone else. Also in the way that Lena describes him, her father seems like a herculean workingman, yet a man that always has time for his family, such as throwing the ball around with Lenas little brother. Altogether, I loved this story about a girl named Lena and her family.