The Courage of Soldiers

1.Describe the life of Pauline and her siblings.Pauline and her siblings lived a life filled with fear. She was taught at a very young age about the challenges that her parents had gone through and through in order for her and her sibling to lead a better life. Pauline and her siblings faced physical clapperclaw from their demanding and controlling experience. Only the letter A was accepted on their school report caard anything below that deserved a wack with a stick from their offensive father.2.Make a list of the pressures the children in the Ngyuen family faced growing up with their parents. Worked at the restaurant before and aft(prenominal) schoolHad to attend maths school, Vietnamese school, cooking school, debating and military arts. They were expected to do all this and had to establish top grades at school. 3.What were the fathers methods of discipline? Which do you consider to be worse and why? The fathers methods of discipline were physical abuse and macrocosm humil iation. I personally consider public humiliation to be worse because parents who publicly humiliate a child dont do it for the childs own good but to demonstrate the act of designer play over the child. When we are publically humiliated in front of our peers, family and friends, we feel like a raw wound that all(prenominal)body feels free to rub salt in. They feel utterly open to the judgment of the population and utterly powerless to change it or to take care of themselves while experiencing it.People will judge and as social beings, the opinions of others matter a lot. When they faced the physical abuse, it happened at office and they were able to hide their wounds, when it was through with(p) publicly though they couldnt hide. They had to bear the shame in front of the world. 4.Children raised in abusive environments like Pauline, specify it to a greater extent rugged to define their individual identity and achieve a gumption of belonging. Do you agree.Please explain. Yes I do agree that children raised in abusive environments like Pauline, find it more difficult to define their individual identity and achieve a sense of belonging. This is because that those who face such difficult situations everyday are constricted and arent able to roam around and find out who they in documentaryity are. Because of this constriction it is also hard for them to find a sense of belonging because they are constantly nerve-wracking to please their parents. 5.Provide several quotes and page that show clearly how Pauline felit living with her parents. Fear dominated every day of my childhood. Fear and dog shit covering the yard were the smells of my childhood. Pg. 292 He had never attempted to get to know or understand his children. Pg. 294 My father controlled every hour of our day and when any situation send away out of his control, we suffered the full force of his anger. Pg. 293 It is ironic that we in turn had to escape the tyranny of his rule to find freedom f or ourselves. Pg. 2946.Describe how Pauline might have felt when she ran away from home. What thoughts would have been deviation through her sagaciousness? Pauline might have felt scared, unsure and f safeened when she ran away from home. She would have been worried for her brothers, who is going to look after them? What will happen if her dad finds her? Can she do this? Feelings of doubt would have interpreted over her but she overcame this and decided to finally do something for herself. 7.What do you think of Paulines purpose to leave home?I think Paulines decision to leave home was the right thing to do. She had to get out of there sooner or later. She had to venture out in the real world and find her individual identity and her sense of belonging.8.How did Paulines experiences at home restore her in life? What kind of a person has she become? Paulines experiences at home affected her life in such a way that she has become9.Why did Pauline continue to inform her father of he r academic achievements after she left home? Pauline continued to inform her father of her academic achievements after she left home because she wanted him to know that his words had still stuck with her. Aim high, hold strong ambitions for your future. Pg. 296.10.Why is the falsehood titled The braveness of Soldiers? Is this a fitting title? What title would you have given the invoice? Yes the title, The Courage of Soldiers, is a fitting title. The courage that soldiers is the same levelof courage the Pauline and her siblings had. I would title this story as The Courage of Soldiers as well. 11.Why did Paulines father behave in the way he did?Paulines father behaved in the way that he did because he wanted the best for his children. He wanted his children to lead a traditional life and. The way that he implemented his beliefs on his children was maltreat though. He was very dominating and never really bothered to know his children. He was over contraceptive and wanted total co ntrol over his children.