"My Father Always Said"- Mimi Schwarts- Blog 2

Part 1
The author and her sister were seperated from their traditional culture growing up as Americans. There were rebelious in the fact that her sister smoked ciggerettes and she wore lipstick at age 12. They hung out at Penn Drug on friday nights with boys. She also touches on how her father is traditional.

Part 2
This goes more in depth about her father's culture in Germany. Her father seems very proud. She talks about the mixed culture in America..

Part 3
This is more emotional and builds suspence. Her father didn't want to enter old rooms and ruin his memory with the thoughts of the bad things that happened. She goes into detail about Kristallnacht.

Part 4
Her father talks about his childhood and about how Jews and Christians are divided.

Part 5
They visit the graves of their families and it grows even more suspenseful.

Part 6
She relizes how lucky she is and it resinates about how lucky she really is. She sums up the essay in this part. It gives the reader a good feeling about culture. It made me want to explore and understand my families culture as well.