I love this quote because it is a metaphor for life. During the war, Nadira's family had to adapt to their new circumstances and relocate in Dhaka. Now Nadira and Aisha have to adapt and survive without parents. It may not be easy, but in time I think the sisters will learn to support each other.
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I also hope that the sisters will support eachother!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Alli. This is a powerful quote. I can see the reeds leaning and bending against the water outside, but at the same time I picture all the hardships in Nadira's family's life, and how they lean and bend against their troubles as well. Nadira's family are the reeds, and moving to the US, 9/11, their father getting arrested, and all their other obstacles are the water.
ReplyDeleteI really hope that the sisters can learn to care for each other. Aisha has been pretty rude to Nadira about her weight and who is in charge, so I'm not sure how willing Nadira is to listen and respect her sister. I can also see the water and reeds, along with the family fitting inside that metaphor, and how hard it is for Nadira and Aisha to not have their parents with them especially at a hard time such as this.
ReplyDeleteI like the whole idea of the reeds being bent and simply going with the wind, and the girls having to adapt to their parents being away as well as adapt with eachother. (If that makes sense.) I predict that somehow the girls will find a way to bond. I hope it's soon!
ReplyDeleteThis quote describes the family. The family is the reeds in the water while the water is the rest of the world. Even though the reeds can't control the water the reeds need to root themselves to the ground and be strong. I think the family will have to be very strong to get through this difficult part in their lives.
ReplyDeleteI think this quote represents the difficulties the family has had to face. "the water rose, you went with it," I think that means that something bad happened, we had to adjust to it, no matter what happened in the making. I think that having the girls away from the parents is one of those times. Its really sad how they have to be away, and tell no one about it. Their life was hard, and now its getting harder, and its getting worse to deal with.
ReplyDeleteI really like this quote too. It's saying that if something happens to them, they have to go along with it and make the best of it, trying to survive. I agree with Karly that it represents the difficulties they face. I hope that Nadira and Aisha can learn to get along and face these difficulties together.
ReplyDeleteI really liked all the metaphors that the author wrote for India. I got a very vivid image of the floods and how India meshes(?) with the ocean. I don't feel that this quote is a metaphor for life, I feel it is a metaphor for Nadira & Aisha's past.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing that bugs me is that in a great portion of our reading Nadira/Marina Budhos was saying "you"(to the reader) when it was really about the story of Nadira.
like alex i too got an image in my head of the floods in india. the quote kinda reminded me of across a hundred mountains (when juana and her sister are in the flood at the beginning of the book).
ReplyDeleteit seems like the water in this quote is like a metaphor for life. when troubles come in someone's life they can't avoid them (like someone can't avoid the waters from rising). this is what the sisters are experiencing now in the book. they chad no control over what happened to their parents.
I really like this quote. I think that it could be interpreted as a metaphor for life OR a literal description of floods. The way Bangladesh is described in the book seems very nostalgic, as if the family actually wished they had not left. Chapter 3's description of Bangladesh is very pretty and well written.
ReplyDeleteI also really like this quote Alli. I agree with Adrienne, I can see the reeds bending in the water, because of the way she wrote it. But I can also see Nadira and her family and how it paints the mural of their hard times and times that turned out great.
ReplyDeleteI aggree with Maddie. It seems like they lived in an area where it flooded, and you can see the reeds bending. Also this family has had to deal with many difficulties, and like many people have said they had to just go long with it. It shows how strong they are for getting through these difficult times, and for ending up fine.
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