Emilia Illieva and Waveney Olembo, When the Sun Goes Down and Other Stories. It takes great determination and persistence for children to achieve their dreams and...

      

Emilia Illieva and Waveney Olembo, When the Sun Goes Down and Other Stories.
It takes great determination and persistence for children to achieve their dreams and especially so when the parents have fears about their choices. Using the story Leaving by Moyez. G. Vassanji, write an essay to show the relevance of this statement.

  

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Introduction
Family being social unit consisting of parents and their children calls for the sacrifice and commitment from all members that constitute or make it in Moyez G. Vassanji’s leaving the narrator’s mother sacrifices and commitment is proof enough as discussed
Body
• The narrator’s mother although widowed, is committed to raise her children in the best way possible. She turns down many suitors because she does want her children to join an orphanage or boarding school. Her family first.
• She only allows her daughters to get married after she has ensured that she has given them education. She also misses them when they get married.
• She closes down her store so that her children may not be distracted from their studies by the demanding chores of her store. She even moves to a less crowded quiet place so that they can concentrate more and does her sewing from home. Their success is her pride.
• She puts all income into her children’s education. The narrator is a university student while Aloo is soon joining an overseas university.
• The narrator’s mother is willing to educate her elder son, Feroz but has dropped out of school. This shows how committed she is towards her family.
• She is so much committed to her children safely that before allowing. Aloo to study abroad she consults his former school administrator, Mr. Velji. She does not want to make a mistake or wrong decision. She fears losing him to the LI.S. it is not until her son reassures her that he will neither marry a white woman nor smoke nor drink alcohol that she chooses to let go of him (take the scholarship)

Conclusion
It is evident from the story that the family is more than anything else. This is from the way the narrator’s mother shows dedication to her family and puts it first.

Musyoxx answered the question on February 22, 2018 at 18:21


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