Monday, April 9, 2012

Crossing a Threshold to Adulthood

The article is about weddings in the country of Ubekistan.
Read the first 4 paragraphs.
1. What are some of the supporting details about the weddings in Ubekistan?
2. Paraphrase this sentence: "The day a bride leaves her parent's home, she crosses from childhood into adulthood in one neat step."
3. On page 491, Barnes gives examples of her own rites of passage. What rites of passage does she mention?
4. What are other rites of passages that you or friends of yours participate in?
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  1. In Asian country for a girl rites of passage is weddings like Ubekistan. When girl leaves her parent's house, she promise to the parents for her responsibility. She also crying for leaving her parent's house which is formidable example of Asian wedding. In addition, her responsibility is to take care of her husband's parents, to clean house,and to cook every thing. Asian girls are living after wedding as a house wife, and their solitary lifestyle has gone after wedding. In her parent's house, she can do anything that she wants, but in her husband's house she does most of thing with her husband's permeation. So, in this way a Asian girl crosses from childhood into adulthood when she gets married. 996631

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    1. How do you know so much about a Asian girl wedding.

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    2. Duh. Probably because the writer is from Asia!?!?!

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    3. But you don't have any Asian girl in our class or are you teaching the same to other class???/

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  2. In my country is almost the same as Crossing a threshold to adulthood. when the girl gets married; she leaves her parent's house. Also, when the parents give to new husband their daughter; after, she crying a lot , and thanks her parents for everything. the husband promises her parents to take care her, and never leaves her solitary. Then, she takes more responsibility in her new home, and she has to take care her husband too. However, the girl has a formidable home because they live alone without parent's in law. In addition, the girl cross from childhood to adulthood in that way..
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