The narrator is bothered by her mother's lateness because she feels embarrassed and self-conscious when her mother fails to pick her up on time. This lateness reflects a lack of consideration and care from the mother, causing discomfort and frustration for the daughter.
The narrator in "The White Umbrella" by Gish Jen threw the umbrella down the sewer as an act of rebellion and anger towards her mother's strict and controlling ways. It symbolized her desire for independence and a way to assert her own identity.
Her job prevents her from reaching there on time.
the girl through it down the sewage because when her piano teacher had given her it she had said "i wish you were my mother". When they had a car accident and thought her real mother was dead (which she was not), she learned the importance of her mother and how materialistic she had became and had told her teacher she wished she was her mother just because of an umbrella.
The white umbrella symbolizes the music teacher. The reason why the narrator threw it down the sewer is because on the way back home they had a car accident and her mom's eyes were close and she thought she was dead, and realizing this she threw it down the sewercool story bro its called LOOK SOMEWERE ELSE! jk its an american tradition culture thing. >:[ignore the thing above,actually it represents material things, so when the narrator throws it in the sewer she is saying that her family is more important than material thingsORit can represent what the narrator wants to be, perfect, pure, etc. and that would mean that when she throws it away she is saying that she likes the way she is now.
Louie Steven Witt is the Umbrella Man of JFK assassination conspiracy speculation. He appears in the Zapruder film as well as other photographs near the Stemmons Freeway sign in Dealy Plaza.
In the beginning of the story, the white umbrella represents dignity and fitting in with Eugenie Roberts, but at the end, the significance of the umbrella changes to the narrator's rejection to her mother. The white umbrella represents dignity and fitting in with Eugenie Roberts in the beginning of the story.
well what motivated the character is that the lee's were the only other chinease family in town and their mother worked so uhm the narrator's mother worked but kept it a secret because of that she was always late
The narrator of this story is a 12 year old girl and she is from China. Her family is struggling in America so her mom AND dad have to work. She is ashamed of this because she wants to be rich and live the high life like her piano teacher, Mis Crosman. She wants a white umbrella she sees in the corner of the room and Miss Crosman gives it to her. she then says, "I wish you were my mother." and feels sad. On her way home, her, her sister and her mother get into a car accident and she realizes she loves her mom so much. The narrator goes to a sewer and dumps the umbrella down into it. (the umbrella was a symbol of rejection towards her mother)
In "The White Umbrella" by Gish Jen, the climax occurs when the narrator confronts her mother about cultural identity and acceptance, leading to a moment of realization and understanding. The main conflict revolves around the narrator's struggle to balance her Chinese heritage with her desire to fit in with American society, as she grapples with feelings of shame and embarrassment over her family's differences.
A stern mother and her daughter, who is the narrator of the story, believe the old man and pay him a pound in return for a silk umbrella, after a prolonged questioning. the mother is completely happy with her performance and gives a lesson or two to her daughter. One miscalculation on the part of the old man arouses suspicion in the mother and her determination makes her follow the old man to the pub. She witnesses later that the old man is trying to exchange another umbrella for a pound which proves beyond doubt that trickery is a way of life for him.
Both short stories are about people who have been tricked by street beggars. In ñDuskî by Saki, the narrator is tricked into loaning a lost young man a sovereign. In ñUmbrella Manî by Ronald Dahl, the mother and daughter are tricked into buying a silk umbrella that�s not even the beggar�s for a pound note.
c. The narrator is Dees mom