LOOK AT TEACUP
ENGLISH | THE MAGIC OF WORDS
Patricia Hampl
Summary
Look at a tea cup is an essay written by Patricia Hampl. There are two major things in this essay. They are: the relationship between a mother and her daughter and the connection between the past and the present. Both of these things are represented by a tea cup.
The tea cup was bought by the mother in 1939 when she got married to American who had been Czechoslovakia. In 1939 Czechoslovakia taken over and destroyed by the army of Hitler. The mother and her daughter disagree about many things when the writer was 10 years old she said work was the most important thing in the world. Her mother said family was the most important things. The mother said family was the most important things. The mother wanted the daughter to get married but the daughter thought it was not compulsion. The writer thinks the past is very important for mother thinks it is a future that matters. The tea cup connects the mother and daughters, the past and the present. It was made in 1939 and the mother has given it to daughter. Now the writer likes her mother doesn't talk about the past. The daughter can find out abou7t her mother only by looking at the tea cup. In 1939 there was the world war which had killed many people, made many widows and destroyed everything.
1) Explain the daughter's attitudes to marriage.
The writer's mother got married in 1939 and past her life with her husband. But it caused the fall of art, virginity, and faith in marriage. It caused the fall of destiny of woman. Many women lost their husband. So, the writer is against the importance of marriage and family. For her marriage is a pain. It is tragedy. The woman could make their sexual relationship after marriage but now it is common before marriage also. The war brought a sense of fear among the woman.
2) What do you mean by many things fell that year?
Many things fell in 1939 that was the beginning of the destructive Second World War. Due to that art, virginity, cultural, tradition, faith in marriage and many other things fell. Many women became widows. The importance of marriage and family also fell. Women lost their faith in marriage. It was the tragedy. In this way it was the fell of peace, prosperity, hope and destiny of the whole world.
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