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Readings on Family Reunion Theme

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past and their lives, becoming friends and keeping in contact with the future and the past. But, when we really get down to it, family reunions can offer many difficult  conditions and many uncomfortable realities. In the following paper we examine how various readings offer the reader different perspectives on the notion or existence of family reunions. The works discussed  and examined are Alice Walkers "Everyday Use," Seamus Heaneys poem "Mid-Term Break," Kazuo Ishiguros "A Family Supper," Sam Shepards play "True West," and Barbara Dafoe Whiteheads "Dan Quayle Was Right."  Everyday Use Toni Morrisons short story "EveryDay Use" is a very simple and powerful tale of a mother and her daughter, somewhat common women, awaiting the arrival of  the other daughter, or sister. The two women awaiting the arrival are a bit tense and expectant, knowing that the other family member has lived a life that is different  than theirs. She has always been perhaps spoiled and reliant on her beauty, and is the only one to be educated. She is a changed woman who arrives and wants  the history of the family, especially a quilt, saying the other sister would probably use it everyday. In this we see two generations, and even two reflections of the same  generation, perceiving life and important family relationships very differently. They do not come from the same position, in terms of viewing their world and their history. The modern sister sees  things historically while the mother and other sister see things as a very powerful part of themselves and their every day life. This offers us a family reunion that does  not end with the two different perspectives understanding one another in the slightest, thus not truly gaining any wisdom through their reunion. Mid-Term Break This poem speaks of