Have you ever lived in two countries? Or have you even thought about moving to another country to live? Maybe you haven’t, but I have. I used to live in two countries, and it was really hard for me to get used to two absolutely different cultures. I was born in Slovakia and by the year i turned 6, i came to Vietnam. At first, I didn't know any or maybe just a very little Vietnamese so it was very hard for me to communicate to others. I always had to ask my mom or dad to translate for me. When I first came to Vietnam, the first thing my parents did was finding schools for my sister and me to study. My sister went to a primary school, and I went to a kindergarten school. I studied in a school named “Trường Mầm Non Bé Ngoan” (Good Kid Kindergarten).
I was very hyper when I heard my parents saying that I would go to the kindergarten but was trembling from fear and thinking a lot about the first day. I had a lot of fun with my friends back in Slovakia so I had always thought I would have the same enjoyable time as I used to. But I was WRONG!!! On the first day, I tried to talk to them, say “hi” and tried to play with them, but they just ignoring me. My Vietnamese was not good, so sometimes I still mixed up with words from Slovak language. Sometimes they couldn’t understand what I said, so they thought I’m a weirdo. They hit me, didn’t play with me, and sometimes didn’t even talk to me, they always told me to do this-do that for them. I didn’t know anything, so I had to listen to them and be their “prisoner”. When it was our play time, everybody was playing together-everybody except me. I always had to sit in a corner of the room and played alone, whenever I wanted to join them, they gave a glare and went away. They didn’t even think should how I felt-it hurt. I couldn’t feel my heart beating, my hands wanted to fall off-I was desperate.
Every weekday was nightmare to me. When I got home, my eyes felt hot and something wet came out of them, but I didn’t realize what they were because I felt so miserable. I was too busy think to myself how foolish I was to follow them and “beg” them to play with me all the time. I could no more see happy lights, I didn’t want to eat or talk, all I wanted was to get out of that school and go back to Slovakia.
Everyday, when my mom came to school and picked me up, she asked the same question: “How’s your day darling?”
And the only thing I could answer was: “My day was great mom!” and forced myself a fake smile. I didn’t want to tell her the truth, because I know she would feel bad and might find another school for me. It was really hard for my parents to find a school for me since we just arrived to Vietnam few months before.
But everyday with those tears on my face, I just couldn’t take it anymore and I told my mom what happened to me. My mom felt sorry and she asked me if I want to change school and obviously I DO want to but I told her: “No mom, I don’t. There will be only few more months mom, I will be ok.”
I stopped crying so I won’t make her feel sorry anymore. She told me that it would take time to make new friends and told me not to feel sad anymore. I nodded and watched television. After that day, I didn’t care about anything anymore. Now, when I think back about that situation, I always tell myself: “Life is unfair! It can never be perfect! So don’t expect it to be like what we expected!”
Compare and Contrast between Charlie's experiences and Adam and Eve in the Bible
In the story Flowers for Algernon, Charlie was a person that was very dumb and suddenly, after an operation, he became smart. Just like Adam and Eve, they were so innocent and suddenly, after ate the apple, they had been punished and lived in a sad life.
Charlie was so dumb and stupid. He knew nothing and understood nothing. People in the factory that he worked for always made fun of him and laugh at him. But to him it was normal, because he think they liked him and he didn't understand that he was being making fun of. But since after the operation, he changed. He became smarter, he knew things that he didn't know, he understood things that he didn't understand before. People in the factory started to hate him because of his intelligent. Thanks to Charlie's intelligent, the factory saved $10,000 per year and it made the others in the factory hate him even more.
Adam and Eve were two innocent people that God made and all they did was follow the God's rule and enjoy there wonderful life. But one day, there was a snake appeared from no where and told Eve to eat the apple that God said they cannot eat it. Eve told Adam to take the apple down the tree. Right after Adam took it down, God appeared and punished them, sent them to a place with many difficulties that they have to pass.
The story Flower for Algernon and the story about Adam and Eve have the same idea, the same theme. They all talk about the changes and the challenging in those changes.
Charlie was so dumb and stupid. He knew nothing and understood nothing. People in the factory that he worked for always made fun of him and laugh at him. But to him it was normal, because he think they liked him and he didn't understand that he was being making fun of. But since after the operation, he changed. He became smarter, he knew things that he didn't know, he understood things that he didn't understand before. People in the factory started to hate him because of his intelligent. Thanks to Charlie's intelligent, the factory saved $10,000 per year and it made the others in the factory hate him even more.
Adam and Eve were two innocent people that God made and all they did was follow the God's rule and enjoy there wonderful life. But one day, there was a snake appeared from no where and told Eve to eat the apple that God said they cannot eat it. Eve told Adam to take the apple down the tree. Right after Adam took it down, God appeared and punished them, sent them to a place with many difficulties that they have to pass.
The story Flower for Algernon and the story about Adam and Eve have the same idea, the same theme. They all talk about the changes and the challenging in those changes.
