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How one's relationship with an elder shapes their identity (The Third…
How one's relationship with an elder shapes their identity
The Third and Final Continent
Main character's relationship with Mrs. Croft
Develops routine with her about talking about moon
Something to depend on in a new lifestyle
A friend in a new and lonely place
Someone to care for/gives a purpose
Also serves as a motherly figure
"I was not her son, and apart from those eight dollars, I owed her nothing."
Owes it to himself to be a good son figure
"Now that I knew how very old she was, I worried that something would happen to her... I came home each evening, after my hours at the library, and spent a few minutes on the piano bench with Mrs. Croft. I gave her a bit of my company, and assured ehr that I had checked the lock, and told her that the flag on the moon was splendid." (188)
"Within days it became our routine... But each evening when I returned the same thing happened: she slapped the bench, ordered me to sit down, declared that there was a flag on the moon, and declared that it was splendid." (183)
When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine
Provided a constant in her life-came every night
Became more aware about world
Embraced intellectual curiosity
Became motivated to learn about world on her own
"I sat on a footstool and opened the book. The laminated jacket crackled in my grip. I began turning the pages, filled with photos of rivers and rice fields and men in military uniforms. There was a chapter about Dacca, and I began to read about its rainfall, and its jute production." (33)
"During tests we were given blank maps of the thirteen colonies, and asked to fill in names, dates, capitals. I could do it with my eyes closed." (27)
Doesn't learn about world in school
"The next evening Mr. Pirzada arrived, as usual, at six o'clock" (27)