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Reading Notes Week 10 Part A

Toshio Mori Born in Oakland and son of both immigrant parents The first American Writer of Japanese Ancestry A writes stories about Japanese-American ancestry The Woman Who Makes Swell Doughnuts Focuses on silence The narrator of the story does not speak a lot but rather say what is in his mind. The silence does not depict the idea of boredom but somehow it gives the reader the idea of relaxation, growth, and peace. The story somehow could be incorporated on our daily lives, in which we forget the feeling of being in silence. The story states that “Silence does not bother her. She says silence is the most beautiful symphony…” which people forgot, having a time of silence could help a person relax from the noises produced by the outside world. The Eggs of the World A type of story that could be considered idiomatic The story has given the reader something to think about and when we understand we realized that Sessue Matoi is correct, we are all an egg. No one u