Personal Family Interview

Every child has someone that they idolize and cherish. Whether it be a relative or just a friendly adult, these childhood heroes can shape a person’s sense of identity. An excellent portrayal of this concept can be found in Truman Capote’s fictional short story, “A Christmas Memory.” In this short story, “Buddy,” the main character, has his sense of identity shaped by his childhood hero, which is his cousin whom he spends most of his time with. Buddy’s childhood hero shaped his sense of identity through the annual tradition and spending time together with her. To begin with, Buddy’s sense of identity is shaped through the tradition of baking fruitcakes every year at the beginning of winter with his cousin.

Baba kept pushing Amir to graduate high school and when he did, Baba was very proud. It was obvious in the expression on his face. It was a great moment in their relationship. After graduating high school Amir will leave for college. His father gives him an essential gift so he can get there.

I would like to inform you that I have known Josfrei Vargas since he was a kid in Mexico and now in Eloy since 2009. During times of holidays and celebrations such as; Christmas, Thanksgiving and birthdays we come together. I know his family; Maria Sanchez his wife and their kids Lamia Gaspar, Abraham Gaspar Jr., Nadia Vargas, Josfrei Vargas Jr. and Adamarie Vargas. He’s a very good father to all their children, giving them all the attention they need, including one of them who is special.

Detailed summary of IMMIGRANT The Novel Immigrant portrays the life of a female protagonist named Nina who works as a lecturer in Miranda House. At a very early age she had lost her father and was compelled to live under the shelter of her grandparents along with her mother. Her father passed away because of sudden cardiac arrest leaving Nina and her mother Shanthi in distress. Nina made her first step towards freedom as she got the lectureship in her alma mater and freed her mother from the scorn of her grandparents. Nina who had lost her father tried finding his replacement in Rahul, her English professor while pursuing her Master’s Degree in Miranda House; Rahul was a serial lover to whom she lost her virginity in her innocence.

For the most part, the individuals in my family are on top of our rituals. Every year between Black Friday and Christmas time my family and I go to different malls to seek out all of the great discounts. The holidays always have a unique spot in our hearts because we know this is the time of year we can be able to be all together and enjoy the special days together. There are certain ways families celebrate their own rituals and the way that my family and I highlight every holiday (Galvin 119). Lately, this ritual has been slowly dying, but I hope we can have this interest in the future when I have a family on my

My mom said how she would never donate anything because the way we come into the world is the way we go it. Her dad, my grandpa was diagnosed with Diabetes and was in dire need of a kidney. He went through dialyses, and he got through it, he was just waiting for his kidney match. Just to put it in perspective over one-hundred thousand people are waiting for an organ transplant in the U.S. alone. When my mom saw my grandpa get better and see how he recovered her whole mindset changed on donating your organs because she saw that you can give someone a second chance, that you can help someone’s family and you wouldn’t even know it.

Mexico is a part of my cultural identity, My family and I are all Catholics, I was raised to believe in God and La Virgen de Guadalupe. We celebrate things different than Americans. For example instead of Halloween we celebrate Dia De Muertos which celebrates Day of The Death from November 1st to the 2nd. On Dia De Muertos all the people make an altar to remember all their loved ones who have passed away. In the altar they put all sorts of things the person liked for example a variety of dish, bread, drinks, desserts, or instruments, etc.

God loves every single thing he made in the world so much, that he put Jesus on the Earth to make certain that we were not automatically ending up in damnation. It means that all I need to do is trust and believe in him and declare him my Savior, and I could have eternal life in paradise. Two years ago, I was at a Wednesday night church service at Trinity Chapel. They were playing my favorite worship song at the time called "Revelation Song". Usually, I was very self-conscious about opening up and crying in front of people, but that night I felt different.

I started being much more active in the church youth group, participating in Christmas plays and fund-raisers for the youth who are going for an international event, called, World Youth Day. The Holy Father himself is going to celebrate mass for all those present. I keep in mind that when the next one comes, I would be the first person to sign up. Whenever I am in church, I always thank the Lord for getting me through that time, and pray for the strength to keep it up. I read online about how many recovering Bulimics who are Catholic are moving on in their lives.

Finding this out made me scared. When he finally got home from work I went over to say hi and to shake his hand; all he said was “hi” – in a rude way – and didn’t even shake my hand. After a while Gabby’s mom and dad got divorced and made going over to her house a lot easier – her dad was not a very nice person. After meeting the parents, you have to meet the rest of the family. Gabby has a very big family that I still had to meet: grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins; the first time I met the family was the Christmas party that her grandmother has every year.