These days, it seems as though too many of us take for granted, the hardships and struggles that

occurred in our families' pasts. Even people in the lowest social class are treated with more respect than

before. Rosie's family does have their share of differences within their family. When cultures collide,

negative outputs are given. It seems as though the Hayashi family each has their own thing going on and

they arent willing to spend time with the rest of the family members. In "Seventeen Syllables", there are

instances of symbolism and inner family struggles that draw each member further and further apart.

First of all, Mrs. Hayashi's passion for writing the poems of haiku, has basically caused the most

problems with Rosie and her father. Rosie often didn't know the meaning of her mother's poems. So this

resulted in a failure of communication between the two. Rosie is a lazy kid. She preferred English over

Japanese, which also created a dead end road when she began reading her mother's poems. Rosie hasnt

vision has passed through her mind of the green pickup crumpled in the dark against one of the mighty

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Approximate Word count = 774
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)