The title fit the essay well. It describes how Houston felt when she was growing up. Since she had to live practically two separate live, do to her strict family rules, Houston did have double Identities.

One identity was used when she was around her family. The type of family she lived in was a traditional Japanese family. When she was around them she acted very much like a women that was in raised in Japan (similar to her mother). She was timid, not very outspoken, and respected the men of the house greatly. The other identity was used around her young Caucasian friends. When she was around them she was outspoken and not as timid. Later in her life she began having problems with her husband. She also had problems deciding how she should raise her children.

I enjoyed the way Houston described her family and her identities. I felt that through a description of those

characters you could determine a feel for them. From what she told of her brother, how the taught her how to ride a bike, and drive a car, and they also took her to her first dance and how they told her to watch out for the Caucasian boys and that all they want is sex, you could they that they were very loving to her and protective of her. When she describes her father and his strict ways you can see that he was a good man that wanted the best for his family. He as well was protective of his daughter because she talks about how he never liked the boys she dated and never let her wear the same clothes the Caucasian girls wore.

When her children were born Houston was faced with another problem, how should raise her children. Houston was torn between raising them traditionally, with her family's beliefs strong in mind, or if she should raise them with American beliefs. She didn't want to raise them like her mother raised her because it was a different time and a different world. She states "my world is radically different from mother's world, and all indications point to an even wider difference in our world from our children's" (PG. 317).

I believe that the author's purpose in this essay was to show what it was like growing up in a traditional family and dealing with her peers. Maybe this essay was a form of "venting out" old emotions. I think her authorization for writing this essay is verified. Do to her personal experiences she seems like she knows what she is writing about in this essay.

An emotional decision that she went through her life was dating.

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Approximate Word count = 1064
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)