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 h

An emotional decision that she went through her life was dating. She liked Caucasian men and she liked Japanese men. She wanted a man hat was like her father, in the ways that he was unpredictable, dominant, and brilliant-yet sensitive and poetic, " a blonde Samurai"(Pg 314). She was also worried about whether her family would approve. Her other siblings that married had married Japanese mates and she didn't know if she would. She was also afraid of the way her father would react. When she met her husband though her father had passed away, and her mother accepted the marriage openly.

When Houston married she was unsure on how she should act with her husband. She was scared that if she acted like a Japanese wife (like her mother, serving her husband dutifully, and being totally subjected to him) he would take advantage of her. She was also scared that if she acted too much like an American, "modern" wife that he and she might be dissatisfied with the way the marriage turned out. She her self though states " I did not want to be the authority. " (Pg. 316), meaning that she didn't want to be in charge of the relationship, to her that would be humiliating for the both of them.

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.

Houston also discusses the relat

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