Analysis on The Best We Could Do
1) How does the story of Thi Bui’s family’s survival from poverty, war, escape, and resettlement in the U.S. inform our understanding of the refugee experience in the United States? How does this narrative challenge the model minority myth that assumes Asian Americans have attained social and economic success and do not experience racism? 2) Analyze the title The Best We Could Do. Where and how is the narrative does the title The Best We Could Do first appear? [For reference, the answer is on p. 55 – the doctors attending the death of her mothers first-born baby apologize and say that they did the best that we could do.] What was the original context for this phrase? Does it resonate with new or different meanings throughout the book, and how? What is the effect of investing in this phrase with several possible meanings? Who are we in the title, and how do its several points of reference enable a reader to trace the intergenerational traumas and survivals at the heart of The Best We Could Do? Get your assignments and online classes done at cheap and discounted rates. Good grades are guaranteed. Order today and get 10% discount off your 1st two orders.
